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 collectionTimbit
A pet name called Timbit.
Meaning not suppliedTobin
A pet name called Tobin.
Meaning not suppliedTogo
Behind the river
Behind the riverTomy
A pet name called Tomy.
Meaning not suppliedTova
A pet name called Tova.
Meaning not suppliedTrent
Path; strongly flooding; referring to the River Trent
Path; strongly flooding; referring to the River TrentTrinket
A pet name called Trinket.
Meaning not suppliedTru
A pet name called Tru.
Meaning not suppliedTrust
A pet name called Trust.
Meaning not suppliedTuli
A pet name called Tuli.
Meaning not suppliedTyra
God of battle; untamed
God of battle; untamedUlla
A pet name called Ulla.
Meaning not suppliedVioleta
A pet name called Violeta.
Meaning not suppliedVirgo
A pet name called Virgo.
Meaning not suppliedWags
To move briskly from side to side
To move briskly from side to sideWiz
A pet name called Wiz.
Meaning not suppliedXander
From Alexander — defender of men
From Alexander — defender of menYan
Beautiful; graceful
Beautiful; gracefulYukon
White water river
White water riverZacky
A pet name called Zacky.
Meaning not suppliedZasu
A pet name called Zasu.
Meaning not suppliedZildjian
A pet name called Zildjian.
Meaning not suppliedZira
A pet name called Zira.
Meaning not suppliedZsazsa
A pet name called Zsazsa.
Meaning not supplied