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 collectionChirp
A pet name called Chirp.
Meaning not suppliedFir
A pet name called Fir.
Meaning not suppliedFour
A pet name called Four.
Meaning not suppliedFriend
A pet name called Friend.
Meaning not suppliedHen
A pet name called Hen.
Meaning not suppliedJag
A pet name called Jag.
Meaning not suppliedKid
A pet name called Kid.
Meaning not suppliedLamb
A pet name called Lamb.
Meaning not suppliedPorsche
Wolf, snow leopard; a German luxury sports car brand
Wolf, snow leopard; a German luxury sports car brandPru
A pet name called Pru.
Meaning not suppliedRune
Runic and quiet, a name with old magic.
A letter of the early Germanic alphabetsScreech
A pet name called Screech.
Meaning not suppliedSkunk
A pet name called Skunk.
Meaning not suppliedSpaz
A pet name called Spaz.
Meaning not suppliedSphinx
Mysterious, quiet, intelligence; a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human
Mysterious, quiet, intelligence; a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a humanStars
A pet name called Stars.
Meaning not suppliedSwitch
A pet name called Switch.
Meaning not suppliedTash
From Natasha — born of Christmas Day
From Natasha — born of Christmas DayTuff
Fun spelling of tough; strong and resilient
Fun spelling of tough; strong and resilientYam
A pet name called Yam.
Meaning not suppliedYams
A pet name called Yams.
Meaning not suppliedMooch
A pet name called Mooch.
Meaning not suppliedShrek
Fear, fright; from the animated movie of the same name
Fear, fright; from the animated movie of the same nameThai
Relating to Thailand, its people, or their language
Relating to Thailand, its people, or their language