19 ideas for the most perfect cat names
by Tsitsos the cat
Whew, the case of “Names for Cats” is not an easy one… many of you who happen to find yourselves in this welcoming part of the internet happen to have contacts with much more than one cat. But all of you who are getting to the point of welcoming your first and only kitty into your home have a rather pleasant challenge to face: naming her.
And of course to be here you are certainly not interested in giving conventional names to cats like Oliver, Bella, Simba, Nala, Luna, Tiger, Panther, Blackie, Dolly, Bianca etc etc. Nor the much worn ones, Garfield or Sylvester or Piff. You are someone who is interested in choosing between cat names with a deep, special meaning, or at any rate, weird, strange cat names that will surprise! You are someone who is looking for an original, imaginative, often funny name for your cat. Well I’m here to give the right directions. So what is the ultimate cat name? Here are some great ideas:
1. The name ‘Titsos’
To be honest, among the millions of possible names for cats, the name “Tsitsos” is undoubtedly an excellent choice (and I, being a girl, also liked it) for many reasons. First of all it refers to me and what cat wouldn’t be interested in being named after a famous aristocrat with royal blood. Secondly, this use of two “T’s” next to each other is very funny. Thirdly, it is a perfect name for cats because it exudes something Italian, something of the exuberant temperament and elegance of an authentic Italian (remember Ciccio, from Franco and Ciccio but also the dashing Cicciolina). And while we’re on the subject of Italian cat names, let me tell you that immediately below is an entire paragraph of names from the neighboring country.
Also, let’s be honest, the name modifications are infinite. Starting with this “Chi” you can improvise all you want and of course your brilliant cat will immediately know that you are referring to her, that you are calling her. For example, you see me being called by my parents “Chich” “Chicharina” “Laluncheria” “Chicius” (for something more Latin, or even Lithuanian), Matsucic (to turn it into something more Slavic), Chanchurelino and since I obviously understand that this absurdity doesn’t make sense I’ll violently interrupt it here and just tell you this: Name your cat “Cheecho, it’s the ultimate cat name”. Period.
The most important advantage of “Titsos”? It contains syllabic consonants (s, ch, z) that are ideal for your kitties to hear and learn!
To confirm the above in practice see the following vidéo and find out how perfectly I, Tsitsos, respond to the sound of my name!
See the following vidéo and discover in practice how perfectly I, Tsitsos, respond to the sound of my name
… pffff… the name “Titsos” is bullshit, you don’t have anything better to suggest?
2. Italian names for cats
We are getting over the malicious statements of the malicious Tasos K. and since we started like this I would like to give you some excellent Italian names for cats, for the lovers of Italy and the culture of our Latin neighbours!
How about Bazio (kiss in Italian) for a cuddly kitty? Is there a better name for cats that don’t put their tongues through Cheeto (zitto meaning “shut up”)? Hmmm, now that I think about it, that would be a perfect name for the colony’s chattiest chatterbox, Littlefinger.
If an old kitty came your way, Aldo (for male) or Alda (for female), which means old, would be an excellent choice! If your cat is a lover of sleeping and scratching then you could call her Sonno. If she bounces left to right like a butterfly fluttering chahpinica you could call her Farfalle (or Greek farfalla). As you can see there are infinite options when it comes to Italian cat names.
3. Strange, catchy athlete names
… right… anyway, I’ll get over it and go on: in the cat-world one of the most beautiful names for a cat ever given was Tsonga to one of the most wonderful cats of all time, the black and white, uncompromising, daring son of the Great Manichean, who met an inglorious end on the road-kill! The name was inspired by the great French tennis player, and now that I think about it, the first kitty that I detect a certain French finesse in will be named Monfils! Absolutely.
In case you have a mother cat and her daughter you can do the grosbeak trick and with a squeezer you can drop two clucks. How? By using an exotic name-macrinari. I went along these lines when I was inspired by the Belgian footballer Hertha Lucembacchio and named two cats, mother Luque and daughter Bacchio. This way you quickly and cleverly secure a name for several cats. Suggested name for a similar case is clearly ‘Sinji-Lorge’ (veteran player of Levadeiakos !?!!) or ‘Kouli-Bali’ (after the Napoli defensive star).
4. Archaic cat names
Imagine if you gave your white cat the majestic name “Bellerophon” (after the white of Pegasus, which the mythical hero rode). If you don’t believe there is a cat named that, oh poor you, how innocent you are, I already know at least one Bellerophon! Or if one of your cats exudes something of the Dionysian madness of a Roman emperor you could call him Claudius or Nero. Come to think of it, such a name would suit the exuberant, madcap Slavenite. I shall suggest a change immediately! Finally, I was informed of a cat named “Kapodistrias” which, while not an archaic name, is about a historical figure who lived two centuries back.
Dude, what’s the word, can’t you give me a heavy, manly name for my cat?
5. Popular Greek names for cats
In general I’m not so much in agreement with this choice… listen to Greek names for cats… but anyway, I quote it here, because some of you might find it tasty and grey because of the contrast between name and reality. Let me explain. Think of a delicate, cute male kitty, with tall slender legs, and God-sweet eyes, full of nuzzle and an appetite for cuddles. Well, imagine naming her ‘Gerasimos’ or ‘Theodora’ or Noda. Ha, I get it, I know a Nonda and it’s just such a case.
… or maybe just some cat parent wants something authentic and heavy, scary as hell (like the nice Tasoulis above).
6. Spanish names for cats
Back to the names of specific countries. Many people ask me to suggest some Spanish cat names to suit your kitty! If your cat is the reason you are happy name her Felicia. If you have a handsome male, full of testosterone name him Carlos (remember Carlos the Jackal). For your all-white kitty use “Paloma” (referring to the white dove). Hey, and if your cat is an eponymous beauty, call her Bonita. Finally, if your kitty is anything lover of fields and snobbish about your yard er, call her Jorge (meaning farmer).
7. Become a little abstract
Give your cats names that mean absolutely nothing. The first cat my parents ever named (after me) was the famous Clapperhead (one of the most beautiful names for cats), a gorgeous male kitty who would stare through the balcony door with his big eyes for hours. Okay, the guy had the characteristic genitals (the balls, kiddo, baaa) of a male cat on his backside, but nothing remarkable, so the name didn’t mean anything specific or special.
Another such case is the Pipos you all loved. This boy could have been called Brad (after Brad Pitt), Delon (after Alain Delon), Curculus or Barcoulis (mmmm, Barcoulis, that’s a great idea). Well, the parents did the reverse and named him Pippo. Hey, nothing means anything by that ‘Pipos’. I hope you’re slowly getting the hang of it.
8. French names for cats
We conclude the references to names from different languages with this paragraph where we will talk about French names for cats.
Are you a fan of French elegance and want to give your kitty a name to match? Or on the other hand, your cat is terribly naughty and so you want to give it a French name? No problem. I have my suggestions here too: You can call a girl Madame and a man Monsieur. You can even make the boat touristy by calling the man a madam and the woman a mademoiselle. If she’s jet black, call her Nuarte, if she’s as white as snow, call her Blanche. If she’s nothing but a wildcat, the two-syllable Savage is a tresoli!
9. Names for cats from movies
Give your cat the name of a famous movie cat that either has the same medallion as yours, or you loved it very much. This idea ties in with the article I wrote the other day, suggesting 10 great cat movies. which you can find by clicking right HERE.
You can name your cat Thackeray (the legendary cult cat from ‘Hocus Pocus’), or Ulysses from the masterpiece ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’, or Vito after the wonderful grey cat from ‘The Godfather’ Vito Corleone (a great idea for names for grey cats) – which was a last minute addition, found by director Francis Ford Coppola outside Paramount’s studios, and he got him to cut a few monumental scenes with the great Marlon Brando -. Want more? I’ll conclude by suggesting Holly Golightly, inspired by the unnamed cat of the eponymous heroine of Breakfast at Tifanny’s!
10. Names for cats from cartoons
Okay, for the comic/cartoon lovers we have a bunch of names to choose from. Kitty from Smurfs (her name in the original cartoon was Azrael), Garfield (for a chunky ginger), uh, Tom, Piff, Sylvester and all of these are reliable but not so fancy options for your kitty!
I suggest you skip this category with cartoon cat names, mercy, there are so many other unique names!!!
11. Disyllabic names of cats
Okay, how imaginative to be with one and two syllables. But those who are interested in the practicality of it could resort to such a solution. How to do it, to the question of what names cats hear the answer is monosyllabic and disyllabic cat names. In fact, when these are combined with the consonants “ch” “s” “z” “ps” “x” and “j” (syllabic consonants) they are even easier to imprint on your cats. Some suggestions: Chitsos, Chitsis, Chetse, Che, Che, Psy, Zizu, Gigi (Ms.), Apsu, Pitsos, Luchos, Pipos, Mimi, Nana, etc. etc.
If you really care about your cat hearing her name and responding I strongly suggest you read my article with 5 simple tips to give your kitty a name she will actually hear by clicking HERE.
What, there’s more?;;;;;… well, the best is yet to come, READ MORE NEXT, the article is constantly being enriched with new ideas!×Dismiss this alert.
12. Cat names based on colors
If you’re so desperate, if you’ve stooped soooo low and are looking for names for cats in her colour (see White and Black, the famous FIV kitty – the ultimate name TRAGODIA), well then at least be a little inspired. For example, if you want names for black cats, hey don’t go for Blackie or … Mavroulis, call her “Pupulas” (from Pissa and Pupula), “Cordatos” (from Mavrokordatos) or “Mavrias” (after Harry Mavrias, the ever-playing footballer-turned-striker of PAO).
If your kitty is a calico (tricolour) call her “Kali” and if she is a tartaroo call her “Tart”. Your white kitty could be called Hioni or even Shiro (Japanese word meaning “white”) If you are looking for names for grey cats… STOP. KAT! Uh no, I’m not going into that hole right now!
Another strange conception: a lovely female kitten with super lovely green eyes, the parents named her Patricio (or Patrick, or Pat – arguably one of the best names for cats of all time) because the green was strongly reminiscent of the Irish Saint Patrick. Abyss the soul of the parents..
Come on, guys, a little brio, a little chutzpah, but do I have to tell you everything?
Oof!!!
SUPER SOS
The book of Titsos “Titsos, the cat who talked a lot” was released and the 1st Edition is almost out of print
Strengthen Titsos and the 120 Titsogates by ordering it from HERE
13. Names for cats with a sarcastic disposition
Well, let’s be a little sarcastic guys, let’s not always try to be polite corekt all the time. The seriousness of these guys is a disease and we’re gonna sabotage it. And we can do that by giving appropriate names to cats. So if our kitty is blind, for example, we’ll call him Mataki. While another blind cat was named… Tiresias. If our kitty is a fat cat we’ll call it “Sylph” (a related poll on the fattest cat in the colony runs here) etc.. you get the point!
14. Names for cats
If you are one of those guys who are looking for names for male cats, for names full of testosterone, I will not leave you disappointed. The Turkish Aslan, meaning lion and referring to the wonderful tale “The Chronicles of Narnia” would be an excellent choice while Vagos is a very fitting name for a heavy cat who on the one hand is not very mobile, but on the other hand does not lift a fly on his sword. If you want to find names for cats that are masculine and charming, I would clearly suggest Bynx (Mr. Bynx was mentioned above, in the movie names for cats) while I would like to close with the much-loved Pan (short for Pantalemon), stolen from The Trilogy of the World, Philip Pullman’s awesome books, which refers to a real wildcat. Finally, I think that Brutus and Bruklis are excellent cases of names for cats.
ALSO READ: 1000+1 tips for your cat
15. Names for female cats
It would be a bit inappropriate of us not to make a reference to corresponding names for female cats! Sexist innuendos that associate women only with beauty are abhorrently rejected whenever you don’t name your cat Bella or Lauren or Bellucci but choose something more real like Marigot, Nitza or Pizza (and fall into the fallacy of other innuendos that associate the female gender with other stereotypes). Of course, the Luque, Baloo, Bakio, Pitsa used in my colony are fine too. What, no?
Find even a list of the .. 100 best names for female cats exactly HERE!
16. Footnotes
After all, you shouldn’t give so much importance to cat names, oops! The meaning of the name is overrated, don’t you think? Just think that the kitty before you thought of giving her a name had no name, she was name free..
In this context, to finally sabotage the value of the name, do what the parents did with me and successfully applied it to many other cats. Give lots of silly nicknames, pet names, derivatives, or completely irrelevant names to cats. For example, the Chinese cat is called by various names such as Chine, Chinaman, Chineese, or just plain Chineese. Pipos also goes by Pipius, Pipuchelos, PAPUCHELOS, Pippi, Pipini. Mikrouchelos goes by Mikrouch, Mikrouchelouni, Mikrouchelius, Mikrouchelius, etc. There’s even a Gigiffrigos affectionately called Gigi.
If you don’t drive your poor cat crazy, I don’t want to be called Cheech… or Cheech… or Chunchulitz… or…
*** KAT KAT stop him, he will ruin the article! ***
17. Names ‘two triangles with a dice’
Suppose you found two abandoned newborn kittens on the street, two little brothers who have no fate in the sun. You fought hard but couldn’t stand it, took them home and began the bottle feeding process. And suddenly you have to name not one but two cats.
Chitsos is here to suggest clever solutions such as rave-drawn, sara-mara, perfection-pyla, away-from-here, mata-hairy!
Because first of all we have to be practical! Oh, I should say that the name of the athlete Lukebakio gave me two names at once, Luque and Bakio!!
18. Names without any hope
Some of you say as if they are doing it on purpose to give names that have no hope of working. There are real naming criminals who have named their cat Soraya Montenegro, Nebuchadnezzar and Ramon Alonzo Gonzalito (I’m not kidding). Apparently they have settled from the start on the idea that their cat will only listen to the whispering and the sound of the can being opened
19. Names from a veterinarian’s misjudgement
I have recently discovered another category of names. I don’t really have anything special to suggest here, just to encourage you to be creative. The vet who sees the 10 day old kitten may fall out over whether it is male or female. You listening to his assessment can give your kitten a name and suddenly the kitten may turn out to be the opposite sex!
Well don’t panic, make a small modification and you will have a very interesting name. Her friend Katerina named her kitty Persa, thinking it was a female, and when she saw the familiar male markings overtly and unmistakably did the grotesque trick and changed the name to… Persian . Hey, Persa! Or a Moor who became a Moor, or a Laura who became a Laura, a Plato who became a Plato, and an Arcanus who became an Arco.
But because I see that the problems with gender assessment (leading to .. unfortunate names) continue, I sat down and wrote a detailed article so that you never again confuse the gender of your cat! To read it click on the photo immediately below:
Chewed food for names
In conclusion, for all of you lazy people who are bored to meditate on the above, I will offer, summarizing the preceding and adding what comes down to my head, some ready-made solutions. Are you ready? Let’s go!
- Titsos (the same again?)
- Chinese
- Tweet
- Vito
- Raya (from the word “nice”)
- Nikos (from Nikos Goumas)
- Brutus
- Pele (for those who hate Maradona)
- Poupoulas
- Plapoutas (from the great chieftain)
- Lucretia (for your degenerate kitty who looks like the cat of Arkas)
- Brasidas
- Echo (but not from Umberto… but for the case where a cat was found outside an Echo petrol station)
- Flange (for a cat found in a car repair shop)
- Lueke
- Bacchio
- Adolf (if he displays the familiar moustache)
- Gogolino (from the wonderful series of Abra Catabra fairy tales)
- Mykes (from Mycetas)
- Zachos (from Zachos Dogano)
- Thackerry
- Zizou
- Mataki (the borderline sarcasm for a blind kitty we used to say..)
- Che (from Guevara), Cheche (from the fly cheche)
- Litsos
- Pitsos
- Mutsos
…and of course…
…..
……… SKLAVENITIS
Somewhere here we come to the end and this is the point where I want your ideas in comments, to enrich this list with inspiring brio names and help all those who have reached a dead end, trying to find the ultimate name for their own kitty