Girl cat names

Female cat names

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Nami

Japanese

Wave — like the ocean

Nana

Greek

In Greek mythology, a nymph and daughter of the river-god Sangarius

Natsumi Hayashi

Japanese

Known for her surreal self-portrait series 'Falling and Catching My Body'; her feline name reflects her artistic vision

Navadurgā

Sanskrit

Nine divine manifestations of the goddess Durgā in Hindu tradition

Nazlı

Turkish

Coy, coquettish

Nefertiti

Egyptian

The beautiful one has come

Nemea

Greek

In Greek mythology, a naiad (water nymph); daughter of the river-god Asopus or Zeus

Nemesis

Greek

Greek goddess of retribution, vengeance, and divine justice against arrogance

Nephele

Greek

From Greek 'nephos' (cloud) — a cloud-form goddess, mother of the golden ram

Nike

Greek

Greek goddess of victory, triumph, and athletic prowess

Ninhursag

Sumerian

Sumerian 'nin' (lady) + 'hursag' (mountain) — mother goddess of the earth and fertility

Ninkurra

Sumerian

Sumerian deity name, possibly meaning 'lady of the mountain' or related to healing and crafts

Nirṛti

Sanskrit

Sanskrit word meaning sorrow, decay, or cosmic disorder — a destructive Hindu deity

Nora

Latin

From Latin 'honor' — meaning honorable or renowned

Nova

Latin

A star that suddenly increases in brightness

Nüwa

Chinese

Chinese creator goddess who repaired the sky and established order in the cosmos

Nyx

Greek

Greek goddess of night — and a moon of Pluto

Ocyrhoe

Greek

From Greek meaning 'swift-flowing' — a nymph of rivers and prophecy

Oenone

Greek

From Greek — a mountain nymph and tragic figure in the Trojan War cycle

Olive

Nature

For green-eyed or olive-toned cats

Olivia Benson

Pop culture

Olivia from the Latin 'oliva' (olive); Benson is Taylor Swift's surname for her tabby cat

Omakayas

Literary

The young Ojibwe heroine of Louise Erdrich's The Birchbark House

Orseis

Greek

Greek water nymph or river deity associated with freshwater streams and springs

Pamuk

Turkish

Cotton — one of the most common cat names in Turkey

Panacea

Greek

From Greek 'pan' (all) and 'akos' (cure) — a remedy for all ills

Pansy

Harry Potter

Pansy Parkinson, Draco's Slytherin sidekick

Papahanaumoku

Hawaiian

Hawaiian Earth Mother — the primordial goddess who birthed the Hawaiian islands

Paralia

Greek

From Greek 'paralia' (seacoast) — an epithet of the sea-dwelling goddess Artemis

Paria

Greek

A nymph in Greek mythology, consort of Minos of Crete — name of unknown etymology

Parthenope

Greek

From Greek 'parthenos' (virgin) and 'ops' (voice or face) — the virginal-faced or virgin-voiced one

Parvati

Harry Potter

Parvati Patil, Gryffindor classmate and twin to Padma

Paula

Spanish

Humble, small

Peaches

Nature

For a soft peach-colored cat

Peitho

Greek

Greek goddess personifying persuasion, eloquence, and seduction

Peri

Turkish/Persian

Fairy; supernatural being of beauty

Periboea

Greek

A naiad and wife of Ikarios in Greek mythology

Persephone

Greek

Goddess of spring and the underworld

Peta

Modern

Modern diminutive, possibly from Peter; seventh Chief Mouser to the British Cabinet Office

Pharmakeia

Greek

Greek for 'sorcery' or 'witchcraft'; a water nymph in Greek mythology

Philyra

Greek

Greek: 'linden tree', possibly 'lover of lime'

Phoebe

Greek

A moon of Saturn

Phoenissa

Greek

Greek name meaning 'Phoenician woman' or derived from the phoenix myth

Phra Mae Thorani

Sanskrit

Goddess of the Earth; revered protector in Buddhist cosmology and Theravada tradition

Phrixa

Greek

From Greek root meaning possibly 'rippling' or 'shivering'; caretaker of the king of gods

Pirene

Greek

From Greek pirē, meaning 'fire' or related to flowing water; nymph of a sacred spring

Pisinoë

Greek

One of the Sirens in Greek legend; etymology uncertain but associated with enchantment

Pitane

Greek

A heroine of ancient Sparta, possibly derived from a place name or local cult figure

Plastene

Greek

Mother goddess worshipped in Magnesia; etymology tied to local Anatolian religious tradition