Pet names
Browse pet names by animal, gender, style, origin and vibe.
Read the guides behind these names
- Male pet names across every animal
- Female pet names across every animal
- Common pet names that are not top-twenty
- Long pet names, and what they cost
- Pet names that actually mean something
- Unique pet names that real owners actually chose
- The most popular pet names, counted rather than voted on
- Unisex pet names, and what makes a name unisex in the data
- Pet names starting with L, T, R and P
- Pet names ending in O
- Pet names ending in A
- Two-syllable pet names, the length most owners land on
- Pet names ending in Y
- Pet names by first letter, with the counts
- One-syllable pet names, and why trainers keep recommending them
- Short pet names: four letters, two syllables, no argument
- Soft-sounding pet names
- Elegant-sounding pet names
- Ocean, music and royal pet names
- Nature pet names: plants, weather and stone
- Luxury pet names, and what makes a name sound expensive
- Place names for pets: cities, rivers and islands
- Food names for pets, from Mochi to Pepper
- Space pet names: moons, stars and the ones people really use
- Flower names for pets, with the flower stated
Popular pet names
Names that feel familiar, easy to call and broadly loved.
Pop culture pet names
Names borrowed from films, games, music and comics.
Female cat names
Elegant and playful choices for queens of the sofa.
Unique unisex names
Rare names that work for any pet and feel a bit more original.
Short & simple
One to four letters. Quick to say, easy to remember.
Luxury pet names
Polished names with a premium, elegant feel.
Nature-inspired
Names pulled from plants, skies, seasons and natural textures.
Japanese pet names
Bright, melodic names with a modern global feel.
Open collection
Ari
A pet name called Ari.
Meaning not supplied
Baloo
A pet name called Baloo.
Meaning not supplied
Boots
A pet name called Boots.
Meaning not supplied
Boris
A pet name called Boris.
Meaning not supplied
Brooks
A pet name called Brooks.
Meaning not supplied
Cisco
A pet name called Cisco.
Meaning not supplied
Clarence
A pet name called Clarence.
Meaning not supplied
Coal
A pet name called Coal.
Meaning not supplied
Corey
A pet name called Corey.
Meaning not supplied
Dasher
A pet name called Dasher.
Meaning not supplied
Dennis
A pet name called Dennis.
Meaning not supplied
Ernest
A pet name called Ernest.
Meaning not supplied
Fredo
A pet name called Fredo.
Meaning not supplied
Hamlet
A pet name called Hamlet.
Meaning not supplied
Handsome
A pet name called Handsome.
Meaning not supplied
Harold
A pet name called Harold.
Meaning not supplied
Hopper
A pet name called Hopper.
Meaning not supplied
Ivan
A pet name called Ivan.
Meaning not supplied
James
A pet name called James.
Meaning not supplied
Joe
From Joel — the Lord is God
From Joel — the Lord is God
Jordan
The descending river
The descending river
Jupiter
A pet name called Jupiter.
Meaning not supplied
Lincoln
From the colony, by the pool — associated with former American president Abraham Lincoln
From the colony, by the pool — associated with former American president Abraham Lincoln
Linus
One with flax-coloured hair
One with flax-coloured hair