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
Thing
An entity or idea having it's own existence
An entity or idea having it's own existenceTitch
Tiny
TinyTober
Short form of October
Short form of OctoberTriumph
Success or victory
Success or victoryWaddles
To walk with the body tilting side to side
To walk with the body tilting side to sideWooly
Resembling wool; generally lawless; wild and woolly
Resembling wool; generally lawless; wild and woollyLimoncello
A pet name called Limoncello.
Meaning not suppliedMimu
A pet name called Mimu.
Meaning not supplied
Happy
A pet name called Happy.
Meaning not suppliedStinger
One that stings
One that stingsKamikaze
A suicidal air attack; an extremely reckless person; from Japanese; divine wind
A suicidal air attack; an extremely reckless person; from Japanese; divine windMoustache
Hair or bristles on upper lip; food or drink that sticks to upper lip, e.g., milk
Hair or bristles on upper lip; food or drink that sticks to upper lip, e.g., milk
Pele
Hawaiian volcano goddess of fire
Hawaiian volcano goddess of fireKarate
The Japanese art of self defence
The Japanese art of self defenceKatze
German for cat
German for catKlein
Small
SmallLenni
From Leonard or Helen — brave as a lion
From Leonard or Helen — brave as a lionLiquorice
Confection made from the liquorice root
Confection made from the liquorice rootLlewellyn
Like a lion
Like a lionMagnificent
Splendid in appearance
Splendid in appearanceMai Tai
A cocktail made with rum and fruit juices
A cocktail made with rum and fruit juicesMarrakesh
The land of God; a city in Morocco
The land of God; a city in MoroccoMikado
Former popular title for the Emperor of Japan
Former popular title for the Emperor of JapanMillennium
One thousand years
One thousand years