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 collectionCatsby
A pet name called Catsby.
Meaning not suppliedCaviar
A pet name called Caviar.
Meaning not suppliedChaka
A pet name called Chaka.
Meaning not suppliedCobain
A pet name called Cobain.
Meaning not suppliedDavos
A pet name called Davos.
Meaning not suppliedGerald
A pet name called Gerald.
Meaning not suppliedHawthorne
A pet name called Hawthorne.
Meaning not suppliedJericho
A pet name called Jericho.
Meaning not suppliedKent
A pet name called Kent.
Meaning not suppliedLuno
A pet name called Luno.
Meaning not suppliedMico
A pet name called Mico.
Meaning not suppliedPavarotti
Little peacock; cobbler
Little peacock; cobblerPhatty
A pet name called Phatty.
Meaning not suppliedPinecone
A pet name called Pinecone.
Meaning not suppliedPoblano
A pet name called Poblano.
Meaning not suppliedPulgas
A pet name called Pulgas.
Meaning not suppliedReiko
Pleasant child; gratitude
Pleasant child; gratitudeRomulus
A pet name called Romulus.
Meaning not suppliedSi
From Simon — to hear
From Simon — to hearTeensy
A pet name called Teensy.
Meaning not suppliedTejas
A pet name called Tejas.
Meaning not suppliedTornado
Violently rotating funnel shaped cloud
Violently rotating funnel shaped cloudVernon
Place of elders
Place of eldersAden
A pet name called Aden.
Meaning not supplied