Cat Name Meanings
Every cat name has a story. This hub collects our verified name-meaning pages: what each name means, where it comes from, the root it grew from, and the name lists where you can browse it in context. Each meaning here is checked against our name database of 8,066 names.
Browse Name Meanings
- Luna: “moon” (Latin)
- Oliver: “olive tree” (Latin)
- Leo: “lion” (Latin)
- Bella: “beautiful” (Italian)
- Simba: “lion” (Swahili)
- Charlie: “free man” (Germanic)
- Max: “greatest” (Latin)
- Lucy: “light” (Latin)
- Felix: “lucky, successful” (Latin)
- Oscar: “deer friend” (Irish)
- Stella: “star” (Latin)
- Toby: “God is good” (Hebrew)
- Teddy: “gift of God” (Greek)
- Winston: “joyful stone” (English)
- Jasper: “treasurer” (English)
- Archie: “truly brave” (Germanic)
- George: “farmer, earth-worker” (Greek)
- Henry: “home ruler” (Germanic)
- Hugo: “mind, intellect” (Germanic)
- Lola: “sorrows” (Spanish)
- Sophie: “wisdom” (Greek)
- Chloe: “green shoot” (Greek)
- Rosie: “rose” (Latin)
- Olive: “olive tree” (Latin)
- Millie: “gentle strength” (Germanic)
- Frankie: “free man” (Germanic)
- Louie: “famous warrior” (Germanic)
- Benny: “son of the right hand” (Hebrew)
- Sam: “heard by God” (Hebrew)
- River: “flowing water” (English)
- Opal: “precious stone” (Sanskrit)
- Jade: “jade gemstone” (Spanish)
- Nova: meaning “new” (Latin)
- Astrid: meaning “divinely beautiful” (Norse)
- Freya: meaning “lady” (Norse)
- Artemis: Greek goddess of the moon and the hunt (Greek)
- Cleo: “glory” (Greek)
If you are browsing by letter, our cat names starting with K gather 198 K names, each with a verified meaning.
To explore Q names by meaning, see cat names starting with Q.