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 collectionLyra
Musical, light and quietly starry.
A lyre; the constellation LyraMaia
Great, mother and nurse
Great, mother and nurseMoka
Truth tree, often used
Truth tree, often usedRedd
A pet name called Redd.
Meaning not suppliedRon
A pet name called Ron.
Meaning not suppliedStu
A pet name called Stu.
Meaning not suppliedTaki
A pet name called Taki.
Meaning not suppliedUno
A pet name called Uno.
Meaning not suppliedUzi
A pet name called Uzi.
Meaning not suppliedWade
A pet name called Wade.
Meaning not suppliedAj
A pet name called Aj.
Meaning not suppliedAsia
A pet name called Asia.
Meaning not suppliedBoyd
A pet name called Boyd.
Meaning not suppliedCece
A pet name called Cece.
Meaning not suppliedClio
A pet name called Clio.
Meaning not suppliedEarl
A pet name called Earl.
Meaning not suppliedHuck
A pet name called Huck.
Meaning not suppliedKara
From the Italian term of endearment 'cara' — beloved, dear, friend
From the Italian term of endearment 'cara' — beloved, dear, friendKika
A pet name called Kika.
Meaning not suppliedKoa
Warrior or valiant one
Warrior or valiant oneKylo
Sky or heaven
Sky or heavenLuci
Related to Lucy and Lucia
Related to Lucy and LuciaMai
A pet name called Mai.
Meaning not suppliedMoo
The deep bellowing sound made by a cow
The deep bellowing sound made by a cow