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Orange male cat names

Most orange cats are boys, so this is the deepest list on the site. Irish names do the colour well: Rory means red king, Flynn means son of the red-haired one, and Aiden means little fire.

For pop-culture cover there's Garfield, Heathcliff (both Brontë's hero and a comic-strip ginger), Goose from Captain Marvel and Jonesy, the ship's cat who survives Alien.

43 names below, each with its meaning and origin.

Boy names 30

  • Aiden

    "Little fire"

    Irish origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Apollo

    God of music and light

    Greek origin, male, 3 syllables

  • Aslan

    "Lion"; Narnia's great lion

    Turkish origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Blaze

    A bright flame

    English origin, male, 1 syllable

  • Cheddar

    The orange cheese

    English origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Cheeto

    Bright orange and slightly chaotic

    English origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Copper

    Warm red metal

    English origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Crookshanks

    Hermione's clever, squashed-faced cat

    English origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Flynn

    "Son of the red-haired one"

    Irish origin, male, 1 syllable

  • Fox

    Russet and quick

    English origin, male, 1 syllable

  • Garfield

    The lasagna-loving comic-strip cat

    English origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Goose

    The ginger cat in Captain Marvel

    English origin, male, 1 syllable

  • Heathcliff

    Brontë's brooding hero, and a comic-strip orange cat

    English origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Helios

    The sun god

    Greek origin, male, 3 syllables

  • Hobbes

    The tiger of Calvin and Hobbes

    English origin, male, 1 syllable

  • Jonesy

    The ship's cat in Alien

    English origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Klondike

    The Yukon gold-rush region

    Hän origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Leo

    "Lion"

    Latin origin, male, 1 syllable

  • Macavity

    T.S. Eliot's Mystery Cat

    English origin, male, 4 syllables

  • Nacho

    Cheesy; also a nickname for Ignacio

    Spanish origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Puss

    Puss in Boots, the clever fairy-tale cat

    English origin, male, 1 syllable

  • Ra

    Egyptian god of the sun

    Egyptian origin, male, 1 syllable

  • Rory

    "Red king"

    Irish origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Rosso

    "Red"

    Italian origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Rufus

    "Red-haired"

    Latin origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Rusty

    Reddish-brown

    English origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Simba

    "Lion"; The Lion King

    Swahili origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Tiger

    Stripes, obviously

    English origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Tigger

    The bouncing tiger of Winnie-the-Pooh

    English origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Toulouse

    The Aristocats' painter kitten

    French origin, male, 2 syllables

Names that suit any cat 13

  • Butterscotch

    Brown sugar and butter

    English origin, unisex, 3 syllables

  • Gingerbread

    Spiced brown cake

    English origin, unisex, 3 syllables

  • Kin

    "Gold"

    Japanese origin, unisex, 1 syllable

  • Mango

    From the Tamil name for the fruit

    Tamil origin, unisex, 2 syllables

  • Marmalade

    Orange preserve

    English origin, unisex, 3 syllables

  • Mikan

    Mandarin orange

    Japanese origin, unisex, 2 syllables

  • Ochre

    Yellow-orange earth pigment

    Greek origin, unisex, 1 syllable

  • Phoenix

    The firebird reborn from its ashes

    Greek origin, unisex, 2 syllables

  • Pumpkin

    Round, orange and autumnal

    English origin, unisex, 2 syllables

  • Sol

    "Sun"

    Latin origin, unisex, 1 syllable

  • Sunny

    Bright and warm

    English origin, unisex, 2 syllables

  • Toffee

    Chewy and golden

    English origin, unisex, 2 syllables

  • Yuzu

    Fragrant Japanese citrus

    Japanese origin, unisex, 2 syllables

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