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
- Arabic, Nordic and German pet names
- Spanish pet names in the registers
- Greek pet names, from Sophie to Apollo
- French pet names, and how female they are
- Italian pet names, the densest origin in the catalogue
- Slavic pet names, the best documented set on this site
- Latin pet names, the quiet backbone of the registers
- English pet names and where they came from
- Mythology pet names, with the god named
- Japanese pet names and what they mean
- Pop culture pet names, with the film named
- 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
- Rabbit names, and the eighteen the registers actually recorded
- 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 collectionGovernor
A pet name called Governor.
Meaning not suppliedGriz
A pet name called Griz.
Meaning not suppliedGromit
A pet name called Gromit.
Meaning not suppliedGummy
A pet name called Gummy.
Meaning not suppliedGussy
A pet name called Gussy.
Meaning not suppliedGutierrez
A pet name called Gutierrez.
Meaning not suppliedGyzmo
A pet name called Gyzmo.
Meaning not suppliedHachi-Miko
A pet name called Hachi-Miko.
Meaning not suppliedHachiko
A pet name called Hachiko.
Meaning not suppliedHe-Man
A pet name called He-Man.
Meaning not suppliedHepburn
A pet name called Hepburn.
Meaning not suppliedHershie
A pet name called Hershie.
Meaning not suppliedHinckley
A pet name called Hinckley.
Meaning not suppliedHoneycomb
A pet name called Honeycomb.
Meaning not suppliedHound
A pet name called Hound.
Meaning not suppliedHypatia
A pet name called Hypatia.
Meaning not suppliedInu
A pet name called Inu.
Meaning not suppliedIron
A pet name called Iron.
Meaning not suppliedIrwin
A pet name called Irwin.
Meaning not suppliedIzze
A pet name called Izze.
Meaning not suppliedJ-Lo
A pet name called J-Lo.
Meaning not suppliedJac
A pet name called Jac.
Meaning not suppliedJacquimo
A pet name called Jacquimo.
Meaning not suppliedJak
A pet name called Jak.
Meaning not supplied