943 cat names are a single syllable, averaging 140 registrations each. 769 of them classify strong-sounding, which is the whole story of this slice in one number.
Strong is mostly just short
The strong tag is largely detecting a monosyllable ending in a consonant, so a page of one-syllable names is very nearly a page of strong ones. Only 105 classify soft — the ones ending in a vowel or a liquid.
It leans male, 466 to 212, more than the cat lists do generally. Blue, Prince, Bear, Zeus.
One beat and a cat that is ignoring you
The dog catalogue holds 1,923 monosyllables against 943 here, but the cat set is denser: 140 registrations per name against 80. Fewer distinct short names are recorded for cats, so the ones that are recorded get shared.
The male lean is the other thing worth noticing. Across all cat names the sexes sit close together; here it is 466 male to 212 female. One beat is where the cat lists stop being balanced.
What are good one-syllable cat names?
Blue, Prince, Bear and Zeus lead these registers. 943 cat names are a single syllable, averaging 140 registrations each.
Do short cat names sound harsh?
Usually strong rather than harsh: 769 of the 943 carry the strong tag, which is derived from a closed ending rather than from an opinion. 105 classify soft.
Are they mostly male?
In these registers, yes: 466 measure male against 212 female.
Every count on this site is a tally of real registrations: pet licences and shelter intakes published as open data by New York, Seattle, Austin, Montgomery County, Cambridge, Zurich, Basel and four Australian councils. Popularity here is the average share a name holds across those registers, so a name common in a small city is not buried by one common in a large one. Five of the eleven registers are North American and they supply 86% of the records, so read the ordering as naming in those places rather than worldwide. Browse the whole catalogue or read how the data is put together.