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 collectionOliver
Polite and classic, a cat that owns the sofa.
Symbol of peace, the olive branchSebastian
Venerable or revered
Venerable or reveredButtercup
A pet name called Buttercup.
Meaning not suppliedClementine
A pet name called Clementine.
Meaning not suppliedUnknowed
A pet name called Unknowed.
Meaning not suppliedHavanese
A pet name called Havanese.
Meaning not suppliedCoconut
A pet name called Coconut.
Meaning not suppliedPetunia
Summer flower
Summer flowerSavannah
A grassland in tropical and subtropical regions; from the open plain
A grassland in tropical and subtropical regions; from the open plainAbigail
A pet name called Abigail.
Meaning not suppliedAthena
A pet name called Athena.
Meaning not suppliedApollo
Golden and heroic, built for a big animal.
Greek god of light and musicEleanor
A pet name called Eleanor.
Meaning not suppliedMaximus
Greatest
GreatestTallulah
Leaping water
Leaping waterCannoli
A pet name called Cannoli.
Meaning not suppliedHamilton
A pet name called Hamilton.
Meaning not suppliedMatilda
From Mathilda — brave little maid
From Mathilda — brave little maidJameson
A pet name called Jameson.
Meaning not suppliedDakota
A pet name called Dakota.
Meaning not suppliedHercules
A pet name called Hercules.
Meaning not suppliedRemington
Red meadow; settlement by the boundary stream; a sophisticated and elegant name
Red meadow; settlement by the boundary stream; a sophisticated and elegant nameAlexander
A pet name called Alexander.
Meaning not suppliedBenito
A pet name called Benito.
Meaning not supplied