Pet names
50 Popular Cat Names, With Meanings
The cat names people actually pick most — Luna, Bella, Leo, Oliver, Milo and more, each with its meaning where it has one.
These are the names that turn up again and again on vet charts and at the shelter — the safe, well-loved end of the list rather than the unusual one. Luna leads it almost everywhere (it's Latin for the moon), with Bella, Chloe, Lily, Lucy and Oliver close behind. They're popular for a plain reason: short, warm, and easy to call across a room.
The set below runs A to Z, each with a real origin where the name genuinely has one — Leo is Latin for lion, Stella for star, Sophie is Greek for wisdom. A popular name isn't a boring one; it's usually popular because it simply works on a cat, and you can hear why when you say a few out loud.
All 50 popular cat names, A–Z
Hebrew · father's joy
English · elf counsel
German · bold, genuine
English · steward, bailiff
French · handsome
Italian · beautiful
Greek · most beautiful
English · free man
Greek · blooming
English · day's-eye flower
Germanic · whole, universal
Latin · happy, lucky
English · harp player
English · the hazel tree
English · the ivy plant
English · God is gracious
Arabic · night
Latin · lion
Greek · defender
English · the lily flower
Spanish · sorrows
Latin · light
Latin · moon
Greek · pearl
Latin · greatest
Italian · mine
Germanic
Hebrew · star of the sea
Latin · new star
Latin · olive tree
Latin · olive tree
Latin · olive tree
Irish · deer lover
Greek · weaver
English · pipe player
English · the poppy flower
Irish · wise
French · oarsman
Irish · valiant
Latin · red gemstone
Hebrew · princess
Hebrew · God has heard
Russian · defender
Greek · wisdom
Latin · star
Greek · gift of God
Greek · gift of God
Hebrew · God is good
English · the willow tree
Greek · life
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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