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 collectionCute
A pet name called Cute.
Meaning not suppliedFan
A pet name called Fan.
Meaning not suppliedFaust
A pet name called Faust.
Meaning not suppliedFord
A pet name called Ford.
Meaning not suppliedFreud
A pet name called Freud.
Meaning not suppliedGill
A pet name called Gill.
Meaning not suppliedGrete
A pet name called Grete.
Meaning not suppliedGuai
A pet name called Guai.
Meaning not suppliedJoel
Jehovah is God; Yahweh is God
Jehovah is God; Yahweh is GodKat
A pet name called Kat.
Meaning not suppliedKebe
A pet name called Kebe.
Meaning not suppliedLoke
A pet name called Loke.
Meaning not suppliedLurch
To stagger
To staggerMarthe
A pet name called Marthe.
Meaning not suppliedMate
A pet name called Mate.
Meaning not suppliedMays
A pet name called Mays.
Meaning not suppliedNiyah
A pet name called Niyah.
Meaning not suppliedPea
A pet name called Pea.
Meaning not suppliedSix
A pet name called Six.
Meaning not suppliedSkutch
A pet name called Skutch.
Meaning not suppliedSurf
A pet name called Surf.
Meaning not suppliedSwiss
A pet name called Swiss.
Meaning not suppliedTigre
Italian for tiger Tigre (masculine) and Tigra (feminine)
Italian for tiger Tigre (masculine) and Tigra (feminine)Tobe
A pet name called Tobe.
Meaning not supplied