Pet Cat Names
Names for pet cats. Cat-related names. Names that mean cat, catlike, stealthy,
clawed, soft, hunter, huntress, tiger, panther, leopard, lynx, etc. Also see Lion Names.
 
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• UNISEX:
  1. CATH PALUG: "Palug's Cat." In Welsh legend, the name of a monstrous giant cat that haunted the Isle of Anglesey and killed and ate nine-score warriors. It was said to be the offspring of an enormous pig called Henwen, and to have been thrown into the sea to drown directly after its birth; it survived, however, and was raised by the sons of Palug who did not realize its deadly potential. In some versions of the story it was slain by Cai (Sir Kay); others say it was King Arthur himself who slew the beast; still, other tales say that Arthur was defeated by the Cat in a battle fought in a swamp near the Mont du Chat. 
  2. FANG: Vocabulary word meaning "pointed tooth of an animal."
  3. FLUFFY: Vocabulary word meaning "soft and furry."
  4. FUZZY: Vocabulary word meaning "soft and furry."
  5. HUNTER: English occupational surname transferred to unisex forename use, meaning "hunter."
  6. SCAT: Vocabulary word meaning 1) go away quickly, or hastily; 2) to shoo a cat or other animal.
• MALE:
  1. ABOOKSIGUN: Native American Algonquin name meaning "wildcat." 

  2. ACTAEON (Actæon): "Effulgence." Greek myth name of a hunter who was torn to pieces by his own dogs. He was then transformed into a deer, thus himself becoming the hunted. Good name for a cat that often gets in fights with dogs. 

  3. ACTEON: Variant of Actaeon, meaning "effulgence." Greek myth name of a hunter who was torn to pieces by his own dogs. He was then transformed into a deer, thus himself becoming the hunted. Good name for a cat that often gets in fights with dogs. 

  4. BASCO: Vocabulary word meaning 1) short for Tobasco; hot; spicy; fiery.
  5. CAT-WALDOW: User-submitted name. Meaning unknown. Waldow is probably a modern English variant of German Waldo, meaning "rule."
  6. CHASE: "Chase, hunt." Anglo-Norman surname transferred to English forename use. In the Middle Ages, it was a byname for a hunter.
  7. COCIDIUS: Myth name of a Celtic hunter god, possibly meaning "of the woods."
  8. DRAVEN: English name possibly derived from the Old English word drǽfend, meaning "hunter." 
  9. FAHD: Arabic name meaning "lynx, panther."
  10. FFUMBE: Variant of African Ganda Fumbe, meaning "civet cat."
  11. FUMBE: African Ganda name meaning "civet cat."
  12. GAHIJI: Egyptian name meaning "hunter."
  13. GROSVENOR: "Chief/Great hunter." Surname transferred to English forename use, itself composed of the Anglo-Norman French elements gros "chief, great" and veneur "hunter."
  14. GUNJU: African Ganda name meaning "wild cat."
  15. HUNTLEY: "Hunter's wood." English surname transferred to forename use, composed of the Old English elements hunta "hunter" and leah "clearing, wood."
  16. ISOBA: African Soga name meaning "walks slowly, stealthily."
  17. ISOOBA: Variant of African Soga Isoba, meaning "walks slowly, stealthily."
  18. KANEONUSKATEW: Native American Cree name meaning "one that walks on four claws."
  19. KEMNEBI: Egyptian name meaning "black panther."
  20. MABON ap MODRON: In the Welsh Culhwch and Olwen story, Mabon ("divine son") was the son of Modron ("divine mother"). He was a hunter god who was stolen by Annwn from his mother three days after his birth. He was rescued by Culhwch, but because of the time he spent with Annwn, he remained young. He later assisted Culhwch in his search of Olwen.
  21. NEBI: Variant of Egyptian Nebibi, meaning "panther."
  22. NEBIBI: Egyptian name meaning "panther."
  23. NIMROD: Biblical name of a great-grandson of Noah, who was a renowned hunter, meaning "rebel," or possibly even "let's rebel!"
  24. NYYRIKKI: Finnish myth name of a god of the hunt, associated with biblical Nimrod, another famous hunter. Unfortunately, the meaning of the name is not known. 
  25. ORION: Greek myth name of one of the Titans, a primordial hunter who was killed by a scorpion. A constellation was named after him. If the name is truly Greek, it means "mountain man." If it is of Akkadian origin, it means "light of heaven."
  26. PANTHERAS: "All to hunt; panther." Ancient Greek name derived from the word panther, itself composed of the elements pan "all" and therao "to hunt."
  27. TECUMSEH: Native American Shawnee name meaning "panther passing across."
  28. THERON: Greek name meaning "hunter."
  29. TIGER: Vocabulary word meaning 1) a large, striped cat; 2) byname for an aggressive, audacious boy.
  30. TIGGER: From the name of a tiger friend of Winnie the pooh.
  31. TWEEDLEDUM and TWEEDLEDEE: Names of twins in Alice in Wonderland. 
  32. TRYPHON: Greek name derived from the word tryphe, meaning "delicate, soft."
• FEMALE:
  1. ADWAR: African Luo name meaning "hunt; look for; search for."
  2. CROBH DEARG: Myth name of a Celtic goddess of harvest, meaning "red claws." She is also known by the names Lasair and Lassar, meaning "flame," Fhina, meaning "wine," and Lasairiona, meaning "flaming wine."
  3. DIANA: Roman myth name of a goddess of the moon and hunting, meaning "divine, heavenly."
  4. EMU: Egyptian name meaning "cat."
  5. ERMELINDA: Variant of German Irmalinda, meaning "wholly soft and tender."
  6. FELINA: English name derived from the Latin word felinus, meaning "cat-like."
  7. IRMALINDA: "Wholly soft and tender." German name composed of the elements ermen "entire, whole" and linde "soft, tender."
  8. LAMAI: Thai name meaning "soft."
  9. LAMIS: Arabic name meaning "soft."
  10. NEBIBIT: Egyptian name meaning "leopard."
  11. NEBIT: Variant of Egyptian Nebibit, meaning "leopard."
  12. TRYPHAINA: Greek name derived from the word tryphe, meaning "delicate, soft."
  13. TRYPHENA: Biblical name of a woman greeted by Paul in Romans 16:12. The name is a form of Greek Tryphaina, meaning "delicate, soft." 
  14. TRYPHOSA: Greek name derived from the word tryphe, meaning "delicate, soft."