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All cat names
Every cat name in our catalog — 1,000 ideas in one alphabetical directory, each with origin, meaning, and the themes it belongs to. Use this page when you want to skim cat names for inspiration, or when you have a sound in mind and need to find the right spelling.
Our cat names come from four places: classical mythology (Egyptian, Greek, Norse), language and meaning (Japanese, Latin, Sanskrit), literature and pop culture, and the everyday cats people actually name in open city pet registries. Every name on the list is hand-vetted and links through to a detail page with pronunciation hints and similar names. If you'd rather not scroll the whole alphabet, jump straight to a theme — that's where most people find names for cats that fit their new kitten's personality.
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- Çakıl Turkish
- Ḫepat Egyptian
- Ōyamatsumi Japanese
- Şahmeran Turkish/Persian
- Šassuratu Akkadian
- Ṣaṣṭhī Sanskrit
- Şeker Turkish
- Şerafettin Turkish
- Şero Modern
A
- Aba Greek
- Abarbarea Greek
- Abatutu Modern
- Abdiel Hebrew
- Acacallis Greek
- Aceso Greek
- Achlys Greek
- Acmena Greek
- Acrete Greek
- Adella Spanish
- Adhara Arabic
- Aditi Sanskrit
- Adonis Greek
- Adora Belle Literary
- Adrián Spanish
- Adriana Spanish
- Aegaeon Greek
- Aegiale Greek
- Aegina Greek
- Aegle Greek
- Aeolus Greek
- Aeshma Persian
- Aether Greek
- Aethra Greek
- Aetna Greek
- Aganippe Greek
- Agasthenes Greek
- Agathodaemon Greek
- Aglaia Greek
- Aglaonoe Greek
- Aglaope Greek
- Aglaopheme Greek
- Aglaophónos Greek
- Agon Greek
- Agrippa Romanov Latin, Russian
- Agrius Greek
- Agusto Spanish
- Ah Tsai Chinese
- Aidos Greek
- Aion Greek
- Aitken Modern
- Akane Japanese
- Akephalos Greek
- Akira Japanese
- Alala Greek
- Alastor Greek
- Alba Spanish
- Albus Harry Potter
- Alcinoe Greek
- Alcyone Greek
- Alcyoneus Greek
- Aldebaran Arabic
- Algol Arabic
- All Ball Pop culture
- Alma Spanish
- Alonso Spanish
- Alpos Greek
- Alsephina Arabic
- Altair Arabic
- Alvaro Spanish
- Amalthea Greek
- Ammāvaru Sanskrit
- Amphitrite Greek
- Ana Spanish
- Ananke Greek
- Anapos Greek
- Anasuya Sanskrit
- Anax Greek
- Anchiale Greek
- Anchiroe Greek
- Andes Spanish
- Andrés Spanish
- Andromeda Greek
- Andvari Norse
- Angelina Spanish
- Anippe Greek
- Annapoorna Sanskrit
- Antalya Greek/Turkish
- Antares Greek
- Antaura Greek
- Anteros Greek
- Anthédon Greek
- Antianeira Greek
- Antlia Latin
- Anubis Egyptian
- Anytos Greek
- Aora Greek
- Aparctias Greek
- Apeliotes Greek
- Apelmon Greek
- Aphaea Greek
- Aphrodite Greek
- Aphrodite Akraia Greek
- Apollo Greek
- Aquila Latin
- Ara Latin
- Archer Modern
- Archie German
- Arcturus Greek
- Arcturus Aldebaran Powers Greek
- Ardhanārīśvara Sanskrit
- Ares Greek
- Arethusa Greek
- Argeia Greek
- Argestes Greek
- Argeus Greek
- Argyra Greek
- Ariel Hebrew
- Aries Greek
- Aristaeus Greek
- Arlo Pixar
- Artemis Greek
- Asaru Sumerian
- Asclepius Greek
- Ascus Greek
- Asena Turkic
- Asia Greek
- Aslan Literary
- Asopus Greek
- Aspen Nature
- Aspis Greek
- Astabe Greek
- Astarte Semitic
- Asteria Greek
- Asterius Greek
- Asterodeia Greek
- Astra Latin
- Astraea Greek
- Astraeus Greek
- Astraios Greek
- Astyoche Greek
- Atabulus Latin
- Atë Greek
- Athena Greek
- Athena Chalcioecus Greek
- Athos Greek
- Atlas Greek
- Atropos Greek
- Atua-anua Polynesian
- Aura Greek
- Auxo Greek
- Aya Japanese
- Ayla Modern
- Ayran Turkish
- Aysyt Siberian
- Ayyappan Sanskrit
- Azazel Hebrew
B
- Baal-hamon Arabic
- Bachué Muisca
- Bagheera Disney
- Bahucarā Mātā Sanskrit
- Baklava Turkish
- Bal Turkish
- Bambi Disney
- Barbie Pixar
- Barghest Celtic
- Baron Modern
- Barry DreamWorks
- Basile Greek
- Bastet Egyptian
- Batea Greek
- Bau Sumerian
- Bautista Spanish
- Beatriz Spanish
- Bébert French
- Beerbohm German
- Begoe Norse
- Behemoth Literary
- Bellatrix Latin
- Bendir Turkish/Arabic
- Bendis Thracian
- Benny Family Pop culture
- Benthesikyme Greek
- Benzaiten Japanese
- Berlingr Norse
- Berlioz Disney
- Beroe Greek
- Betelgeuse Arabic
- Bhadra Sanskrit
- Bhagavatī Sanskrit
- Bhārat Mātā Sanskrit
- Bhavānī Sanskrit
- Bhūmi Sanskrit
- Bhuvaneśvarī Sanskrit
- Bilbo Literary
- Billi Hindi
- Billy Boss Disney
- Binti Literary
- Binx Pop culture
- Birch Nature
- Biscuit Nature
- Black Shuck Celtic
- Blackie Modern
- Bláin Norse
- Bobby Kertanegara Modern
- Bockenkrieg German
- Bodrum Turkish
- Bolbe Greek
- Boncuk Turkish
- Boo Pixar
- Boreas Greek
- Börek Turkish
- Bragi Norse
- Brahmā Sanskrit
- Briareus Greek
- Brigadier Broccoli Pop culture
- Britomartis Greek
- Brownie Still Modern
- Browser Modern
- Brünnhilde Norse
- Buckbeak Harry Potter
- Bursa Greek/Turkish
- Buttercup Literary
- Buurtpoes Bledder Dutch
- Buzz Pixar
C
- Caecias Greek
- Caesar Latin
- Caïssa Literary
- Caliadne Greek
- Callirhoe Greek
- Callista Spanish
- Callisto Greek
- Calypso Greek
- Camila Spanish
- Canopus Greek
- Capella Latin
- Cappadocia Persian
- Carina Latin
- Carlos Spanish
- Carmen Spanish
- Carolina Spanish
- Carpo Greek
- Casper Modern
- Cassiopeia Greek
- Cassotis Greek
- Castalia Greek
- Castor Greek
- Catmando Pop culture
- Cedric Harry Potter
- Celaeno Greek
- Celeste Latin
- Celusa Greek
- Centaurus Greek
- Cersei Literary
- Ceto Greek
- Ceviz Turkish
- Chamunda Sanskrit
- Chandi Sanskrit
- Chaos Greek
- Charon Greek
- Charybdis Greek
- Chāyā Sanskrit
- Cheeto Pop culture
- Cheshire Literary
- Chinnamastā Sanskrit
- Chiron Greek
- Chlidanope Greek
- Cho Harry Potter
- Chouannerie French
- Choupette French
- Chronos Greek
- Chrysogeneia Greek
- Church Literary
- Cin Turkish/Arabic
- Cinder Literary
- Cinnamon Nature
- Circe Greek
- Cisseis Greek
- Clareta Spanish
- Clawhauser Disney
- Cleo Egyptian
- Cleocharia Greek
- Cleone Greek
- Clitumnus Latin
- Clotho Greek
- Clover Nature
- Clytius Greek
- Cnossia Greek
- Coeus Greek
- Colonel Meow Pop culture
- Colophonus Greek
- Comet Greek
- Concha Spanish
- Cookie Nature
- Corcyra Greek
- Corduroy French
- Corycia Greek
- Corydon Greek
- Cosmo Greek
- Cottus Greek
- Creme Puff French
- Cres Astronomy
- Cressida Modern
- Creusa Greek
- Crimean Tom Literary
- Crinisus Greek
- Cristina Spanish
- Crocale Greek
- Cronus Greek
- Crookshanks Literary
- Crotus Greek
- Crush Pixar
- Cullen Literary
- Cümbüş Turkish
- Curious Zelda Pop culture
- Cyane Greek
- Cybele Latin
- Cyllene Greek
- Cymopoleia Greek
- Cyprus cat Nature
- Czar Russian
D
- Dagon Semitic
- Dáinn Norse
- Damasen Greek
- Damu Sumerian
- Damysos Greek
- Daniela Spanish
- Danu Sanskrit
- Daphne Greek
- Darbuka Turkish/Arabic
- Dario Spanish
- Dash Pixar
- Daulis Greek
- Davul Turkish
- Deimos Greek
- Deli Dumrul Turkic
- Deneb Arabic
- Dhūmāvatī Sanskrit
- Diego Spanish
- Diesel Literary
- Dike Greek
- Dinah Literary
- Dione Greek
- Diti Sanskrit
- Dolma Turkish
- Doris DreamWorks
- Dorofei Greek
- Dory Pixar
- Draco Harry Potter
- Dragon Literary
- Drosera Greek
- Duchess Pop culture
- Duke Modern
- Duman Turkish
- Dumbledore Harry Potter
- Durga Sanskrit
- Dusty the Klepto Kitty English, Greek
E
- Earl Modern
- Eber Hebrew
- Ebisu Japanese
- Echidna Greek
- Echion Greek
- Echo Greek
- Eclipse Greek
- Edirne Greek/Turkish
- Edna Pixar
- Eduardo Spanish
- Effra Celtic
- Eileithyia Greek
- Elastigirl Pixar
- Elena Spanish
- Embassy Cat Modern
- Ember Nature
- Emilia Spanish
- Emily Latin
- Emphytus Greek
- Enceladus Greek
- Enma Sanskrit
- Enrique Spanish
- Enyo Greek
- Enzo Spanish
- Eos Greek
- Ephesus Greek
- Ephialtes Greek
- Ephydatia Greek
- Epimetheus Greek
- Erato Greek
- Erebos Greek
- Eris Greek
- Ernesto Spanish
- Ernie DreamWorks
- Eros Greek
- Ersa Greek
- Erysichthonas the giant Greek
- Eschetewuarha Norse
- Esperanza Spanish
- Espresso Italian
- Esteban Spanish
- Estela Spanish
- Estelle French
- Esther Hebrew
- Estrella Spanish
- Euboea Greek
- Euboeus Greek
- Euphorbus Greek
- Euphrosyne Greek
- Euros Greek
- Eurryroe Egyptian
- Eurybia Greek
- Eurydice Greek
- Eurymedon Greek
- Eurynome Greek
- Eurytos Greek
- Evadne Greek
- Eve Pixar
- Everdeen Pop culture
- Evren Turkic
- Ezekiel Romanov Hebrew, Russian
- Ezekiel's cherub in Eden Hebrew
F
- F. D. C. Willard Modern
- Fáfnir Norse
- FamousNiki Modern
- Fang Harry Potter
- Fanny French
- Fatso Modern
- Fawkes Harry Potter
- Félicette French
- Felisa Spanish
- Felix Pop culture
- Fernando Spanish
- Figaro Disney
- Filuś Polish
- Firestar Literary
- First Fitna Arabic
- Fitz French
- Fındık Turkish
- Fıstık Turkish
- Fleur Harry Potter
- Fomalhaut Arabic
- Foss Norse
- Frank and Louie German
- Fred the Undercover Kitty German
- Freddy German
- Freya Norse
- Frida Spanish
- Frigg Norse
- Fronde French
G
- Gaap Hebrew
- Gabriela Spanish
- Gaia Greek
- Galileo Italian
- Gandalf Norse
- Gangā Sanskrit
- Garfi Pop culture
- Garfield Pop culture
- Gatumdag Sumerian
- Gemini Latin
- Gemma Latin
- George Greek
- Geraldo Spanish
- Ginger Literary
- Gingivere Literary
- Ginny Harry Potter
- Gladstone English
- Glaucia Greek
- Glaukia Greek
- Gli Turkish
- Godric Harry Potter
- Gökçe Turkic
- golden cat Modern
- Gonzalo Spanish
- Gonzo Pop culture
- Göreme Turkish
- Gorgyra Greek
- Gözleme Turkish
- Gration Greek
- Greebo Literary
- Grumpy Cat Pop culture
- Gryffindor Harry Potter
- Guadalupe Spanish
- Guillermo Spanish
- Gül Turkish
- Gümüş Turkish
- Gyges Greek
H
- Hachiman Japanese
- Hades Greek
- Hagrid Harry Potter
- Halley Modern
- Ham Pixar
- Hamilton English
- Hamish McHamish Scottish
- Hammy DreamWorks
- Hana Japanese
- Hank the Cat Germanic
- Hannahannah Hittite
- Harpocrates Egyptian
- Harriet Literary
- Harry Cat Literary
- Harun Arabic
- Hazel Literary
- Hebe Greek
- Hecate Greek
- Hedwig Harry Potter
- Heimarmene Greek
- Helga Harry Potter
- Helios Greek
- Helle Greek
- Hemera Greek
- Henri Pop culture
- Hera Greek
- Heracles Greek
- Hermaphroditus Greek
- Hermes Greek
- Hermione Harry Potter
- Hesione Greek
- Heuresis Greek
- Hiccup DreamWorks
- Himalia Greek
- Hippolytos Greek
- Hızır Turkish/Islamic
- Hodge English
- Hoplodamus Greek
- Horus Egyptian
- Hoshi Japanese
- Hufflepuff Harry Potter
- Hugo Spanish
- Humberto Spanish
- Humphrey Germanic
- Hydra Greek
- Hygieia Greek
- Hymen Greek
- Hyperbius Greek
- Hyperion Greek
- Hypnos Greek
I
- Iacchus Greek
- Iapetos Greek
- Ica Greek
- Ichigo Japanese
- Ide Greek
- Idris Arabic
- Ila Sanskrit
- Inachides Greek
- Inachus Greek
- India Modern
- Indrāṇī Sanskrit
- Io Greek
- Iris Greek
- Irma Spanish
- Isabel Spanish
- Isabella Spanish
- Ishmael Hebrew
- Isis Egyptian
- Isla Spanish
- Ismail Hebrew
- Ismenis Greek
- Istanbul Turkish/Greek
- Izan Spanish
- Izmir Greek/Turkish
J
K
- Kaida Japanese
- Kalligeneia Greek
- Kalliroe Greek
- Kana Japanese
- Kanun Arabic/Turkish
- Karabaş Turkish
- Karamel Turkish
- Karneios Greek
- Karou Literary
- Kartal Turkish
- Katniss Literary
- Katsa Literary
- Kātyāyanī Sanskrit
- Kaval Turkish
- Kaz Literary
- Kerem Turkish
- Kestane Turkish
- Ketzel Yiddish
- Khaleesi Literary
- Khandoba Sanskrit
- Kiisu Miisu Estonian
- Kimi Japanese
- King Modern
- King Julian DreamWorks
- Kkongkkong Korean
- Klymene Greek
- Köfte Turkish
- Konya Turkish
- Kotora Japanese
- Koumal Pop culture
- Kowalski DreamWorks
- Kral Turkish
- Kreios Greek
- Kretheis Greek
- Künefe Turkish/Arabic
- Kuro Japanese
- Kydoimos Greek
L
- Lafayette Disney
- Lahmacun Turkish/Arabic
- Laia Spanish
- Lakshmi Sanskrit
- Langia Greek
- Larry Latin
- Latte Italian
- Laufey Norse
- Lelantos Greek
- Lenny DreamWorks
- Leo Spanish
- Leon Greek
- Leonidas Romanov Greek, Russian
- Lethe Greek
- Letizia Spanish
- Leto Greek
- Leuce Greek
- Leucosia Greek
- Leyla Turkish/Arabic
- Libra Latin
- Liesel Literary
- Ligeia Greek
- Lightning McQueen Pixar
- Lil Bub Pop culture
- Lilaea Greek
- Liliana Spanish
- Lilith Hebrew
- Limnaee Greek
- Limon Turkish
- Lips Greek
- Liriope Greek
- Lisbeth Literary
- Liv Latin
- Loki Norse
- Lokma Turkish/Arabic
- Lokum Turkish
- Longcat Pop culture
- Lord Farquaad DreamWorks
- Lotis Greek
- Lóu lóu Chinese
- Luca Italian
- Lucia Spanish
- Lucifer Latin
- Luna Spanish
- Luna the Fashion Kitty Pop culture
- Lune French
- Lupin Harry Potter
- Lynx Greek
- Lyra Greek
M
- Macavity Literary
- Magdalena Spanish
- Mahadevi Sanskrit
- Maia Greek
- Mana Japanese
- Manasā Sanskrit
- Manti Turkic/Central Asian
- Manuel Spanish
- Marble Nature
- Marcos Spanish
- Mardin Aramaic
- Maria Spanish
- Mariamman Sanskrit
- Marie Disney
- Mario Spanish
- Mars Latin
- Martin Spanish
- Martina Spanish
- Marty DreamWorks
- Maru Japanese
- Mateo Spanish
- Mater Pixar
- Matilda Literary
- Matrikas Sanskrit
- Matroska Russian
- Maurice Literary
- Mauricio Spanish
- Maviş Turkish
- Max Literary
- Maximiliano Spanish
- Maya Spanish
- Mei Japanese
- Melanthia Greek
- Melia Greek
- Melicertes Greek
- Melite Greek
- Melman DreamWorks
- Menai Greek
- Mendeis Greek
- Menemen Turkish
- Menoetius Greek
- Meow Modern
- Meowthra Pop culture
- Mera Pop culture
- Mercury Latin
- Meredith Grey Pop culture
- Merlin Literary
- Merope Greek
- Merricat Literary
- Meses Greek
- Messeis Greek
- Methone Greek
- Metis Greek
- Metope Greek
- Mey Turkish
- Mikan Japanese
- Mike Hebrew
- Mike Wazowski Pixar
- Mikeš Hebrew
- Miki Japanese
- Milena Spanish
- Milli Modern
- Milo Literary
- Mimas Greek
- Mimi Japanese
- Minerva Harry Potter
- Minik Turkish
- Minnoş Turkish
- Miolek Polish
- Mira Latin
- Misaki Japanese
- Miso Japanese
- Miss Marple Literary
- Miss Peregrine Literary
- Misty Nature
- Misuke Japanese
- Mittens Modern
- Mnemosyne Greek
- Mochi Japanese
- Mochimaru Japanese
- Mogget Literary
- Mokosh Slavic
- Molpe Greek
- Momo Japanese
- Momus Greek
- Mongo DreamWorks
- Monty Literary
- Morpheus Greek
- Morris the Cat French
- Mort DreamWorks
- Mostik
- mother of Aetolus Greek
- Moxie Literary
- Mr Bett's Tortoise Pop culture
- Mr Bett's Tortoise Girl Pop culture
- Mr. Green Genes Modern
- Mr. Incredible Pixar
- Mr. Nuts Modern
- Mrs. Norris Literary
- Muezza Arabic
- Mufasa Disney
- Mugi the Cat Japanese
- Muhallebi Turkish/Arabic
- Munich Mouser Modern
- Murphy Literary
- Musashi Japanese
- Myka Modern
- Myōbu no Otodo Japanese
- Myrtoessa Greek
N
- Naga Literary
- Nala Disney
- Nala Cat Nature
- Nami Japanese
- Nana Greek
- Napoleon Disney
- Naro Modern
- Narvi Norse
- Natsumi Hayashi Japanese
- Navadurgā Sanskrit
- Nazlı Turkish
- Nefertiti Egyptian
- Neko Japanese
- Nelson English
- Nemea Greek
- Nemesis Greek
- Nemo Pixar
- Nephele Greek
- Neptune Latin
- Nereus Greek
- Neville Harry Potter
- Ney Persian/Turkish
- Nike Greek
- Nilus Latin
- Ninhursag Sumerian
- Ninkurra Sumerian
- Nirṛti Sanskrit
- Nora Latin
- Notus Greek
- Noutti Finnish
- Nova Latin
- Nuodėgulis Lithuanian
- Nutmeg Nature
- Nüwa Chinese
- Nyx Greek
O
P
- Pablo Spanish
- Paddles Modern
- Palioxis Greek
- Pallas Greek
- Palmerston English
- Pamuk Turkish
- Pan Greek
- Panacea Greek
- Pancrates Greek
- Pansy Harry Potter
- Papahanaumoku Hawaiian
- Paralia Greek
- Paria Greek
- Parthenope Greek
- Parvati Harry Potter
- Paşa Turkish
- Paula Spanish
- Peaches Nature
- Pedro Spanish
- Pegasis Greek
- Pegasus Greek
- Peitho Greek
- Peloreus Greek
- Pennywise Literary
- Pepper Nature
- Pepper the Cat Pop culture
- Peppo Disney
- Percy Literary
- Peri Turkish/Persian
- Periboea Greek
- Persephone Greek
- Perses Greek
- Perseus Greek
- Peta Modern
- Peter Greek
- Peter II Greek
- Peter III Greek
- Peter, the Lord's cat Greek
- Pharmakeia Greek
- Philyra Greek
- Phineas Literary
- Phobos Greek
- Phoebe Greek
- Phoenissa Greek
- Phoenix Greek
- Phoitos Greek
- Phorcys Greek
- Phoroneus Greek
- Phra Mae Thorani Sanskrit
- Phrixa Greek
- Pide Turkish
- Pip Modern
- Pippin Literary
- Pirene Greek
- Pisinoë Greek
- Pitane Greek
- Pixel Modern
- Plastene Greek
- Plataea Greek
- Pleione Greek
- Plouto Greek
- Pluto Literary
- Plutus Greek
- Po DreamWorks
- Polaris Latin
- Pollux Greek
- Polybotes Greek
- Polyxo Greek
- Ponos Greek
- Pontus Greek
- Poppy Nature
- Porphyrion Greek
- Potter Harry Potter
- Praxithea Greek
- Primrose Pop culture
- Prince Chunk Modern
- Princess Modern
- Princess Buttercup Literary
- Prithvi Sanskrit
- Procyon Greek
- Proioxis Greek
- Prometheus Greek
- Pronoe Greek
- Proteus Greek
- Psyche Greek
- Pumpkin Nature
- Punkin Modern
- Puss in Boots DreamWorks
Q
- Queenie Modern
R
- Ra Egyptian
- Rādhā Sanskrit
- Rafael Spanish
- Rajah Disney
- Raki Turkish
- Ramon Spanish
- Randall Pixar
- Rati Sanskrit
- Ravenclaw Harry Potter
- Reggie Latin
- Regulus Latin
- Reina Spanish
- Remy French
- Ren Japanese
- Reṇukā Sanskrit
- Reyes Spanish
- Rhea Greek
- Rhodoessa Greek
- Rhodos Greek
- Rhoecus Greek
- Richard Parker Literary
- Rigel Arabic
- Riku Japanese
- River Nature
- Rizzo Pop culture
- Rodrigo Spanish
- Rohini Devi Sanskrit
- Rolf Germanic
- Ronald Harry Potter
- Ronan Literary
- Room 8 Modern
- Rosa Spanish
- Rowena Harry Potter
- Rubble Modern
- Rubeus Harry Potter
- Rudiobus Celtic
- Rue Literary
- Ruffnut DreamWorks
- Rusik Russian
S
- Sadie Literary
- Safranbolu Turkish
- Sage Nature
- Saki Japanese
- Sakura Japanese
- Salazar Harry Potter
- Salem Pop culture
- Salih Arabic
- Salmacis Greek
- Salvador Spanish
- Samia Greek
- Saṃjñā Sanskrit
- Sammy Modern
- Samson figure Hebrew
- Sangha Pop culture
- Sanjūrō Japanese
- Santiago Spanish
- Santino Spanish
- Sarama Sanskrit
- Saraswati Sanskrit
- Sati Sanskrit
- Saturn Latin
- Satyabhāmā Sanskrit
- Savannah Spanish
- Saz Turkish
- Scar Disney
- Scarlett English
- Scarlett's Magic Modern
- Scelmis Greek
- Sciron Greek
- Scooby Pop culture
- Scooter Modern
- Scylla Greek
- Selene Greek
- Serene Latin
- Sergio Spanish
- Seri Pop culture
- Severus Harry Potter
- Shadow Nature
- Shakka Mesopotamian
- Shere Khan Disney
- Shiro Japanese
- Shironeko Japanese
- Shrek DreamWorks
- Sif Norse
- Simba Disney
- Simit Turkish
- Simon Literary