On This Page Female Names Italian Names Cute Names Unique Names Egyptian-Inspired Names Disney-Inspired Names Names That Rock Fashion-Inspired Names Adorable Names Japanese Names Badass Names Nerdy Names Irish Names Calico Cat Names Inspired by Movie Felines Culinary-Inspired Names Calico cats are rare and uniquely beautiful. Like snowflakes, every calico kitty's markings are completely different. In many cultures, calico cats are thought to bring good luck. Glückskatze, the German word to describe calicos, actually translates to "lucky cat." Those adorable Japanese beckoning cat figures that you see in restaurants? All originally based on calicos. In ancient Japan, sailors and fishermen would take a calico as the ship's cat to bring them luck on their voyage. Now you know why calico cat names are such a big deal! The pretty orange and black patches on white fur that make up the distinctive calico, also known as tortoiseshell or tricolor, pattern are caused by a genetic variation that generally only occurs in female cats. In most basic terms, male cats have XY chromosomes and females XX. Female cats inherit X chromosomes from both parents, and if one parent is black and one is orange, the distinctive calico variation occurs. As a rule, male kittens only inherit their mother's coloring, unless that kitten happens to have an extra chromosome (making it XXY) which results in a calico male being sterile, and possibly at risk of health issues. Find the perfect name for your auspicious calico kitten from our suggestions listed below. playful calico cat on cat tree Credit: StockImages_AT / Getty Female Names for Calico Cats PiperSaffronAddieEmmySaharaHermioneChloeTaffyTrufflesKikiMaisieOpalPennyHaleyElizaAmberLucyCameronDahlia RELATED: 250+ Best Female Cat Names for Your Darling Kitty Italian Names for Calico Cats Angelina (meaning little angel)Lucia (meaning light)Tenero (meaning tender)Pia (meaning pious)Carina (meaning little beloved)Serena (meaning tranquil)Fiorella (meaning little flower)Gianetta (meaning God's gracious gift)Fia (meaning flickering fire)Piccola (meaning little one) RELATED: 104 'Punny' Cat Names for Your Purrfect Feline Cute Names for Calico Cats PixieMittensSqueaksBooDumplingFawnPebblesHoneyHoneybeeCupcakeBellaBelleFrisky RELATED: 300+ Cute Cat Names for Every Kind of Kitty Unique Names for Calico Cats HarlowLoreleiChimeraAuroraOdetteBongoZeldaCopperSheenaCelesteEsmeMableMoxieLollyCalypso RELATED: 350+ Unique Cat Names for Your One-of-a-Kind Cat Egyptian-Inspired Calico Cat Names CleopatraNefertitiAziza (meaning precious)Akila (meaning intelligent)Khepri (meaning morning sun)Monifa (meaning lucky)Oni (meaning wanted)Sanura (meaning kitten)Zalika (meaning wellborn)Nailah (meaning successful) RELATED: 101 Cat God and Goddess Names for Your Divine Feline Disney-Inspired Calico Cat Names Marie (The Aristocats)Mochi (Big Hero 6)Pepita (Coco)Felicia (The Great Mouse Detective)Sassy (Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey)Goose (Captain Marvel)Whispers (Doc McStuffins)Ubasti (Treasure Buddies)Haru (The Cat Returns)Pom-Pom (Cinderella II: Dreams Come True) RELATED: 150 Disney-Inspired Cat Names for Your Adorable New Kitty Tortoiseshell Cat Names That Rock Siouxsie (Sioux)Patti (Smith)Emmylou (Harris)Florence (Welch)Gwen (Stefani)Avril (Lavigne)Neko (Case)Brandi (Carlile)Jett (as in Joan)Dusty (Springfield) RELATED: 108 Tortoiseshell Cat Names for Your Colorful Kitty Fashion-Inspired Calico Cat Names HermesTallulahCoco (Chanel)Vivienne (Westwood)Donatella (Versace)Vera (Wang)Victoria (Beckham)Sui (Anna)Stella (McCartney)Prada RELATED: 101 Cozy Winter Cat Names to Keep Your Kitty Feeling Warm and Fuzzy All Year Long Adorable Calico Kitten Names PatchesPoppetBunnyFancyTiggerDoodleTinkerbellBootsieGidgetMiss WafflesBijouWhiskersFurbyBambi RELATED: 127 Summer Cat Names Hot Enough for Your Cool Kitty Japanese Names for Your Calico Cat Yuma (meaning calm truth)Sora (meaning summer sky)Akimi (meaning beautiful)Ami (meaning friend)Fumiko (meaning intellectual)Hayami (meaning rare beauty)Kaida (meaning little dragon)Kiyomi (meaning pure beauty)Masami (meaning elegant beauty)Momo (meaning peach) RELATED: 160 Anime Cat Names for Your Kirei Koneko (Pretty Kitty) Badass Names for Calico Cats ElektraCerseiRebelNikitaSheebaTrinityGizmoTempestRogueBlazeRoxyFuzz RELATED: 250+ Badass Cat Names for Your Ferocious Feline Nerdy Names for Your Calico Cat Starbuck (Battlestar Galactica)Kitty Pryde (X-Men)Melisandre (Game of Thrones)Ezri (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)Zyla (World of Warcraft)Uhura (Star Trek)Leela (Futurama)Teyla (Stargate Atlantis)Katniss (The Hunger Games)Lyta (Babylon 5) RELATED: 205 Cat Pokémon Names That Are a Bolt of Brilliance Irish Names for Calico Cats Niamh (pronounced neev, meaning brightness)Roisin (pronounced ro-sheen, meaning little rose)Orla (meaning golden princess)Sybil (meaning fortune teller)Fiadh (pronounced fee-ah, meaning wild)Imogen (meaning daughter or maiden)Riona (meaning queenly)Oonagh (pronounced una, meaning one)Mairead (meaning pearl)Maeve (meaning enchanted one) RELATED: 80+ Irish Cat Names for Your Cute-as-a-Clover Kitty Calico Cat Names Inspired by Movie Felines Buttercup (The Hunger Games)Jersey (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)Azzie (Dr. Sleep)Mrs. Norris (Happy Potter) Winkie (Escape to Witch Mountain)Duchess (Babe)Meowthra (The Lego Ninjago Movie)Elsa (Born Free)Binx (Hocus Pocus)Sweetie (The Fifth Element) RELATED: 185 Cat Names From Movies for Your Feline Superstar Culinary-Inspired Names for Tortoiseshell Cats TrufflesSnickersPumpkinClementineNutmegPeanutChowderPaprikaApricotFudgeGingerGin FizzButterscotchAmarettoBeanCheetoBourbonSweet PotatoChestnut RELATED: 189 Food Names for Cats Who Are Sweet (With a Little Bit of Spice)
On This Page Female Names Italian Names Cute Names Unique Names Egyptian-Inspired Names Disney-Inspired Names Names That Rock Fashion-Inspired Names Adorable Names Japanese Names Badass Names Nerdy Names Irish Names Calico Cat Names Inspired by Movie Felines Culinary-Inspired Names
Calico cats are rare and uniquely beautiful. Like snowflakes, every calico kitty’s markings are completely different. In many cultures, calico cats are thought to bring good luck. Glückskatze, the German word to describe calicos, actually translates to “lucky cat.” Those adorable Japanese beckoning cat figures that you see in restaurants? All originally based on calicos. In ancient Japan, sailors and fishermen would take a calico as the ship’s cat to bring them luck on their voyage. Now you know why calico cat names are such a big deal!
The pretty orange and black patches on white fur that make up the distinctive calico, also known as tortoiseshell or tricolor, pattern are caused by a genetic variation that generally only occurs in female cats. In most basic terms, male cats have XY chromosomes and females XX. Female cats inherit X chromosomes from both parents, and if one parent is black and one is orange, the distinctive calico variation occurs. As a rule, male kittens only inherit their mother’s coloring, unless that kitten happens to have an extra chromosome (making it XXY) which results in a calico male being sterile, and possibly at risk of health issues.
Find the perfect name for your auspicious calico kitten from our suggestions listed below.
playful calico cat on cat tree Credit: StockImages_AT / Getty
Female Names for Calico Cats
PiperSaffronAddieEmmySaharaHermioneChloeTaffyTrufflesKikiMaisieOpalPennyHaleyElizaAmberLucyCameronDahlia
RELATED: 250+ Best Female Cat Names for Your Darling Kitty
Italian Names for Calico Cats
Angelina (meaning little angel)Lucia (meaning light)Tenero (meaning tender)Pia (meaning pious)Carina (meaning little beloved)Serena (meaning tranquil)Fiorella (meaning little flower)Gianetta (meaning God’s gracious gift)Fia (meaning flickering fire)Piccola (meaning little one)
RELATED: 104 ‘Punny’ Cat Names for Your Purrfect Feline
Cute Names for Calico Cats
PixieMittensSqueaksBooDumplingFawnPebblesHoneyHoneybeeCupcakeBellaBelleFrisky
RELATED: 300+ Cute Cat Names for Every Kind of Kitty
Unique Names for Calico Cats
HarlowLoreleiChimeraAuroraOdetteBongoZeldaCopperSheenaCelesteEsmeMableMoxieLollyCalypso
RELATED: 350+ Unique Cat Names for Your One-of-a-Kind Cat
Egyptian-Inspired Calico Cat Names
CleopatraNefertitiAziza (meaning precious)Akila (meaning intelligent)Khepri (meaning morning sun)Monifa (meaning lucky)Oni (meaning wanted)Sanura (meaning kitten)Zalika (meaning wellborn)Nailah (meaning successful)
RELATED: 101 Cat God and Goddess Names for Your Divine Feline
Disney-Inspired Calico Cat Names
Marie (The Aristocats)Mochi (Big Hero 6)Pepita (Coco)Felicia (The Great Mouse Detective)Sassy (Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey)Goose (Captain Marvel)Whispers (Doc McStuffins)Ubasti (Treasure Buddies)Haru (The Cat Returns)Pom-Pom (Cinderella II: Dreams Come True)
RELATED: 150 Disney-Inspired Cat Names for Your Adorable New Kitty
Tortoiseshell Cat Names That Rock
Siouxsie (Sioux)Patti (Smith)Emmylou (Harris)Florence (Welch)Gwen (Stefani)Avril (Lavigne)Neko (Case)Brandi (Carlile)Jett (as in Joan)Dusty (Springfield)
RELATED: 108 Tortoiseshell Cat Names for Your Colorful Kitty
Fashion-Inspired Calico Cat Names
HermesTallulahCoco (Chanel)Vivienne (Westwood)Donatella (Versace)Vera (Wang)Victoria (Beckham)Sui (Anna)Stella (McCartney)Prada
RELATED: 101 Cozy Winter Cat Names to Keep Your Kitty Feeling Warm and Fuzzy All Year Long
Adorable Calico Kitten Names
PatchesPoppetBunnyFancyTiggerDoodleTinkerbellBootsieGidgetMiss WafflesBijouWhiskersFurbyBambi
RELATED: 127 Summer Cat Names Hot Enough for Your Cool Kitty
Japanese Names for Your Calico Cat
Yuma (meaning calm truth)Sora (meaning summer sky)Akimi (meaning beautiful)Ami (meaning friend)Fumiko (meaning intellectual)Hayami (meaning rare beauty)Kaida (meaning little dragon)Kiyomi (meaning pure beauty)Masami (meaning elegant beauty)Momo (meaning peach)
RELATED: 160 Anime Cat Names for Your Kirei Koneko (Pretty Kitty)
Badass Names for Calico Cats
ElektraCerseiRebelNikitaSheebaTrinityGizmoTempestRogueBlazeRoxyFuzz
RELATED: 250+ Badass Cat Names for Your Ferocious Feline
Nerdy Names for Your Calico Cat
Starbuck (Battlestar Galactica)Kitty Pryde (X-Men)Melisandre (Game of Thrones)Ezri (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)Zyla (World of Warcraft)Uhura (Star Trek)Leela (Futurama)Teyla (Stargate Atlantis)Katniss (The Hunger Games)Lyta (Babylon 5)
RELATED: 205 Cat Pokémon Names That Are a Bolt of Brilliance
Irish Names for Calico Cats
Niamh (pronounced neev, meaning brightness)Roisin (pronounced ro-sheen, meaning little rose)Orla (meaning golden princess)Sybil (meaning fortune teller)Fiadh (pronounced fee-ah, meaning wild)Imogen (meaning daughter or maiden)Riona (meaning queenly)Oonagh (pronounced una, meaning one)Mairead (meaning pearl)Maeve (meaning enchanted one)
RELATED: 80+ Irish Cat Names for Your Cute-as-a-Clover Kitty
Calico Cat Names Inspired by Movie Felines
Buttercup (The Hunger Games)Jersey (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)Azzie (Dr. Sleep)Mrs. Norris (Happy Potter) Winkie (Escape to Witch Mountain)Duchess (Babe)Meowthra (The Lego Ninjago Movie)Elsa (Born Free)Binx (Hocus Pocus)Sweetie (The Fifth Element)
RELATED: 185 Cat Names From Movies for Your Feline Superstar
Culinary-Inspired Names for Tortoiseshell Cats
TrufflesSnickersPumpkinClementineNutmegPeanutChowderPaprikaApricotFudgeGingerGin FizzButterscotchAmarettoBeanCheetoBourbonSweet PotatoChestnut
RELATED: 189 Food Names for Cats Who Are Sweet (With a Little Bit of Spice)
On This Page Female Names Italian Names Cute Names Unique Names Egyptian-Inspired Names Disney-Inspired Names Names That Rock Fashion-Inspired Names Adorable Names Japanese Names Badass Names Nerdy Names Irish Names Calico Cat Names Inspired by Movie Felines Culinary-Inspired Names
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Female Names Italian Names Cute Names Unique Names Egyptian-Inspired Names Disney-Inspired Names Names That Rock Fashion-Inspired Names Adorable Names Japanese Names Badass Names Nerdy Names Irish Names Calico Cat Names Inspired by Movie Felines Culinary-Inspired Names
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Female Names Italian Names Cute Names Unique Names Egyptian-Inspired Names Disney-Inspired Names Names That Rock Fashion-Inspired Names Adorable Names Japanese Names Badass Names Nerdy Names Irish Names Calico Cat Names Inspired by Movie Felines Culinary-Inspired Names
playful calico cat on cat tree Credit: StockImages_AT / Getty
playful calico cat on cat tree
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