You may have noticed that here at Rover we loooove to name cats! But purr-haps you have been wondering—where are the claw-ver puns? Well, hold on to your hat, because we have compiled the definitive list of punny cat names, each one more purr-larious than the last. Get ready to groan, cat-lovers. Here is your list of amazing pun cat names!
The Basics
First things first. Let’s get the yarn ball rolling with a few puns on common names.
Traditional Girl Names
- Jessicat
- Purrudence
- Meowgaret
- Jennifur
- Tailor
- MeowKenzie
- Ali Cat
- Angelicat
- Purrincess
- Clawdia
- Tabbytha
- Veronicat
Traditional Boy Names
- Catrick
- Meowchael
- Purrince Fluffybottom
- Meowster
Unisex
- Cameow
- Catapult
- Apurratus
- Catastrophe
- Florence and the Meowchine
- Catillac
- Purrancer
- Mewnicipal Transit
- Catsup
- Santa Claws
- Cat-titude
- Catzilla
- Clawsome
- Domesticat
- Fuzzinator
- Gigabite
- Meowsical
- Miraclaw
- Furby
- Octopuss
- Pawssanova
- Purrson
Let’s Get Hiss-torical
Ancient Egypt
Fun Fact: the earliest recorded use of puns was in Ancient Egypt, a cat-worshipping culture. One could say that cringe-worthy wordplay and cats simply belong together. Cat-wince-idence? We think not.
- Cleocatra
- Furr-oah
- Purr-amid
- Meowses
Friends, Romans, Countrymen: Roman Cat Names
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- Catligula
- Mewlius Caesar
- Caturn
- Naptune
- Mewpiter
- Meownerva
- Purranus
- Pawdius
- Marcus Pawrelius
- Empurrer Mecius Verus
- Furcules
It’s Greek to Me: Greek Cat Names
- Catphrodite
- Catticus
- Oedipuss
- Hefurstus
- Purrseidon
- Apawllo
- Purrsephone
Historical Figure and Leader Cat names
- Alexander Hameowlton
- Chairman Meow
- Genghis Khat
- Catpurrnicus
- Isaac Mewton
- George Meowshington
- Benjameow Franklin
- Winston Purrchill
- Fuzz Aldrin
- Fidel Catstro
- Joseph Pawlin
- Mewssolini
- Barack Obameow
- Rahm Emeownuel
- Meowdeline Albright
- Ruth Bader Ginspurr
- Lucifur
- Margaret Scratcher
- Dalai Pawma
- Shakespurr
- Paw Revere
- Pyotr Ilyich Tsaicatsky
- Emma Goldmeow
- Pawdre Lorde
Purray for Hollywood: Famous Cat Names
You know your kitty is ready for her closeup. Why not announce to the world that your cat is a star with a famous name to match?
- Mewcauley Culkin
- Kitty Purry
- RuPaw
- Catty Arbuckle
- Furley Temple
- Neil Catrick Harris
- Anderson Pooper
- Dr. Furasier Crane
- Cat Moss
- Fleas Witherspoon
- Meowly Cyrus
- Cat Damon
- Jude Paw
- Karameow
- Puma Thurman
- Cindy Clawford
- Bing Clawsby
- Isaac Meowzrahi
- Fur-an Drescher
- Paw McCartney
- Cat Benatar
- Mr. Meowgi
- Brad Kitt
- Catsy Cline
- Demi Meower
- David Meowie
- Catalie Portman
- Cat Sajak
- Mewl Brynner
- Cat Stevens
- Meownce
- Pawdrey Hepburn
- Bob Meowerly
- Kitty Poppins
- Cat Middleton
- Opurrah Whisker
- Don Drapurr
- Catrick Swayze
Space…the Final Fur-ontier: Star Trek and Star Wars Cat Names
Confession time: I’m a bit of a Trekkie. Okay, a lot of a Trekkie. Like, legally changed my middle name to Tiberius after Captain James Tiberius Kirk level Trekkie. And I gotta tell you, I am seriously considering adopting a whole litter of kittens just so I can use some of these amazing names. I’m not gonna do it! But I’m tempted.
- William Catner
- Leonard Nemeow
- Mewhura
- Captain Purrcard
- Meows O’Brien
- Catselor Deanna Troi
- Catryn Janeway
- Gul Du’Cat
- Worf, son of Meowgh
- Seven of Nine Lives
- Jadzia Cat
- Mewtenant Reginald Barclay
- Spot (not a pun, but Data’s cat deserves to be on the list)
- Luke Skywhisker
- Jabba the Cat
- Paw Solo
- Lando Catrissian
- Purrincess Leia
- Emperor Meowpatine
- Obi Paws Kenobi
If you need more help coming up with a purr-larious cat name, use our tried-and-true Cat Name Generator, for results like “Senator Tater Tot La Rue. You literally cannot go wrong. Happy cat naming!
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