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 collectionSmoky
A pet name called Smoky.
Meaning not suppliedSumo
A Japanese form of heavy-weight wrestling
A Japanese form of heavy-weight wrestlingTico
A pet name called Tico.
Meaning not suppliedTotoro
A pet name called Totoro.
Meaning not suppliedToulouse
French city
French cityTwister
A cyclone or tornado
A cyclone or tornadoZed
From Zedekiah — the Lord's justice
From Zedekiah — the Lord's justiceAslan
A pet name called Aslan.
Meaning not suppliedBenni
A pet name called Benni.
Meaning not suppliedBradley
A pet name called Bradley.
Meaning not suppliedButterbean
A pet name called Butterbean.
Meaning not suppliedChris
A pet name called Chris.
Meaning not suppliedEdmund
A pet name called Edmund.
Meaning not suppliedFidel
A pet name called Fidel.
Meaning not suppliedGuillermo
A pet name called Guillermo.
Meaning not suppliedGumbo
A pet name called Gumbo.
Meaning not suppliedHonda
A pet name called Honda.
Meaning not suppliedHuxley
A pet name called Huxley.
Meaning not suppliedJeff
From Jeffery — God's peace, pledge
From Jeffery — God's peace, pledgeKarl
A pet name called Karl.
Meaning not suppliedKoopa
From Koopa Troopa, a fictional turtle-like creature from the Mario media franchise
From Koopa Troopa, a fictional turtle-like creature from the Mario media franchiseLoco
A pet name called Loco.
Meaning not suppliedManchego
A pet name called Manchego.
Meaning not suppliedNeeko
A pet name called Neeko.
Meaning not supplied