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Canadian cat names

Canada's best contribution to cat naming is its food: Timbit, Poutine, Nanaimo, Bannock, Saskatoon (the berry) and Butter Tart. Its money helps too; Loonie and Toonie make an excellent pair for two kittens.

For something less snack-based, there are places (Rideau, Yukon, Banff, Tofino, the Klondike), the warm Chinook wind of the Prairies, and Maple, which is about as Canadian as a name can get.

20 names below, each with its meaning and origin.

Girl names 4

  • Butter Tart

    Canada's sticky little pastry

    English origin, female, 3 syllables

  • Maple

    Canada's tree

    English origin, female, 2 syllables

  • Nanaimo

    The layered B.C. dessert bar

    English origin, female, 3 syllables

  • Saskatoon

    The prairie berry

    Cree origin, female, 3 syllables

Boy names 7

  • Banff

    The Rockies town, named after Banffshire

    Scottish origin, male, 1 syllable

  • Caribou

    Canada's wild reindeer

    French origin, male, 3 syllables

  • Chinook

    The warm winter wind of the Prairies

    Chinook Jargon origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Klondike

    The Yukon gold-rush region

    Hän origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Moose

    Large, Canadian and gentle

    English origin, male, 1 syllable

  • Mountie

    Always gets his mouse

    English origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Yukon

    "Great river"

    Gwich'in origin, male, 2 syllables

Unisex names 9

  • Bannock

    The pan bread

    Scottish origin, unisex, 2 syllables

  • Loonie

    Canada's dollar coin

    English origin, unisex, 2 syllables

  • Poutine

    Fries, curds and gravy

    French origin, unisex, 2 syllables

  • Puffin

    The black-and-white seabird of Newfoundland

    English origin, unisex, 2 syllables

  • Rideau

    Ottawa's canal; French for "curtain"

    French origin, unisex, 2 syllables

  • Timbit

    The bite-size doughnut hole

    English origin, unisex, 2 syllables

  • Tofino

    The B.C. surf town, named for a Spanish hydrographer

    Spanish origin, unisex, 3 syllables

  • Toonie

    Canada's two-dollar coin

    English origin, unisex, 2 syllables

  • Toque

    The Canadian winter hat

    French origin, unisex, 1 syllable

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