How to Name Your Cat - Ideas for Naming the New Male or Female Kitty Cat in Your Life

What would you name this lil guy?

Need a name for your fabulous feline friend? Do you want a name that is descriptive, exotic,or just plain cute? Here are some suggestions.
When a new cat or kitten comes into your life, one of your first tasks is to pick out a name. Pet names can be fun because you can be as creative or as ordinary as you like. Unlike with babies, you don't have to worry about whether to give your cat an uncommon or a popular name. As long as you set out food, the cat could care less what name is engraved on the bowl! Here are some suggestions to help give your sweet new feline friend a terrific moniker.

1) Descriptive Names. A traditional and truly adorable way to name a cat is to find a name that describes your kitty's physical or personality characteristics. These kinds of names are always popular. Here are some examples:

Alley (or Allie)
Angel
Boots
Calico (or Callie)
Fluffy
Frisky
Ginger
Midnight
Patches
Paws
Shadow
Smokey
Snowball
Socks
Tabby (or Tabitha)
Tiger

2) A Cat in Any Language. Another way to name your feline friend is to use the word for "cat" in another language, like these:

Besseh (Arabic)
Catua (Basque)
Chat (French-- "chaton" is kitten)
Chatul (Yiddish)
Gato (Spanish and Portuguese) or Gatto (Italian and Polish)
Katze (German)
Kissa (Finnish)
Koshka (Russian)
Mah-oh (Thai)
Miu (Chinese)
Neko (Japanese)
Paka (Swahili)
Pisica (Romanian)
Popoki (Hawaiian)
Pussi (Eskimo)

3) Old Lady & Old Man Names. There's something really cute about giving a cat a cat an "old" name. Try these out:

Arthur
Bertha
Delores
Doris
Frederick
Gertrude
Leonard
Mabel
Max
Norton
Phyllis
Sam
Seymour
Sheldon
Sherman
Shirley
Silas
Stewart
Walter
Wallace
Wilmar

4) Famous Kitty Names. People name their babies after famous people, so why not name your kitty after a celebrity cat? Famous tigers, lions, and other big cats make good namesakes too. Here are some suggestions:

Cat (the cat in Breakfast at Tiffany's)
Cheshire
Felix
Fritz
Garfield
Heathcliff
Hobbes
Hot Dog (Dennis the Menace's cat)
Morris
Orion (the cat from Men in Black)
Puss N Boots
Salem (Sabrina the Teenage Witch's cat)
Shiimsa (the cat in For Better or For Worse)
Simba (or Nala, Mufasa, Sarabi, or other Lion King names)
Socks (the Clintons' cat)
Sylvester
Tom
Tony

5) Exotic Names. Celebrate the beauty of the cat with an exotic, mythological, or otherwise fabulous name. Here are some uncommon girl's names and uncommon boy's names to choose from, or try out one of these:

Apollo
Athena
Calliope
Calypso
Daphne
Electra
Felicity
Fiona
Guinevere
Lilith
Merlin
Nyssa
Pandora
Persephone
Phaedra
Phoenix
Tatiana
Ursula

6) Cute Character Names. If you don't want to name your cat after a famous feline, why not choose the name of an adorable cartoon character or Muppet for your little buddy? Try these out:

Ariel (from The Little Mermaid)
Blossom, Bubbles, or Buttercup (the Powerpuff Girls)
Boots (or Tico, Benny, Isa, Swiper, or other Dora the Explorer character)
Elmo (or Zoe, Ernie, Bert, Kermit, Grover or any other Sesame Street name)
Gidget (the Taco Bell chihuahua)
Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, or Michelangelo (the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Opus (from Bloom County)
Papa Smurf (or other favorite Smurf)
Pebbles (or Bamm Bamm)
Snoopy (or Woodstock or Linus)
Sponge Bob
Tinky Winky (or Dipsy, Laa Laa, or Po)

Article written by Naomi Rockler-Gladen at suite101.com

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