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Human names for cats

Giving a cat a human name is one of the oldest naming trends and still one of the best. Old-fashioned names, the kind you'd find on a great-aunt's birthday card, suit cats particularly well: Mabel, Walter, Edith, Agnes, Clarence.

Then there are the deadpan modern names that work because they're so ordinary. A cat called Gary is somehow funnier than any pun.

48 names below, each with its meaning and origin.

Girl names 24

  • Agatha

    "Good"; also Marvel's Agatha Harkness

    Greek origin, female, 3 syllables

  • Agnes

    "Pure"

    Greek origin, female, 2 syllables

  • Astrid

    "Divine beauty"

    Norse origin, female, 2 syllables

  • Barbara

    "Foreign"

    Greek origin, female, 3 syllables

  • Beatrice

    "She who brings happiness"

    Latin origin, female, 3 syllables

  • Bella

    "Beautiful"

    Italian origin, female, 2 syllables

  • Brenda

    "Sword"

    Norse origin, female, 2 syllables

  • Brigid

    "Exalted one"

    Irish origin, female, 2 syllables

  • Chloe

    "Green shoot"

    Greek origin, female, 2 syllables

  • Edith

    "Prosperous in war"

    English origin, female, 2 syllables

  • Frida

    "Peace"; also the painter Frida Kahlo

    German origin, female, 2 syllables

  • Ingrid

    "Beautiful", after the god Ing

    Norse origin, female, 2 syllables

  • Linda

    "Pretty"

    Spanish origin, female, 2 syllables

  • Lucy

    "Light"

    Latin origin, female, 2 syllables

  • Mabel

    "Lovable"

    Latin origin, female, 2 syllables

  • Maeve

    The warrior queen of Connacht

    Irish origin, female, 1 syllable

  • Margot

    "Pearl"

    French origin, female, 2 syllables

  • Orla

    "Golden princess"

    Irish origin, female, 2 syllables

  • Penelope

    Odysseus's patient wife

    Greek origin, female, 4 syllables

  • Penny

    The copper coin

    English origin, female, 2 syllables

  • Saoirse

    "Freedom"

    Irish origin, female, 2 syllables

  • Sigrid

    "Victory" and "beautiful"

    Norse origin, female, 2 syllables

  • Tabitha

    "Gazelle"

    Aramaic origin, female, 3 syllables

  • Winifred

    From Gwenfrewi; the eldest Sanderson sister in Hocus Pocus

    Welsh origin, female, 3 syllables

Boy names 23

  • Alfred

    "Elf counsel"; a classic butler name

    English origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Archie

    "Truly brave"

    Germanic origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Bruno

    "Brown"

    Italian origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Clarence

    "Bright"

    Latin origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Darragh

    "Oak"

    Irish origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Dennis

    From Dionysius

    Greek origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Erik

    "Ever ruler"

    Norse origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Flynn

    "Son of the red-haired one"

    Irish origin, male, 1 syllable

  • Gary

    A human name, delivered deadpan

    English origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Gerald

    "Rule of the spear"

    Germanic origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Graham

    "Gravelly homestead"; also the cracker

    Scottish origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Gus

    Short for Augustus, "venerable"

    Latin origin, male, 1 syllable

  • Leif

    "Heir"

    Norse origin, male, 1 syllable

  • Milo

    A short, friendly classic

    Germanic origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Oliver

    "Olive tree"

    Latin origin, male, 3 syllables

  • Ronan

    "Little seal"

    Irish origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Rory

    "Red king"

    Irish origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Rufus

    "Red-haired"

    Latin origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Steve

    Stephen means "crown"; on a cat it means comedy

    Greek origin, male, 1 syllable

  • Tadhg

    "Poet"

    Irish origin, male, 1 syllable

  • Theo

    Short for Theodore, "gift of God"

    Greek origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Walter

    "Army ruler"

    Germanic origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Winston

    "Joy stone"

    English origin, male, 2 syllables

Unisex names 1

  • Charlie

    "Free person"

    Germanic origin, unisex, 2 syllables

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