Male Cat Names

As the proud parent of two adorable kitties, I know that cats make wonderful pets. Since each feline is totally unique, with its own personality, variety, and color, it’s important to find the “purr-fect” name. Hopefully, this article will be fun to read and help you find just the right one.

POPULAR MALE CAT NAMES

• OLIVER OR OLLIE – Old French, Medieval British origin; an olive grove; olive tree planter
• SIMBA – African/Swahili origin meaning “lion”; popularized by LION KING movie character
• MAX – Latin; greatest
• OSCAR – Irish; deer lover
• JASPER – English; treasurer
• CHARLIE – English; free man
• MILO – English; soldier
• TOBY – English; God is good
• JACK – English; God is gracious
• SAM – English; short form of Samuel

FAMOUS MALE CAT NAMES

• PAYTON – Walter Payton-NFL running back for the Chicago Bears for 13 seasons; Nine time Pro Bowl selectee, one of the all-time greatest players
• JAGGER – Mick Jagger – iconic rock star and long-time lead singer of the Rolling Stones
• KOBE – Kobe Bean Bryant – NBA basketball player for 20 years, playing for LA Lakers; 18 time All-Star, won 5 NBA championships
• HARRY – Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex; Harry Styles – English singer, songwriter, and actor, formerly of globally successful boy band, One Direction
• ALI – Muhammad Ali – an American professional boxer considered the greatest of all time; Ali was also an activist, entertainer, and philanthropist
• NEWMAN – Paul Newman – Academy Award winning actor and star of numerous major films, race car driver, film director and entrepreneur
• JORDAN – Michael Jordan – star NBA player for 15 seasons, winner of six championships with Chicago Bulls; successful businessman
• BABE – George Herman “Babe” Ruth Jr., Major League Baseball player for 22 seasons: Hall of Famer, one of the greatest sports heroes of all time
• LEO – Leonardo DiCaprio – world famous actor; also film producer, and environmentalist; Leonardo da Vinci – great Renaissance artist, painter of the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, etc. Also known for drawing, sculpting, science, engineering, architecture, and anatomy
• POST MALONE – a rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor; also known for blending genres and for his tattoos

CUTE MALE CAT NAMES

• BOOTS – good choice for a cat with paws of a different color than the rest of its fur
• MURPHY – Irish origin meaning “sea warrior”
• ROMEO – Italian origin meaning “pilgrim to Rome, Roman,” also a ladies’ man
• TEDDY – English origin; wealthy protector, brave people; God’s gift; President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt; cuddly teddy bear
• MITTENS – nursery rhyme: “three little kittens have lost their mittens”
• TIGGER – fictional character, similar to a tiger, in WINNIE THE POOH
• BOO – an exclamation to surprise someone
• HARLEY – English: from The Hares’ Wood; Harley-Davidson motorcycles
• NUGGET – a small lump of gold or precious metal; valuable idea or fact; chicken tender
• TWIX – a chocolate caramel cookie bar

FUNNY MALE CAT NAMES

• BUZZ – rumor, excitement, move quickly or busily
• JINX – bringer of bad luck
• RAMBO – fanatically militant or aggressive; funny if your cat is timid
• SPARKY – lively, high-spirited; funny if your cat is easy-going and naps a lot
• ASTRO – ironically the name of the dog on the classic Jetsons cartoon
• WASABI – a Japanese plant with a thick green root that tastes like strong horseradish and is served with raw fish
• KERMIT – reference to Kermit the frog, a Muppet character on_SESAME STREET_
• BUBBA – a lazy soldier, but used in an endearing way
• GIZMO – a gadget, especially one that the user does not know or remember its name
• PAW REVERE – a pun on the name of Paul Revere, patriot in the American Revolution

NERDY MALE CAT NAMES

• ALFRED – Batman’s butler: Alfred Pennyworth; English: wise counselor
• CHESTER – Latin: fortress or camp
• TERRENCE – Latin; smooth
• ALISTAIR – Scottish; defending men
• MILTON – English; mill town
• BARTHOLOMEW – Hebrew; son of the furrow
• CHAUNCEY – English; a chancellor or a gamble
• DEWEY – Welsh; beloved
• EDGAR – English; a wealthy spearman
• IRVING – Scottish; friend from the sea

COOL MALE CAT NAMES

• LYNX – a wild cat
• BO – Norse: to live; name suggests cowboy swagger; also, means wave in Mandarin Chinese
• VALOR – courage; bravery; heroic
• ROCKY – English; rock
• TITAN – Greek mythology: any of the older gods; one with great strength or importance
• ZEUS – supreme deity of the ancient Greeks
• VULCAN – ancient Roman god of fire and metalworking
• MAVERICK – independent; takes a stand
• ADONIS – character in Greek mythology; a very handsome young man
• AXEL – Hebrew; divine reward

UNIQUE AND UNUSUAL MALE CAT NAMES

• CLAWSOME – having and using sharp claws
• CATAPULT – play on “cat”; an ancient military engine for hurling stones and arrows
• GREMLIN – a mischievous invisible being
• JINKIES – surprising; often used by Velma in classic Scooby Doo
• KITKAT – a chocolate wafer candy bar; play on words kitten and cat
• MEGABYTE – a multiple of the unit byte for digital information
• NINJA – a covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan
• TERABYTE – a unit of information equal to one million bytes
• JONES – have a fixation on; addicted to someone or something
• JAZZY – resembling the style of jazz; bright, colorful, showy

Black Male Cat Names

• MIDNIGHT – twelve o’clock at night
• ASHER – Hebrew for blessed and happy
• ECLIPSE – obscure or block out light such as a solar eclipse
• OMEN – portent of evil
• NIGHTHAWK – moving about late at night; “night owl”
• SIRIUS BLACK – Harry Potter character
• RAVEN – a large corvine bird with lustrous, black plumage and a loud harsh call
• MENACE – threatening to cause evil, harm, injury; threatening
• PANTHER – a black cougar or puma
• DARTH VADER – an evil character in STAR WARS

White Male Cat Name

• WHITEY FORD – a former star baseball player for the New York Yankees
• NIMBUS – in classic mythology – a shining cloud sometimes surrounding a deity when on earth
• ASPEN – a ski resort city in Colorado
• ALASKA – a northwestern state with a cold, snowy climate
• ALPINE – pertaining to a region of the Alps; related to competitive downhill skiing
• CASPER – friendly ghost in an animated cartoon series
• DICE – white cubes marked with spots, used in games of chance or gambling
• CUE BALL – in pool or billiards, the white ball a player strikes with the cue
• DOMINO – a flat, thumb-sized, rectangular block used to play the game of dominoes in a set of 28 pieces
• FLURRY – a snowflake in a light snow shower

Gray Male Cat Names

• ASH – powdery residue that remains after burning
• DORIAN GRAY – a fictional character in an 1890 novel, THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY
• GRAYSON – English: son of the grey-haired one; originally a surname but now a popular boy’s name
• EARL GREY – a popular blend of tea
• GRADY – Gaelic name meaning noble
• MERCURY – smallest planet in the solar system and closest to sun. with a dark gray surface.
• SHADOW – a dark figure or image cast on a surface by a body intercepting light
• SMOKEY – gray, cloudy, having the appearance of smoke
• SILVER- a white metallic element; consisting of ,or plated with, silver
• STORM OR STORMY – a disturbance of the atmosphere, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, lightning, and wind

Orange Male Cat Names

• CHEETO – a popular orange cheesy snack
• BLAZE – a bright flame or fire
• CHEETAH – a cat resembling a leopard in southwestern Asia and Africa
• GARFIELD – an orange cat featured in an American comic strip since 1976
• FLAME – a hot glowing body of ignited gas generated by a fire
• NACHO – a snack of cheese, peppers, etc. on a tortilla or a nacho chip
• PUMPKIN – a large, edible, orange-yellow fruit of the gourd family
• RUSTY – covered with rust or rust-colored
• MARMALADE – a jellylike preserve of oranges and orange rind
• JUPITER – the fifth planet from the sun known as the red planet

Boy Cat Names From A To Z

In this full list we round up 947 male names for cats.

Male Cat Names Starting with A

We here list 51 boy names for cats starting with a.

• Aaron
• Abraham
• Ace
• Achilles
• Adam
• Admiral
• Adrian
• Aiden
• Ajax
• Alex
• Alexander
• Alfie
• Alfredo
• Ali
• Alibi
• Almond
• Alvin
• America
• Ames
• Amir
• Amos
• Andrew
• Andy
• Angel
• Angus
• Ansel
• Anthony
• Apollo
• Applejack
• Archi
• Archie
• Argo
• Arlo
• Armani
• Armstrong
• Arnold
• Arthur
• Artie
• Ash
• Asher
• Ashley
• Ashton
• Astro
• Atlas
• Atticus
• Atwood
• Augie
• Augustus
• Austin
• Avery
• Axel

Male Cat Names Starting with B

We here list 98 boy names for cats starting with b.

• Babe
• Baby
• Bacon
• Bailey
• Baitman
• Balto
• Bam-Bam
• Bandit
• Banjo
• Barley
• Barney
• Baron
• Barry
• Basil
• Baxter
• Beaker
• Bean
• Beans
• Bear
• Beau
• Beck
• Becks
• Beer
• Beiber
• Ben
• Benjamin
• Bennett
• Benny
• Bentley
• Berlin
• Bernard
• Bernie
• Biff
• Billy
• Bingo
• Binx
• Biscuit
• Black Bean
• Blackie
• Blade
• Blake
• Blaze
• Blimp
• Blizzard
• Blu
• Blue
• Bo
• Bob
• Bobby
• Bock
• Bono
• Bonsai
• Boo
• Boo Boo
• Booger
• Booker
• Boomer
• Booster
• Boots
• Boris
• Bosco
• Bowie
• Brady
• Brain
• Bramble
• Bran
• Bravo
• Brayden
• Brewster
• Brodie
• Brody
• Bronco
• Bronx
• Brownie
• Broxi
• Bruce
• Bruiser
• Bruno
• Bryce
• Bub
• Buba
• Bubba
• Bubbles
• Buckeye
• Bucky
• Bud
• Buddy
• Bug
• Bugsy
• Bullet
• Burger/Berger
• Buster
• Butch
• Butcher
• Butter
• Butters
• Butterscotch
• Button

Male Cat Names Starting with C

We here list 75 boy names for cats starting with c.

• Caesar
• Caleb
• Calvin
• Camden
• Cameron
• Cap
• Cappuccino
• Captain
• Caramel
• Carl
• Carmel
• Carson
• Carter
• Casey
• Cash
• Cashew
• Casper
• Caty
• Caviar
• Cecil
• Cedar
• Charles
• Charley
• Charlie
• Chase
• Chesnut
• Chester
• Chewbacca
• Chewie
• Chino
• Chip
• Chocolate
• Chomp
• Chowder
• Christian
• Christopher
• Chucky
• Cinder
• Claude
• Claws
• Clay
• Cletis
• Clove
• Clyde
• Coal
• Coby
• Coco
• Cocoa
• Cody
• Coffee
• Cola
• Colby
• Cole
• Colossus
• Colton
• Comet
• Como
• Connor
• Cookie
• Cookie Monster
• Cooper
• Copernicus
• Copper
• Corky
• Cornflake
• Cosmo
• Cowboy
• Crackers
• Crookshanks
• Crumbs
• Cucumber
• Cuddles
• Cupid
• Curry
• Cyrus

Male Cat Names Starting with D

We here list 38 boy names for cats starting with d.

• Dallas
• Damian
• Danger
• Daniel
• Dante
• Dash
• David
• Dawson
• Dax
• Daytona
• Declan
• Demi
• Denim
• Denis
• Denver
• Devon
• Dewey
• Dexter
• Diablo
• Diddy
• Diego
• Diesel
• Digby
• Doc
• Dom
• Dominic
• Domino
• Douglas
• Drake
• Dublin
• Dude
• Duffy
• Duke
• Dumpling
• Duncan
• Dusty
• Dutch
• Dylan

Male Cat Names Starting with E

We here list 33 boy names for cats starting with e.

• Earl
• Earnest
• East
• Easton
• Echo
• Eddie
• Eddy
• Edgar
• Edison
• Eeyore
• Einstein
• Elf
• Eli
• Elias
• Elijah
• Elliot
• Elliott
• Elmer (Fudd)
• Elmo
• Elvis
• Elwood
• Emmett
• Enzo
• Ernie
• Errol
• Escher
• Espresso
• Ethan
• Evan
• Everett
• Ewok
• Ezekiel
• Ezra

Male Cat Names Starting with F

We here list 28 boy names for cats starting with f.

• Fandango
• Fargo
• Felix
• Fergus
• Figaro
• Finn
• Finnegan
• Fisher
• Fizz
• Flapjack
• Flash
• Flint
• Fluffy
• Flynn
• Fonzie
• Frank
• Frankie
• Franklin
• Freckles
• Fred
• Freddie
• Freddy
• Frisco
• Frodo
• Frost
• Fry
• Fudge
• Fuzzy

Male Cat Names Starting with G

We here list 32 boy names for cats starting with g.

• Gabe
• Gabriel
• Gadget
• Gandalf
• Gandhi
• Gandolf
• Garfield
• Gary
• Gaston
• Gatsby
• General
• Geo
• George
• Georgie
• Ghost
• Gizmo
• Glitch
• Godzilla
• Goliath
• Gonzo
• Grant
• Grayson
• Greyson
• Gromit
• Groucho
• Grumpy
• Guinness
• Gulliver
• Gumby
• Gunner
• Gus
• Guy

Male Cat Names Starting with H

We here list 30 boy names for cats starting with h.

• Hades
• Hagrid
• Hamilton
• Hank
• Hansel
• Harley
• Harold
• Harry
• Harvey
• Heath
• Heathcliff
• Henry
• Hercules
• Hermes
• Hershey
• Hex
• Hickory
• Hobbes
• Hobbit
• Homer
• Horton
• Houdini
• Howard
• Huckleberry
• Hud
• Hudson
• Huey
• Hugo
• Hulk
• Hunter

Male Cat Names Starting with I

We here list 20 boy names for cats starting with i.

• Ian
• Ibis
• Ice
• Icon
• Iggy
• Igor
• Ike
• Indiana
• Indie
• Indigo
• Indy
• Ink
• Inky
• Irving
• Isaac
• Isaiah
• Italics
• Itty Bitty
• Ivan
• Izzy

Male Cat Names Starting with J

We here list 51 boy names for cats starting with j.

• Jabba
• Jabbock
• Jace
• Jack
• Jackson
• Jacob
• Jacques
• Jake
• James
• Jameson
• Jamie
• Jasper
• Java
• Jawa
• Jax
• Jaxon
• Jaxson
• Jayden
• Jazz
• Jeeves
• Jellybean
• Jeremiah
• Jerry
• Jesse
• Jester
• Jet
• Jiggy
• Jinx
• Jj
• Joe
• Joel
• Joey
• John
• Johnny
• Joker
• Jonah
• Jonathan
• Jones
• Jonesy
• Jordan
• Jordi
• Jordy
• Jose
• Joseph
• Josh
• Joshua
• Jude
• Julian
• Julius
• Junior
• Jupiter

Male Cat Names Starting with K

We here list 27 boy names for cats starting with k.

• Kai
• Kalypso
• Kane
• Karl
• Kashmir
• Kato
• Kayden
• Kenji
• Kennedy
• Kermit
• Kerplunk
• Kevin
• Kimba
• King
• Kingston
• Kipling
• Kirby
• Kit
• KitKat
• Kitty
• Kiwi
• Knight
• Knute
• Kobe
• Kodiak
• Kool
• Kylo

Male Cat Names Starting with L

We here list 34 boy names for cats starting with l.

• Lando
• Landon
• Lane
• Larry
• Laser
• Latte
• Lee
• Lenny
• Leo
• Leonardo
• Lester
• Levi
• Lex
• Liam
• Licorice
• Lincoln
• Linus
• Little
• Livingston
• Lobster
• Logan
• Loki
• London
• Lorenzo
• Lou
• Louie
• Louis
• Luca
• Lucas
• Lucky
• Luigi
• Luke
• Luno
• Lux

Male Cat Names Starting with M

We here list 73 boy names for cats starting with m.

• Mac
• Macaroni
• Macaroon
• Madden
• Maddox
• Magic
• Magnum
• Magnus
• Magpie
• Major
• Malo
• Mango
• Manny
• Maple
• Marble
• Marco
• Marcus
• Mario
• Marley
• Marly
• Marmalade
• Marshall
• Marshmallow
• Marshmellow
• Marvin
• Mason
• Mateo
• Mater
• Matthew
• Maverick
• Max
• Maximus
• Maxwell
• Mcgee
• Meatball
• Meeko
• Memphis
• Meowy
• Merlin
• Michael
• Mickey
• Midnight
• Miguel
• Mikey
• Miles
• Milo
• Min
• Miso
• Mitch
• Mittens
• Moby
• Mocha
• Mochi
• Moe
• Moet
• Mojo
• Monet
• Monkey
• Monty
• Moo
• Mookie
• Moon
• Moose
• Morris
• Moses
• Mowgli
• Mozart
• Mr. Biggles
• Mud
• Mufasa
• Muffin
• Mulder
• Murphy

Male Cat Names Starting with N

We here list 28 boy names for cats starting with n.

• Nacho
• Napoleon
• Nash
• Nathan
• Ned
• Neko
• Nelson
• Nemo
• Neo
• Neptune
• Newton
• Nicholas
• Nick
• Nico
• Nigel
• Nikita
• Niko
• Niles
• Ninja
• Noah
• Nolan
• Noodle
• Noodles
• North
• Nova
• Nugget
• Nutella
• Nutmeg

Male Cat Names Starting with O

We here list 22 boy names for cats starting with o.

• Oasis
• Oatmeal
• Oberon
• Obi
• Octavius
• Oden
• Olaf
• Oliver
• Ollie
• Onyx
• Opie
• Orangey
• Oreo
• Orion
• Orlando
• Oscar
• Otis
• Otter
• Otto
• Owen
• Ozzie
• Ozzy

Male Cat Names Starting with P

We here list 54 boy names for cats starting with p.

• Pablo
• Palermo
• Panko
• Panther
• Parker
• Patch
• Patches
• Patrick
• Peanut
• Pebble
• Pebbles
• Pee Wee
• Pepe
• Pepper
• Pepsi
• Percy
• Perry
• Pesto
• Pete
• Peter
• Petey
• Pharoah
• Picasso
• Pickle
• Pickles
• Pikachu
• Pip
• Pippin
• Pirate
• Pita
• Plucky
• Pockets
• Poe
• Pogo
• Poindexter
• Poochie
• Popcorn
• Porkchop
• Porter
• Porto
• Possum
• Potato
• Pots
• Pouncer
• Preston
• Pretzel
• Prince
• Puck
• Pudding
• Pudge
• Puma
• Pumpkin
• Purrcy
• Puss

Male Cat Names Starting with Q

We here list 16 boy names for cats starting with q.

• QTip
• Quack
• Quaker
• Quarantine
• Quarter
• Quasimodo
• Quentin
• Questlove
• Quimby
• Quince
• Quincy
• Quinsy
• Quirk
• Quiver
• Quixote
• Quiz

Male Cat Names Starting with R

We here list 45 boy names for cats starting with r.

• Racer
• Racoon
• Raisin
• Raleigh
• Ralph
• Rambo
• Rascal
• Razor
• Reece
• Reeses
• Reggie
• Regi
• Remy
• Reuben
• Rex
• Rich
• Rick
• Ricky
• Rider
• Ridley
• Rigby
• Riley
• Ringo
• Ripley
• Robert
• Robin
• Rocco
• Rocket
• Rocky
• Roly
• Roman
• Romeo
• Rooney
• Roosevelt
• Rootbeer
• Rorschach
• Rory
• Roscoe
• Rover
• Rowan
• Rudy
• Rufus
• Rusty
• Ryan
• Rylee

Male Cat Names Starting with S

We here list 81 boy names for cats starting with s.

• Salem
• Sam
• Sammy
• Sampson
• Samson
• Samuel
• Santiago
• Scat Cat
• Scooby
• Scooter
• Scotch
• Scottie
• Scotty
• Scout
• Scrappy
• Scruff
• Seamus
• Sebastian
• Seuss
• Shades
• Shadow
• Sharpie
• Sheldon
• Sherlock
• Sherman
• Shortcake
• Shrimp
• Simba
• Simon
• Sinclair
• Skip
• Skittles
• Slim
• Slippers
• Smalls
• Smokey
• Smoky
• Smores
• Smudge
• Snacks
• Snicker
• Snickers
• Snowball
• Snowy
• Sockington
• Socks
• Soldier
• Solo
• Sonny
• Soot
• Sooty
• South
• Sox
• Spam
• Sparky
• Spencer
• Spike
• Spirit
• Spock
• Spooky
• Sprout
• Spud
• Squeak
• Squirt
• Stanley
• Steve
• Stewie
• Stitch
• Stoney
• Storm
• Stormy
• Stout
• String Bean
• Suede
• Sumo
• Sunny
• Sushi
• Swag
• Sweet Potato
• Sylvester
• Syrup

Male Cat Names Starting with T

We here list 48 boy names for cats starting with t.

• Taboo
• Tag
• Taiwan
• Tango
• Tank
• Tanner
• Tater Tot
• Taz
• Ted
• Teddy
• Ten
• Terry
• Theo
• Theodore
• Thomas
• Thor
• Tiger
• Tigger
• Timmy
• Tiny
• Tiramisu
• Titan
• Titus
• Toast
• Toasty
• Toby
• Tofu
• Tom
• Tommy
• Tonk
• Tonka
• Tony
• Tor
• Torleif
• Torsten
• Trapper
• Trip
• Tristan
• Troy
• Truffles
• Tucker
• Tuna
• Turbo
• Twinkie
• Twix
• Tyler
• Tyrion
• Tyson

Male Cat Names Starting with U

We here list 15 boy names for cats starting with u.

• Uber
• Udin
• Ukraine
• Ulrich
• Ultra
• Ulysses
• Umi
• Uncle
• Underfoot
• Unity
• Uno
• Upton
• Urban
• Uris
• Utah

Male Cat Names Starting with V

We here list 16 boy names for cats starting with v.

• Vader
• Valant
• Valarian
• Valentino
• Vamos
• Vancouver
• Velcro
• Venus
• Vermouth
• Vespa
• Victor
• Video
• Viking
• Vinnie
• Virgil
• Vito

Male Cat Names Starting with W

We here list 32 boy names for cats starting with w.

• Waco
• Waddles
• Waffles
• Wagner
• Waldo
• Wallace
• Wally
• Walnut
• Walt
• Walter
• Ward
• Warrior
• Warrior
• Washington
• Watts
• Wes
• Wesley
• Weston
• Whiskers
• Whiskey
• Widget
• William
• Willie
• Wilson
• Winston
• Wolfgang
• Wonka
• Woodstock
• Woody
• Wookie
• Wrigley
• Wyatt

This conclude our roundup list of popular names for male cats. If you still have problems picking a name you can try our pet name generator for cat names. If you are looking for female names for cats you can check out our list here.