If your cat is a diva (regardless of gender—all cats can be equally fond of the spotlight), naming your kitty after someone famous is the least you can do to please. If her name will be up in lights some day (or up on the gram), it had better be something magnificent. Encourage your kitty to be the independent woman she is, solidifying her identity with a name borrowed from one of these strong women from the past and present: Maya Angelou, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Eleanor Roosevelt, Michelle Kwan, or Simone Biles. If you’re a Disney movie buff, borrow from your favorite characters to give your cat a lovable name like Oliver, Duchess, Simba, or Mochi. Or, if you prefer your Saturday morning cartoons, a name like Gary, Tom, or Garfield might be a better fit. Whether your new kitty is long-haired or short-haired, friendly or independent, there’s a noteworthy name for her. Check out these ideas to pick the perfect name for your cat. tabby cat looking around the corner Credit: Christophe Lehenaff / Getty Famous Female Cat Names Hoda (Kotb)Jennifer (Lopez)Tina (Fey)Regina (King)Selena (Gomez)Viola (Davis)Simone (Biles)Sofía (Vergara)ShakiraWhoopi (Goldberg)Margot (Robbie)BeyoncéMichelle (Obama)Angelina (Jolie)Lindsey (Vonn)Nicole (Kidman) RELATED: 200+ Best Female Cat Names for Every Letter of the Alphabet Famous Male Cat Names Justin (Bieber)Will (Smith)Brad (Pitt)Dwayne (Johnson)David (Beckham)Bill (Gates)Elvis (Presley)Cristiano (Ronaldo)LeBron (James)Peyton (Manning)Russell (Wilson)Leonardo (DiCaprio)Bruno (Mars)Guillermo (del Toro) RELATED: 385 Boy Cat Names for Every Letter of the Alphabet Famous Cat Names from History Marilyn (Monroe)Eleanor (Roosevelt)Abraham (Lincoln)Thomas (Jefferson)Queen ElizabethRosa (Parks)Nelson (Mandela)Benazir (Bhutto)Michelle (Kwan)Charles (Darwin)Winston (Churchill)Malala (Yousafzai)Marie (Curie)Greta (Thunberg)William (Shakespeare)PlatoNeil (Armstrong)Susan (B. Anthony)Isaac (Newton)Martin (Luther King Jr.)Ruth (Bader Ginsberg)Harriet (Tubman)Albert (Einstein)Maya (Angelou)Cleopatra RELATED: 15 Words for Kitten in Different Languages that Will Make Your Heart Explode Famous Black Cat Names Salem (Sabrina the Teenage Witch)Binx (Hocus Pocus)Felix (Felix the Cat)Sylvester (Looney Tunes)T’Challa (Black Panther)Lucifer (Cinderella)Patience (Catwoman) RELATED: 135 Names for Black Cats from Classic to Crazy Famous People’s Cat’s Names Socks (Bill and Hilary Clinton’s pet cat during their time in the White House)Olivia or Meredith (Taylor Swift’s Scottish fold cats)Graham (Ed Sheeran)Moke (Ian Somerhalder)Keke, Lilo, or Shanti Om BB (Miley Cyrus)Sheila (Lea Michele)Kitty Purry (sadly, Katy Perry’s beloved cat passed away earlier in 2020)Princess Peony or Empress Tang (Martha Stewart) RELATED: Nicole Kidman Adopts Rescue Cat Louis: ‘Newest Member of Our Fur Family’ Famous Cat Names from Cartoons Gary (Spongebob Squarepants)Tom (Tom and Jerry)GarfieldTigger (The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh)Hobbes (Calvin and Hobbes)Pink (Pink Panther)Kitty (Hello Kitty)Benny (Top Cat)Chowder (Chowder) RELATED: ‘Baby Yoda’ Kitten Rescued After Being Found ‘Covered in Smoke and Ash’ from Calif. Wildfires Famous Cat Names Inspired by Disney Movies Duchess (The Aristocats)Simba or Mufasa (The Lion King)Oliver (Oliver and Company)Bagheera or Shere Khan (The Jungle Book)Figaro (Pinocchio)Sassy (Homeward Bound)Rufus (The Rescuers)Pepita (Coco)Mochi (Big Hero 6) RELATED: 150 Disney-Inspired Cat Names for Your Adorable New Kitty Famous Cat Names from Books Pete (Pete the Cat books)Cat (Breakfast at Tiffany’s)Sagwa (Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat)Cheshire or Dinah (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland)Crookshanks or Mrs. Norris (Harry Potter series) RELATED: 250+ Unique Cat Names for Your One-of-a-Kind Cat Famous Couple Names for Your Sibling Cats Bonnie and ClydeJessie and JamesJulianne and Derek (Hough)Tia and TameraMary Kate and AshleyBurt and ErnieSonny and CherLuke and LeiaHan and ChewyMario and LuigiSnoopy and WoodstockMike and SullyPenn and TellerJaden and WillowWayne and Garth Instagram Famous Cat Names Marla (a.k.a “Steve Buscemi Cat”)NalaLil BUBVenus the Two Face CatScooterSmoothieStella or MarmiteSukiCoby RELATED: 12 of the Weirdest-Looking Cats on Instagram
If your cat is a diva (regardless of gender—all cats can be equally fond of the spotlight), naming your kitty after someone famous is the least you can do to please. If her name will be up in lights some day (or up on the gram), it had better be something magnificent.
Encourage your kitty to be the independent woman she is, solidifying her identity with a name borrowed from one of these strong women from the past and present: Maya Angelou, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Eleanor Roosevelt, Michelle Kwan, or Simone Biles.
If you’re a Disney movie buff, borrow from your favorite characters to give your cat a lovable name like Oliver, Duchess, Simba, or Mochi. Or, if you prefer your Saturday morning cartoons, a name like Gary, Tom, or Garfield might be a better fit.
Whether your new kitty is long-haired or short-haired, friendly or independent, there’s a noteworthy name for her. Check out these ideas to pick the perfect name for your cat.
tabby cat looking around the corner Credit: Christophe Lehenaff / Getty
Famous Female Cat Names
Hoda (Kotb)Jennifer (Lopez)Tina (Fey)Regina (King)Selena (Gomez)Viola (Davis)Simone (Biles)Sofía (Vergara)ShakiraWhoopi (Goldberg)Margot (Robbie)BeyoncéMichelle (Obama)Angelina (Jolie)Lindsey (Vonn)Nicole (Kidman)
RELATED: 200+ Best Female Cat Names for Every Letter of the Alphabet
Famous Male Cat Names
Justin (Bieber)Will (Smith)Brad (Pitt)Dwayne (Johnson)David (Beckham)Bill (Gates)Elvis (Presley)Cristiano (Ronaldo)LeBron (James)Peyton (Manning)Russell (Wilson)Leonardo (DiCaprio)Bruno (Mars)Guillermo (del Toro)
RELATED: 385 Boy Cat Names for Every Letter of the Alphabet
Famous Cat Names from History
Marilyn (Monroe)Eleanor (Roosevelt)Abraham (Lincoln)Thomas (Jefferson)Queen ElizabethRosa (Parks)Nelson (Mandela)Benazir (Bhutto)Michelle (Kwan)Charles (Darwin)Winston (Churchill)Malala (Yousafzai)Marie (Curie)Greta (Thunberg)William (Shakespeare)PlatoNeil (Armstrong)Susan (B. Anthony)Isaac (Newton)Martin (Luther King Jr.)Ruth (Bader Ginsberg)Harriet (Tubman)Albert (Einstein)Maya (Angelou)Cleopatra
RELATED: 15 Words for Kitten in Different Languages that Will Make Your Heart Explode
Famous Black Cat Names
Salem (Sabrina the Teenage Witch)Binx (Hocus Pocus)Felix (Felix the Cat)Sylvester (Looney Tunes)T’Challa (Black Panther)Lucifer (Cinderella)Patience (Catwoman)
RELATED: 135 Names for Black Cats from Classic to Crazy
Famous People’s Cat’s Names
Socks (Bill and Hilary Clinton’s pet cat during their time in the White House)Olivia or Meredith (Taylor Swift’s Scottish fold cats)Graham (Ed Sheeran)Moke (Ian Somerhalder)Keke, Lilo, or Shanti Om BB (Miley Cyrus)Sheila (Lea Michele)Kitty Purry (sadly, Katy Perry’s beloved cat passed away earlier in 2020)Princess Peony or Empress Tang (Martha Stewart)
RELATED: Nicole Kidman Adopts Rescue Cat Louis: ‘Newest Member of Our Fur Family’
Famous Cat Names from Cartoons
Gary (Spongebob Squarepants)Tom (Tom and Jerry)GarfieldTigger (The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh)Hobbes (Calvin and Hobbes)Pink (Pink Panther)Kitty (Hello Kitty)Benny (Top Cat)Chowder (Chowder)
RELATED: ‘Baby Yoda’ Kitten Rescued After Being Found ‘Covered in Smoke and Ash’ from Calif. Wildfires
Famous Cat Names Inspired by Disney Movies
Duchess (The Aristocats)Simba or Mufasa (The Lion King)Oliver (Oliver and Company)Bagheera or Shere Khan (The Jungle Book)Figaro (Pinocchio)Sassy (Homeward Bound)Rufus (The Rescuers)Pepita (Coco)Mochi (Big Hero 6)
RELATED: 150 Disney-Inspired Cat Names for Your Adorable New Kitty
Famous Cat Names from Books
Pete (Pete the Cat books)Cat (Breakfast at Tiffany’s)Sagwa (Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat)Cheshire or Dinah (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland)Crookshanks or Mrs. Norris (Harry Potter series)
RELATED: 250+ Unique Cat Names for Your One-of-a-Kind Cat
Famous Couple Names for Your Sibling Cats
Bonnie and ClydeJessie and JamesJulianne and Derek (Hough)Tia and TameraMary Kate and AshleyBurt and ErnieSonny and CherLuke and LeiaHan and ChewyMario and LuigiSnoopy and WoodstockMike and SullyPenn and TellerJaden and WillowWayne and Garth
Instagram Famous Cat Names
Marla (a.k.a “Steve Buscemi Cat”)NalaLil BUBVenus the Two Face CatScooterSmoothieStella or MarmiteSukiCoby
RELATED: 12 of the Weirdest-Looking Cats on Instagram
tabby cat looking around the corner Credit: Christophe Lehenaff / Getty
tabby cat looking around the corner
Credit: Christophe Lehenaff / Getty
