Submitted Names with "cat" in Description

Ailuros f Egyptian Mythology (Hellenized)
Means "cat" in Ancient Greek. The Egyptian goddess Bastet was known by this name in Ancient Greek religion.

Báo m Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 豹 (báo) meaning "leopard, spotted big cat".

Bes m Egyptian Mythology
Etymology uncertain. It could derive from Nubian bes "cat". It could also be from Egyptian bs "flame" or bz "to be initiated, to introduce". Bes is an ancient Egyptian deity worshipped as a protector of households, particularly mothers, children, and childbirth... [more]

Billee f & m Hindi (Rare), Indian (Modern), English (Modern)
From Hindi बिल्ली (billee) meaning "cat". It is also used as variant of the name BILLY, BILLIE, or BILLI.

Brick m Popular Culture
Originally a nickname from the English word brick (having the slang meaning "a good fellow" from 1840). It was used for a character in Tennessee Williams' play 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' (1955).

Cadhoiarn m Medieval Breton
Derived from Old Breton cat "battle" and (ho)iarn "iron".

Cadno m Welsh, Old Welsh
Derived from Welsh cat "battle" and -no "knowing". The modern Welsh word cadno, "fox", likely stems from the given name, similar to French Renard.

Cadwallon m Old Welsh, History
Derived from Old Welsh cat "battle" and an uncertain element, possibly gwallon "ruler" or uualaun, uualon "valorous" or guallaun "good, best"... [more]

Cadwethen m Medieval Breton
Derived from Old Breton cat "battle" and (g)uethen "warrior, war".

Cadwobri m Medieval Breton
Derived from Old Breton cat "battle" and uuobri "serious, important".

Cadwored m Medieval Breton
Derived from Old Breton cat "battle" and uuoret "shelter, protection".

Caillou m Popular Culture
The French word caillou means "pebble", and by extension it can also mean "bald head". ... [more]

Calico m & f English (Rare)
From the English word calico referring to something having a pattern of red and contrasting areas, specially the tri-coloured cat, resembling the color of calico cloth, a kind of rough cloth often printed with a bright pattern... [more]

Carbonel m Literature
Transferred use of the surname Carbonel. This name was used in Barbara Sleigh's Carbonel series where Carbonel is a black cat who was owned by a witch.

Cassel m & f English (Modern)
From the surname Cassel. Cassel Sharpe is fictional character in Holly Black's novel White Cat.

Cát f & m Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 吉 (cát) meaning "auspicious, lucky, good".

Catima f English
A diminutive of Cátia, Catherine, Caterina or any name starting with Cat-.

Catt f English (Rare)
Variant of Cat.

Catta f Gaulish
Derived from Gaulish cattos "cat".

Chaddy m & f English (Rare), Literature (Rare)
Diminutive of Chad / Chadwick. In the detective novel 'Cat Among the Pigeons' (1959) by Agatha Christie, there is a character named Lettice Chadwick, often called Chaddy.

Cleophea f German (Swiss, Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Cleophas. This was borne by the mother of Swiss-born Austrian painter An­gel­ica Kauff­man. Cleophea Holzhalb was painted by the Swiss painter Hans Asper in 1538 together with her cat and her dog.

Doraemon m Popular Culture
From Japanese どら猫 (dora neko) meaning "stray cat" and 衛門 (emon), an old-fashioned suffix for male names. In the homonymous manga and anime, Doraemon is an earless robotic cat who travels back in time from the 22nd century to aid a boy named Nobita Nobi.

Falin m Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
The Latin name Falin a masculine variant of the name Feline which is a Latin name meaning "cat-like". Falin literally translates to "Secret", or more commonly "My Secret".

Fauve f French (Modern, Rare), French (Belgian, Modern, Rare)
Derived from French fauve. As a noun, fauve means "tawny-coloured animal" and, by extension, " big cat (such as a lion or lynx); beast, wild animal (especially fierce, aggressive, or predatory)"... [more]

Félicette f French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
French feminine form of Félix and probably also a diminutive of Félicité.... [more]

Findus m Literature, German (Modern, Rare), Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Findus is a tomcat in the children's book series 'Pettson and Findus' by the Swedish writer and illustrator Sven Nordqvist. The cat is named after a cardbox with the printing "Findus green peas". Findus is a trademark by Nestlé for frozen food and the name is derived from Swedish fruktindustri "fruit industry".

Ftatateeta f Theatre
This name was invented by George Bernard Shaw for a character in his play Caesar and Cleopatra. She is Cleopatra's nurse. The name was used by ventriloquist Jimmy Nelson for a puppet of his, a cat. Though she was female, her voice was based on Ed Wynn's... [more]

Grettir m Old Norse, Icelandic, Faroese
Derived from Old Norse grettir meaning "he who shows his teeth" or "he who grins". Grettir Ásmundarson is the main character of the 'Grettis saga' written in the late 13th century. Grettir is also the Icelandic name for the orange cartoon cat Garfield.

Hiro m & f Japanese, Popular Culture
Means "broad, widespread."... [more]

Jennyanydots f Theatre
It is the name of a principal cat in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats. She is a seemingly lazy Jellicle cat, who is active only by night.

Jocantha f English (Rare)
Combination of Jo as in Joanne and cantha as in Acantha. Notably used by Saki for the protagonist in “The Philanthropist and the Happy Cat”.

Kaat f Dutch, Flemish
Short form of Catharina and Katharina.... [more]

Kadvael m Breton
Derived from Breton cat "battle" and mael "prince".

Katt f English
Variant of Cat.

Kissa f English (Rare, Archaic)
Possibly a diminutive of names such as Christina, Charissa or, more likely, Keziah (compare Keziah's diminutive Kizzie), influenced by the word kiss (or perhaps Finnish kissa "cat").... [more]

Kitten f Irish (Rare), English (Rare)
Derived from the name Katherine, or Katrina, meaning a small Cat, like the small meaning of it's longer names

Koneko f Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 子猫 (koneko) meaning "kitten", or 小 (ko) meaning "small" combined with 猫 (neko) meaning "cat". Other combinations of kanji can form this name as well.

Kot m Russian
Meaning "cat".

Limao f & m Chinese
From Chinese (狸貓) límāo meaning "civet, leopard cat" which combines (狸) lí meaning "raccoon", or (李) lǐ meaning "plum" and (貓) māo meaning "cat". Other character combinations can form this name as well.

Llyan f Literature
The name of a giant cat in 'The Chronicles of Prydain' by Lloyd Alexander. Possibly a Welsh name.

Loedertje f Literature, Popular Culture
Derived from Dutch loedertje, which is a diminutive of loeder, a Dutch term for a mean woman (a shrew or a harridan, if you will).... [more]

Madani f Sanskrit, Hindi, Indian, Hinduism, Marathi, Nepali, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali, Gujarati, Assamese
MEANING - "musk", "Civet-cat"... [more]

Maew f Thai
Means "cat" in Thai, a word that comes from the sounds that cats make.

Malkin f Medieval English, Pet
Medieval diminutive of Mary (via its diminutive Malle) or Matilda (via its medieval English form Mald or Malde; also see Maud)... [more]

Mayet f Ancient Egyptian
Means "the cat", derived from Egyptian mjwt "(female) cat, molly". This was the name of a child buried in the mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II, who may have been his daughter.

Mee f Hmong
Means "cat" or "noodle" in Hmong.

Meoki f Japanese
Pink cat

Miem f Limburgish
Limburgish short form of Mimie, but often just used as a pet form of Maria and Marie... [more]

Mineko f Japanese
From Mine combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child."... [more]

Miu f Thai
Miu is another spelling of Meaw. It’s meaning is the sound a cat makes.

Miv m & f Hmong
Means "cat" in Hmong Daw.

Mosi f Navajo
Cat "mósí", "mósi", "másí", "moasi"

Muezza f Arabic, Pet
Means "to care about others, one who comforts". The name of the prophet Muhammad's favourite cat.

Munkustrap m Literature, Theatre
This name belongs to a Jellicle cat in T.S. Eliot's poem, Naming of Cats. He is a principal character in the musical, Cats.

Nabby f Korean
Alternative spelling of the Korean female name Nabi that means "butterfly" in Korean. In Korean, Nabi (나비) also means "kitty" as an endearment for a cat.

Nabi f Korean
Means "butterfly" in Korean. Nabi is also used in Korean an endearment for a cat, like "kitty".

Neko f Japanese (Rare)
This name can be used as 寧子, 根子, 音子, 子子 or 眠子 with 寧 (nei, mushi.ro) meaning "preferably, rather," 根 (kon, ne, -ne) meaning "head (pimple), radical, root," 音 (in, on, -non, oto, ne) meaning "sound, noise," 子 (shi, su, tsu, ko, -ko, ne) meaning "child, sign of the rat (1st sign of the Chinese zodiac)" and 眠 (min, nemu.i, nemu.ru, ne) meaning "die, sleep(y)."... [more]

Nekoha f Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 猫 (neko) meaning "cat" combined with 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf", 波 (ha) meaning "wave", or 羽 (ha) meaning "feather, plume, wing". Other kanji or combinations of kanji can form this name as well.

Nhiriri f Shona
Means "wild cat" in Shona.

Pamiu m Ancient Egyptian
From Egyptian pꜣ-mjw or pꜣ-my meaning "the cat, the tomcat" or "he who belongs to the cat Bastet". It is sometimes incorrectly translated as pꜣ-mꜣj "the lion"... [more]

Pedubast m Ancient Egyptian
From Egyptian pꜢ-dj-bꜣstt meaning "the given of Bastet", derived from pꜣ "the; he of" combined with‎ dj "given" and the name of the cat goddess Bastet... [more]

Pırıs f Khakas
Means "cat" in Khakas.

Poindexter m Popular Culture
This was the name of a character in the made-for-TV cartoon version of 'Felix the Cat', introduced to the show in 1959. From an English surname which was originally a nickname from Old French poing destre meaning "right fist"; the surname is particularly associated with Huguenot refugees who fled from France to England, and from there to the U.S. state of Virginia.

Popoki f & m Hawaiian
Means "cat" in Hawaiian.

Pyewacket m & f Literature, Popular Culture, Pet
An imp in form of a dog reported by Mathew Hopkins in his 1647 pamphlet "The Discovery of Witches". Also the cat familiar of the witch in the 1958 movie Bell, Book and Candle.

Raion m Japanese (Modern, Rare)
Raion was influenced by Lion and/or the name Ryan. This is also a common name for a Japanese pet cat.

Saavik f Popular Culture
Saavik is the name of a character appearing in the "Star Trek" movie franchise. According to "The Pandora Principle," by Carolyn Clowes, the name is Romulan for "little cat."

Sagwa f Popular Culture
The name of the titular character from 'Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat'. The name is a corruption of her Chinese name 傻瓜 (Shǎguā) meaning "silly melon head" or "fool".

Serval m Western African
Directly taken from the name of the African cat species.

Shineko f Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 四 (shi) meaning "four" or 梓 (shi, azusa) meaning "catalpa, Japanese cherry birch" combined with 猫 (neko) meaning "cat". Other kanji or combinations of kanji can form this name as well.

Sillabub f Theatre
A type of English frothy drink made of milk, cream, and wine.... [more]

Skimbleshanks m Theatre
It is the name of a principal cat in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats. He is the Railway Cat.

Smudge m & f Pet
A cat name that is derived from the English word smudge meaning "blemish, smear" in reference to its appearance.

Socks m & f Pet
Derived from the English word socks, which is the plural form of the word sock. According to Wiktionary, this name is usually given to a cat that is mainly black but has white paws.... [more]

Solembum m Literature, Pet
"A wise person who listens well. Sometimes mysterious." Found in the INHERITANCE CYCLE- a were-cat (cat that can change into human) has the name

Ta-miu f Pet
Means "she-cat" in Ancient Egyptian. This was the name of Prince Thutmose's cat, best remembered for being buried in her own sarcophagus.

Usqullu m Quechua
Means "mountain cat, wildcat" in Quechua.

Usqullwillka m Quechua
Means "sacred mountain cat, sacred wildcat" in Quechua.

Xiaomao f Chinese (Rare)
From Chinese 小猫, 小貓 (xiǎomāo) meaning "kitten", which contains 小 (xiǎo) meaning "small" and 猫, 貓 (māo) meaning "cat"; 晓, 曉 (xiǎo) meaning "dawn, daybreak, know, understand", or 孝 (xiào) meaning "filial piety, obedience" combined with 猫, 貓 (māo) meaning "cat" or 毛 (máo) meaning "hair, wool, feather"... [more]