Boy cat names

Male cat names

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Salazar

Harry Potter

Salazar Slytherin, founder of the serpent-house of ambition

Salem

Pop culture

The talking black cat from Sabrina the Teenage Witch

Salih

Arabic

The righteous one — a prophet who preached to the Thamud

Salvador

Spanish

Savior

Samson figure

Hebrew

A representation or statue depicting Samson, the biblical strongman and judge

Sangha

Pop culture

One of the tiger cub brothers in the film Two Brothers

Sanjūrō

Japanese

Japanese name combining 'san' (three) and 'jūrō' (ten-year-old boy) — traditionally a masculine given name

Santiago

Spanish

Saint James

Santino

Spanish

Little saint

Saturn

Latin

Roman god of time and the ringed planet

Scar

Disney

The villainous lion in The Lion King

Scelmis

Greek

One of the Idaean Dactyls, divine beings in ancient Greek mythology who guarded the infant Zeus

Sciron

Greek

Personified northwest wind in Greek mythology; also a brigand killed by Theseus

Scooby

Pop culture

Scooby-Doo, the iconic mystery-solving Great Dane

Sergio

Spanish

Servant, attendant

Severus

Harry Potter

Severus Snape, the complicated Potions master

Shakka

Mesopotamian

Mesopotamian storm and flood god, associated with weather and natural forces

Shere Khan

Disney

The Bengal tiger antagonist in The Jungle Book

Shrek

DreamWorks

The green ogre at the heart of DreamWorks' Shrek franchise

Simba

Disney

The lion prince of The Lion King

Simon

Literary

The gay teen protagonist of Becky Albertalli's Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

Sirius

Greek

The brightest star in the night sky — the Dog Star

Skipper

DreamWorks

The penguin leader in Madagascar

Skippyjon Jones

Literary

The Siamese cat who thinks he's a Chihuahua in Judy Schachner's picture books

Snowbell

Literary

The family cat in E.B. White's Stuart Little

Sockington

Modern

A fictional place name combining 'sock' and the place-name suffix '-ington'

Socks

Literary

The white-pawed cat in Beverly Cleary's Socks

Soter

Greek

From Greek meaning 'saviour' or 'preserver' — a protective divine figure

Spirit

DreamWorks

The wild stallion of Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

Splat

Literary

The big-eyed black cat in Rob Scotton's Splat the Cat books

Stepan

Greek

Crown or wreath — from Greek 'stephanos'

Stilbon

Greek

Greek god of the planet Mercury, representing eloquence and commerce

Sully

Pixar

The big blue furry monster in Monsters, Inc.

Sylvester

Pop culture

Looney Tunes cat — "Sufferin' succotash!"

Tadeo

Spanish

Praise

Takeshi

Japanese

Japanese masculine name meaning warrior or fierce — traditionally a strong, resolute name

Tao

Pop culture

The Siamese cat in The Incredible Journey

Tartarus

Greek

The deepest abyss and dungeon of the underworld, a place of torment and punishment.

Taurus

Latin

The bull — zodiac constellation

Thanatos

Greek

The personification of death and peaceful dying in Greek mythology; counterpart to war-death Ares.

Theodamas

Greek

Giant in Greek mythology; name suggests divine taming or mastery

Thiago

Spanish

May God protect

Thoas

Greek

Giant in Greek mythology; name conveys strength and towering presence

Thomas O'Malley

Disney

The alley cat in The Aristocats

Thor

Norse

God of thunder

Thoth

Egyptian

God of writing and wisdom

Tibbs

Disney

The tabby cat in One Hundred and One Dalmatians

Tibs the Great

Modern

A name with uncertain etymology; possibly a pet-name variant of 'Tib' or relating to a domestic creature