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Great cat and kitten names pop up regularly in books or historical texts.

Here are more than 15 names just to get you started:

Cat and Kitten Names Found in Literature and History

1. Aslan: The majestic lion from “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” by C S Lewis.

2. Bagheera: the panther from “The Jungle Book” books by Rudyard Kipling.

3. Bast (or Bastet), Egyptian goddess with the head of a cat; the goddess of fire, cats, of the home and pregnant women

4. Beezy: from the children's book series by Beverly Cleary.

5. The Cheshire Cat: from “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll. Try variations of Chester or Chessie. kitten names

6. Crookshanks and Mrs Norris: from the Harry Potter novels by JK Rowlings.

7. Dick Whittington’s Cat – history does not record the name of this famous cat. You could consider Dick, or Whittington, or Dick Whittington.

8. Ginger: from “Ginger and Pickles” by Beatrix Potter. (Pickles was a dog).

9. Lipshen: from “The Witches” by Roald Dahl.

10. Maneki Neko: this is the name of the waving cat statue from Japan, said to bring luck.

11. Minnaloushe: from a poem called “The Cat and the Moon” by William Butler Yeats.

12. Mog: from the Meg and Mog children's books by Jan Pienkowski

13. Puss in Boots: from a folk tale

14. Scarface Claw and Slinky Malinki: from the picture books written by Lynley Dodd.

15. Tigger: the irrepressible tiger from A. A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh books.

16. Tom Quartz: from “Roughing It” by Mark Twain.

35 Cat Names from T.S.Eliot

From Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S.Eliot

1. Admetus

2. Alonzo

3. Augustus

4. Bill Bailey

5. Bombalurina

6. Bustopher Jones

7. Cat Morgan

8. Coricopat

9. Demeter

10. Electra

11. George

12. Gilbert

13. The Great Rumpus Cat

14. Griddlebone

15. Growltiger

16. Grumbuskin

17. Gus

18. James

19. Jellylorum

20. Jennyanydots

21. Jonathan

22. Macavity

23. Mr. Mistoffelees

24. Mungojerrie

25. Munkustrap

26. Old Deuteronomy

27. Oopsa Cat

28. Peter

29. Plato

30. Quaxo

31. The Rum Tum Tugger

32. Rumpelteazer

33. Skimbleshanks

34. Tumblebrutus

35. Victor

If you have any favourite kitten names from literature that you love, send them in and we’ll add them to the list.

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