130+ Famous Cat Names for Your Superstar Kitty

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130+ Famous Cat Names for Your Superstar Kitty

If you want a unique name to help your cat stand out in a crowd, famous cat names are a great choice. These famous cat names pull from media, books, and pop culture, and are perfect for cats of all sexes, colors, and breeds. We’ve compiled a list of more than 130 names that reflect your cat’s innate celebrity. Whether you like popular cat names, unique cat names, cute cat names, or elegant cat names, there's plenty of inspiration with our huge list of famous cat names. 

Famous Female Cat Names

Whether you choose female celebrity and musician names or names of popular females from books, these famous female cat names are perfect for any girl cat.

  • Adele
  • Alanis, after Alanis Morissette
  • Aniston, for Jennifer Aniston
  • Angelina, after Angelina Jolie
  • Audrey, for Audrey Hepburn
  • Bastet, an Egyptian goddess with the head of a cat
  • Beyoncé
  • Britney, for Britney Spears
  • Chloe, from The Secret Life of Pets
  • Diana, for Princess Diana
  • Duchess, from the movie Babe
  • Florence, for Florence Nightingale
  • Gwen, for Gwen Stefani
  • Hello Kitty
  • Julia, for Julia Roberts
  • Kitty Purry, for Katy Perry’s beloved cat
  • Lady Gaga
  • Lucy, after Lucille Ball
  • Madonna
  • Mariah, for Mariah Carey
  • Miley, for Miley Cyrus
  • Pink
  • Reese, for Resse Witherspoon
  • Rihanna
  • Selena, for Selena Gomez
  • Shakira
  • Snowball, from The Simpsons
  • Swiftie, a nod to Taylor Swift’s dedicated fans
  • Taylor, after Taylor Swift
  • Whitney, for Whitney Houston

Famous Male Cat Names

Male celebrity and musician names or names of popular male characters from books offer plenty of inspiration for boy cats.

  • Axl, for Axl Rose
  • Bing, for Bing Crosby
  • Bob, after Bob Marley
  • Brad, after Brad Pitt
  • Bruno, after Bruno Mars
  • Channing, after Channing Tatum
  • Clint, after Clint Eastwood
  • Denzel, for Denzel Washington
  • Elton, for Elton John
  • Elvis, after Elvis Presley
  • Frank, after Frank Sinatra
  • Harrison, for Harrison Ford
  • Hitchcock or Hitch, after Alfred Hitchcock
  • Hugh, after Hugh Jackman
  • Jake, for Jake Gyllenhaal
  • Keanu, after Keanu Reeves
  • Kurt, after Kurt Cobain
  • LeBron, after LeBron James
  • Leo or Leonardo, after Leonardo DiCaprio
  • Morgan, after Morgan Freeman
  • Neil, for Neil Diamond
  • Nermal, from Garfield and Friends
  • Orlando, for Orlando Bloom
  • Prince
  • Rock, after Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
  • Socks, former President Bill Clinton’s pet cat
  • Stimpy, from The Ren & Stimpy Show
  • Tom, from Tom and Jerry
  • Zac, for Zac Efron

Famous Historical Cat Names

Draw inspiration from history with these famous historical cat names pulled from influential people.

  • Abraham, after Abraham Lincoln
  • Alexander the Great
  • Amelia, after Amelia Earhart
  • Archimedes
  • Aristotle
  • Camilla, after Queen Camilla
  • Charlemagne
  • Charles, after King Charles
  • Cleopatra
  • Darwin
  • Da Vinci
  • Edgar, after Edgar Allan Poe
  • Einstein
  • Eleanor, after Eleanor Roosevelt
  • Elizabeth, after Queen Elizabeth
  • Ernest, after Ernest Hemingway
  • Jane, after Jane Austen
  • Julius Caesar
  • Lincoln, after Abraham Lincoln
  • Marilyn, after Marilyn Monroe
  • Meryl, for Meryl Streep
  • Michelangelo
  • Molly, after the Unsinkable Molly Brown
  • Mozart
  • Napoleon
  • Nelson, after Nelson Mandela
  • Newton, after Isaac Newton
  • Reagan, for Ronald Reagan
  • Rosa, after Rosa Parks
  • Shakespeare
  • Tolkien, after J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Victoria, after Queen Victoria
  • Vonnegut, for Kurt Vonnegut
  • Winston, after Winston Churchill

Famous Black Cat Names

These famous black cats come from books, movies, and television.

  • Binx, from Hocus Pocus
  • Felix, from Felix the Cat
  • Isis, from Star Trek: The Original Series
  • Lucifer, from Cinderella
  • Patience, after Patience Phillips, aka Catwoman
  • Pete, from the Pete the Cat books
  • Salem, from Sabrina the Teenage Witch
  • Sylvester, from Looney Tunes

Famous Orange Cat Names

Most people are familiar with Garfield the famous orange cat, but also consider these great famous orange cat names: 

  • Alex, from Madagascar
  • Aslan, from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
  • Azrael, from The Smurfs
  • Buttercup, from The Hunger Games
  • Crookshanks, from Harry Potter
  • Dinah, from Alice in Wonderland
  • Garfield, from Garfield
  • Heathcliff, from Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats
  • Hobbes, from Calvin and Hobbes
  • Raja, from Aladdin
  • Spot, from Star Trek: The Next Generation
  • Tigger, from Winnie the Pooh

Famous Cat Names from Movies

So many famous cat names come from movies. Here are some of our favorites.

  • Bagheera, from The Jungle Book
  • Berlioz, from The Aristocats
  • Cheshire Cat, from Alice in Wonderland
  • Church aka Winston Churchill, from Pet Sematary
  • DC, from That Darn Cat!        
  • Duchess, from The Aristocats
  • Figaro, from Pinocchio
  • Kiara, from The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
  • Marie, from The Aristocats
  • Mittens, from Bolt
  • Mochi, from Big Hero 6
  • Mr. Bigglesworth, from Austin Powers
  • Mr. Jinx, from Meet the Parents
  • Mrs. Norris, from Harry Potter 
  • Mufasa, from The Lion King
  • Nala, from The Lion King
  • Oliver, from Oliver & Company
  • Puss in Boots
  • Rufus, from The Rescuers
  • Sassy, from Homeward Bound
  • Scar, from The Lion King
  • Sergeant Tibbs, from 101 Dalmatians
  • Si and Am, from Lady and the Tramp
  • Simba, from The Lion King
  • Thomas O’Malley, from The Aristocats
  • Toulouse, from The Aristocats

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