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 collectionCougar
A pet name called Cougar.
Meaning not suppliedCurtis
A pet name called Curtis.
Meaning not suppliedDoris
A pet name called Doris.
Meaning not suppliedEliot
A pet name called Eliot.
Meaning not suppliedElwood
A pet name called Elwood.
Meaning not suppliedFidel
A pet name called Fidel.
Meaning not suppliedFiggy
A pet name called Figgy.
Meaning not suppliedGala
A pet name called Gala.
Meaning not suppliedGini
A pet name called Gini.
Meaning not suppliedGiselle
A pet name called Giselle.
Meaning not suppliedGnocchi
A pet name called Gnocchi.
Meaning not suppliedGomez
A pet name called Gomez.
Meaning not suppliedGumbo
A pet name called Gumbo.
Meaning not suppliedGunther
A pet name called Gunther.
Meaning not suppliedGypsie
A pet name called Gypsie.
Meaning not suppliedHilda
A pet name called Hilda.
Meaning not suppliedHäxli
A pet name called Häxli.
Meaning not suppliedIna
A pet name called Ina.
Meaning not suppliedIrma
A pet name called Irma.
Meaning not suppliedJenna
A pet name called Jenna.
Meaning not suppliedJeter
A pet name called Jeter.
Meaning not suppliedJones
A pet name called Jones.
Meaning not suppliedJoni
A pet name called Joni.
Meaning not suppliedJoseph
A pet name called Joseph.
Meaning not supplied