Boy cat names

Male cat names

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Baal-hamon

Arabic

Carthaginian chief god; 'Baal' means 'lord' and 'hamon' refers to wealth or multitude

Bagheera

Disney

The wise black panther mentor in The Jungle Book

Bambi

Disney

The young deer in Disney's 1942 classic

Baron

Modern

A noble rank below count

Barry

DreamWorks

Barry B. Benson, the bee protagonist of Bee Movie

Basile

Greek

From Greek basileus meaning 'king' — royal and authoritative

Bautista

Spanish

Baptist

Behemoth

Literary

Talking black cat from Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita

Berlingr

Norse

Dwarf in Norse mythology — a craftsman or inhabitant of the underworld realms

Berlioz

Disney

The gray-and-black kitten in Disney's The Aristocats

Bilbo

Literary

The hobbit who finds the One Ring in Tolkien's The Hobbit

Billy Boss

Disney

A character in Disney's animated catalog

Binx

Pop culture

The cursed black cat in Hocus Pocus

Black Shuck

Celtic

A large black demonic dog from English folklore, said to roam East Anglian graveyards.

Bláin

Norse

In Norse mythology, one of the dwarfs created from the flesh of the primordial giant Ymir.

Boreas

Greek

From Greek meaning 'scorching' or 'north wind' — the ancient god of the cold north wind

Bragi

Norse

God of poetry

Brahmā

Sanskrit

In Buddhist cosmology, the lord of the heavenly realm Brahmaloka and a deva of the highest order

Briareus

Greek

One of the Hundred-Handers (Hekatonkheires) — a primordial giant with fifty heads and hundred arms

Buckbeak

Harry Potter

Hagrid's hippogriff, also called Witherwings

Buttercup

Literary

Prim's grumpy ginger cat in The Hunger Games

Buurtpoes Bledder

Dutch

Dutch: 'neighborhood cat Bledder' — a local, beloved alley cat with a name and reputation

Buzz

Pixar

Buzz Lightyear, the Space Ranger from Toy Story

Caecias

Greek

Northeast wind of ancient Greece and the deity who personified it

Caesar

Latin

Roman emperor; conqueror

Canopus

Greek

Second-brightest star in the night sky

Carlos

Spanish

Valiant; free man

Castor

Greek

One of the twin stars in Gemini

Cedric

Harry Potter

Cedric Diggory, Hufflepuff Triwizard champion

Centaurus

Greek

The centaur — a large southern constellation

Charon

Greek

Pluto's largest moon, named for the ferryman of the dead

Chiron

Greek

The wise centaur of Greek myth — also a Saturn-crossing minor planet

Chronos

Greek

The personification of time itself in ancient Greek religion

Church

Literary

The cat in Stephen King's Pet Sematary

Clawhauser

Disney

The donut-loving cheetah cop in Zootopia

Clitumnus

Latin

Roman deity of the Clitumnus River, known for prophetic powers and sacred waters

Clytius

Greek

From Greek meaning 'famous' or 'of renown'—one of the hundred Gigantes of Greek mythology

Coeus

Greek

From Greek meaning 'to query' or 'to examine'—Titan of intellectual inquiry and the south pillar of heaven

Colonel Meow

Pop culture

Military-style title combined with a cat's iconic vocalisation; playful human name for a real record-breaking cat

Colophonus

Greek

From Greek meaning 'of Colophon'—a giant named after the ancient Greek city in Ionia

Corduroy

French

A textured cotton fabric with distinctive ridged pile

Corydon

Greek

One of the Hundred-Handers, giants with a hundred arms in Greek mythology

Cosmo

Greek

Of the cosmos

Cottus

Greek

One of the three Hundred-Handers, ancient giants with immense strength in Greek mythology

Crimean Tom

Literary

A military cat companion during the Crimean War, noted for his service with British forces

Crinisus

Greek

A river god in Greek mythology, protector of flowing waters

Cronus

Greek

The king of the Titans in Greek mythology, father of Zeus and ruler before the Olympians

Crookshanks

Literary

Hermione's half-Kneazle from Harry Potter