Pet names
104 Female Cat Names, With Meanings
Girl-cat names with real meanings — Luna, Bella, Cleo, Willow and more, each with its origin where it has one.
Most people naming a female cat reach for something short and easy to call, and the names that actually get used bear that out. Luna — Latin for the moon — is the one you'll hear most; after it come Bella (Italian for beautiful), Cleo, Willow, Nala and Callie, whose Greek root literally means 'most beautiful'. They're soft on the ear and quick to say twice when dinner's ready.
The list below runs A to Z, with a real origin and meaning wherever the name has one: Aurora is Latin for dawn, Freya comes straight from Norse myth, Zuri is Swahili for beautiful. Word-names like Misty, Sugar and Peaches are left as they are rather than dressed up with an invented backstory — a made-up etymology helps no one.
All 104 female cat names, A–Z
Hebrew · father's joy
Latin · white
English · amber gemstone
Hebrew · grace
Greek myth
Latin · dawn
Latin · autumn
Italian · beautiful
French · beautiful
Italian · white
French · white
Scottish · pretty, cheerful
Word name
Greek · most beautiful
Greek · blooming
Word name
Latin · mild, merciful
Greek · glory
French
Greek · ice, rock crystal
English · day's-eye flower
English · diamond gemstone
Greek · gift of God
Word name
English · noble rank
English · deep black wood
Greek myth
German · pledged to God
English
Germanic · whole, universal
Hebrew · life
English · the fern plant
Scottish · fair, white
Norse myth
French
English
English · golden
Latin · grace
English · the hazel tree
Greek myth
English · the holly tree
Word name
Greek · rainbow
English · ivory
English · the ivy plant
Hebrew · pledged to God
Spanish · the jade stone
Persian · the jasmine flower
Hebrew · God beholds
Hebrew · God will add
Roman myth
Word name
English
Arabic · night
Greek · defender
English · the lily flower
Spanish · sorrows
Latin · light
Arabic · pearl
Finnish · snow
Latin · moon
Greek · pearl
Word name · the maple tree
Italian · mine
English
Hebrew · star of the sea
Word name
African
Greek · shining light
Italian · snow
Spanish · snow
Greek · victory of the people
Latin · new star
Greek myth · night
Latin · olive tree
Sanskrit · gem, jewel
Word name
English · the pearl
Greek · weaver
English · pipe player
English · fairy, sprite
English · the poppy flower
English
English
Latin · rose
Latin · red gemstone
Hebrew · princess
English · the orange-gold spice
Scottish · the Isle of Skye
Greek · wisdom
English · a star
Latin · star
Word name
Word name
Greek · to harvest
Latin · bringer of joy
Word name
English · the fabric
English · the violet flower
English · female fox
English · the willow tree
Arabic · radiance
Greek · life
Swahili · beautiful
Every name here is one people genuinely use for a pet, and each is drawn from the same hand-checked list behind our full names finder. Where a name has a real, settled meaning we give it; word-names like Biscuit or Shadow are marked as word-names rather than dressed up with an invented origin. The count in the title is the real number on the page, and we add to it over time.
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