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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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