Male cat names

Son of Abraham and Hagar; prophet in Islamic tradition; means 'God will hear' in Hebrew

God hears — from Hebrew yishmael, the name of Abraham's first son in Islamic and Judaic tradition

Related to Ismenus, a river god in Greek mythology and son of the Asopus river

Steadfast

The baby with chaotic powers in The Incredibles

New house

Victorious or triumphant, from Sanskrit jayant — the name of Indra's son in Hindu mythology

Short form of Gerald or Jerome, meaning 'spear ruler' or 'sacred name' from Greek and Germanic roots

The Receiver of Memory in Lois Lowry's The Giver

Farmer

God will give

Of Jupiter — the king-planet

God is gracious

King of the Roman gods, largest planet

Dorian epithet of Apollo, god of sun, music, and prophecy — possibly connected to 'karne' (wrist)

Kaz Brekker, criminal mastermind in Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows

An incarnation of Lord Shiva worshiped as a local deity in western India, particularly among pastoral communities

Direct and proud

The lemur king of Madagascar

The wandering cat in the film Two Brothers

The strategist penguin in Madagascar

From Greek 'krios' meaning ram — the masculine form of this Titan name

From Greek 'kydos' (glory) and 'doimos' (fear or commotion), personification of battle noise

The lazy hound in The Aristocats

Shortened form of Lawrence, from Latin meaning 'from Laurentum' or 'laurel-crowned'

Greek titan of air and the hunter's aim, god of invisibility and stealth

The vegetarian shark in Shark Tale

Lion — popular Spanish boy's name and the zodiac constellation

Derived from Greek 'leon,' meaning 'lion'—symbol of strength and courage

Leonidas: 'lion-like,' from Greek; Romanov: imperial Russian family name

The racing car protagonist of Cars

The diminutive villain of Shrek

From Latin 'Lucanus' meaning 'from Lucania' (a region in Italy); also means 'bringer of light'

Latin for 'light-bringer' or 'morning star'—historically Venus, later associated with the devil in Christian tradition

Remus Lupin, the gentle werewolf Defense teacher

The mystery cat from T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

God with us

Of Mars

Manly

The red planet, named for the Roman god of war

Warlike — from Mars, the Roman god of war

The plains-loving zebra in Madagascar

Gift of God

The rusty tow truck in Cars

The talking cat in Terry Pratchett's The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

Gift of God; dark-skinned

The wolf-suited hero of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are

Greatest