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Black male cat names

Black boy cats tend to pull names from three places: the underworld (Hades, Pluto, Erebus, Anubis), the bird world (Odin's ravens Hugin and Munin, plus Bran, the Irish word for raven), and literature, where Kipling's Bagheera remains the definitive black panther.

Poe is a quieter option with a wink: Edgar Allan Poe wrote the most famous black-cat story in English, whose cat is called Pluto.

43 names below, each with its meaning and origin.

Boy names 23

  • Anubis

    Jackal-headed guardian of the dead

    Egyptian origin, male, 3 syllables

  • Bagheera

    The black panther of Kipling's The Jungle Book

    Hindi origin, male, 3 syllables

  • Berlioz

    The Aristocats' piano-playing kitten

    French origin, male, 3 syllables

  • Binx

    The talking black cat of Hocus Pocus

    English origin, male, 1 syllable

  • Bran

    "Raven"

    Irish origin, male, 1 syllable

  • Cauldron

    For a cat who's always brewing something

    Latin origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Coal

    Black with a hidden glow

    English origin, male, 1 syllable

  • Cosmo

    From kosmos, "the ordered universe"

    Greek origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Erebus

    Primordial god of darkness

    Greek origin, male, 3 syllables

  • Hades

    Ruler of the underworld

    Greek origin, male, 1 syllable

  • Hocus

    Half of "hocus pocus"

    English origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Hugin

    "Thought"; one of Odin's two ravens

    Norse origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Kieran

    "Little dark one"

    Irish origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Moriarty

    Sherlock Holmes's criminal mastermind

    Irish origin, male, 3 syllables

  • Munin

    "Memory"; Odin's other raven

    Norse origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Nero

    "Black"; also a Roman emperor

    Italian origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Panther

    The big black cat

    English origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Phantom

    An elegant ghost

    English origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Pluto

    Roman god of the underworld; the cat in Poe's "The Black Cat"

    Latin origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Pocus

    The other half

    English origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Poe

    After Edgar Allan Poe, who wrote "The Black Cat"

    English origin, male, 1 syllable

  • Set

    God of storms, deserts and chaos

    Egyptian origin, male, 1 syllable

  • Vader

    After Star Wars' dark lord

    English origin, male, 2 syllables

Names that suit any cat 20

  • Crow

    A clever black bird

    English origin, unisex, 1 syllable

  • Eclipse

    When the sun goes dark

    English origin, unisex, 2 syllables

  • Espresso

    "Pressed out"; the darkest coffee

    Italian origin, unisex, 3 syllables

  • Grimoire

    A book of spells

    French origin, unisex, 2 syllables

  • Hex

    "Witch"; a spell or curse

    German origin, unisex, 1 syllable

  • Ink

    Small, dark and memorable

    English origin, unisex, 1 syllable

  • Jet

    Glossy black gem made from fossilized wood

    English origin, unisex, 1 syllable

  • Jiji

    The black cat of Kiki's Delivery Service

    Japanese origin, unisex, 2 syllables

  • Kuro

    "Black"

    Japanese origin, unisex, 2 syllables

  • Midnight

    The darkest hour

    English origin, unisex, 2 syllables

  • Noir

    "Black"

    French origin, unisex, 1 syllable

  • Nori

    Dark seaweed sheets used in sushi

    Japanese origin, unisex, 2 syllables

  • Obsidian

    Glossy black volcanic glass

    Latin origin, unisex, 4 syllables

  • Omen

    A sign of things to come

    Latin origin, unisex, 2 syllables

  • Onyx

    Banded black stone; Greek for "claw"

    Greek origin, unisex, 2 syllables

  • Pepper

    The dark spice

    English origin, unisex, 2 syllables

  • Raven

    The black bird of folklore and omens

    English origin, unisex, 2 syllables

  • Sable

    The heraldic word for black

    English origin, unisex, 2 syllables

  • Salem

    Town of the 1692 witch trials; from Hebrew for "peace"

    English origin, unisex, 2 syllables

  • Shadow

    A perennial black-cat favourite

    English origin, unisex, 2 syllables

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