Cat names that start with A

A water nymph from Greek mythology

A naiad, or freshwater nymph, in Greek mythology

A Dutch cat actor — perhaps one of cinema's most distinguished feline performers

Servant of God — a seraph who defends divine justice in Milton's Paradise Lost

A Cretan nymph in Greek mythology, associated with wild places and fertility

Goddess of healing and recovery — one of the Asclepiads in Greek mythology

The primordial spirit of mist and gloom in Greek mythology

A nymph devoted to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, in Greek mythology

Greek nymph personifying undiluted wine

Of the nobility

Maidens — second-brightest star in Canis Major

Mother of the Vedic gods; embodies infinity and boundlessness

Greek god of beauty, rebirth, and desire; associated with spring renewal

Moist von Lipwig's love interest in Pratchett's Going Postal

Wealthy; from Hadria

Dark; from Hadria

Ancient Greek deity or giant, possibly related to the sea or storm

Daughter of Helios the sun god and the Oceanid Clymene

Sea nymph and eponym of the Greek island Aegina

Most beautiful of the Naiads, water nymphs of springs and streams

Greek god who commands the winds and storms; keeper of wind spirits

The Zoroastrian demon of wrath and violence, one of the seven Ahriman's creations

In Greek cosmology, the luminous upper air or essence breathed by gods and immortals

Bright ether or sky—an Oceanid, mother of Theseus in some accounts

Nymph associated with Mount Etna in Sicily; the mountain itself bears her name

Literally 'very noble mare'—a spring-nymph whose waters inspired poetry and prophecy

Strong or mighty in spirit—a figure from Greek mythology whose specific role is debated

The good spirit or noble serpent—a benevolent deity-demon in Greco-Egyptian belief

Splendor or radiance—one of the three Charites (Graces) in Greek mythology

Bright-minded or clear-thinking — from Greek 'aglaos' (bright) and 'noe' (mind)

Bright-voiced — from Greek 'aglaos' (bright) and 'ope' (voice)

Bright-speaking — from Greek 'aglaos' (bright) and 'pheme' (speech)

Bright-sounding or clear-voiced — from Greek 'aglaos' (bright) and 'phonos' (sound)

Struggle, contest, or competition — the personified concept of strife in ancient Greek thought

Agrippa: Roman cognomen possibly meaning 'born feet first'; Romanov: Russian imperial dynasty

Wild or savage — from Greek 'agrios' (wild, untamed)

Majestic

Chinese name — likely meaning or etymology unknown without more cultural context

Personification of shame and moral reverence in Greek mythology

Eternal time or age personified as a deity in Hellenistic mythology

The astronomer who catalogued thousands of binary stars

Deep red — the color of madder root, of sunset

Headless — from Greek *a* (without) and *kephale* (head)

Bright, clear

The war cry itself — personified as a divine spirit in Greek mythology

The avenger or punitive spirit — from Greek meaning 'not to forget'

White; dawn

Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts

Strength of wine — from Greek *alke* (strength) and *oinos* (wine)

One of the Pleiades — the daughters of Atlas, transformed into stars

One of the Gigantes, son of Gaia, defeated by Heracles in Greek mythology

The follower — eye of Taurus

The ghoul — eclipsing variable star in Perseus

Named after Koko the gorilla's beloved kitten companion in the 1980s

Soul

Alolan Form of Ninetales, Ice/Fairy type

Alolan Form of Vulpix, Ice type

Ready for battle

One of the Gigantes of Greek mythology, offspring of the primordial deities

The ship — a bright star in Vela

The flying eagle — bright star in Aquila

Guardian

In Greek mythology, the Oceanid who nursed the infant Zeus on the island of Crete

Tundra Pokémon, Rock/Ice type

A Telugu name meaning 'mother's mother' or grandmother, honoring the maternal lineage

From Greek 'amphi' (around) and 'tritē' (third) — queen of the sea and wife of Poseidon

Favored, grace

Personification of inevitability, compulsion, and necessity in Greek mythology

A river deity in Greek mythology, associated with water and streams

Sanskrit name meaning 'free from malice' or 'without envy' — wife of the sage Atri

From Greek meaning 'king' or 'ruler' — a giant in Greek mythology

From Greek meaning 'she who holds' or 'to hold' — daughter of the Titan Iapetus

A naiad (water nymph) in Greek mythology — from Greek 'anchoi' (near) and 'rhoe' (flow)

The world's longest mountain range, stretching across South America

Warrior; manly

Princess of Greek myth, namesake of our nearest large galaxy

Dwarf from Norse myth, guardian of a magical gold hoard and cursed ring.

Messenger; little angel

Greek water nymph; one of the Naiads dwelling in springs and streams.

Sanskrit for 'full of food' — Hindu goddess bestowing nourishment and abundance.

From the Greek Attaleia — the harbor city of the turquoise Mediterranean coast

Rival of Mars — red supergiant in Scorpius

A daemon summoned in ancient Greek magical tablets, associated with mystical forces.

God of selfless and requited love, countering the blind desire of his brother Eros.

A Greek naiad, one of the water-dwelling nymphs of springs, rivers, and fountains.

From Greek anti (against) and aneira (men) — a nymph who opposed or resisted men

The air pump — a faint southern constellation

God of the afterlife, depicted as a jackal

From Greek anytus, a minor deity or protective spirit whose exact role in mythology remains unclear

Possibly from Greek aura (breeze) — a gentle, ephemeral quality embodied in a mountain nymph

The northwest wind in classical Greek meteorology, personified as a divine force of nature

The east wind in classical Greek mythology, representing the direction and force of air currents

Apple of the moon — a legendary cat in Greek tales

From Greek aphanes (hidden, invisible) — a goddess of concealment and mysterious appearances

Goddess of love and beauty

Protector of high places and fortified citadels — a specialized epithet of the goddess Aphrodite

God of music, poetry, and the sun

Pale orange fruit

The eagle — northern constellation containing Altair

The altar — a southern constellation

For Sagittarius, the celestial archer

Short form of Archibald, from Germanic roots meaning 'bold' or 'genuine'

Guardian of the bear — fourth-brightest star in the night sky

Two bright stars — Arcturus (guardian of the bear) and Aldebaran (the eye of Taurus) — combined with a surname

Half-Śiva, half-Parvati — a unified composite form embodying both masculine and feminine divine principles

God of war

From Greek, possibly derived from 'areein' (to please) or 'aretos' (virtuous)

From Greek 'argos' (white, bright, or shining) — referring to silver or brightness

From Greek 'argos' (white, bright) and 'estes' (of the direction) — the bright/northwest wind

From Greek 'argos' (white, bright, shining) — the bright or silver one

From Greek 'argyros' (silver) — the silvery one

Lion of God — also a moon of Uranus

The ram — first zodiac constellation

From Greek 'aristos' (best, excellent) — the best or most excellent one

The young Apatosaurus in The Good Dinosaur

Goddess of the hunt and the moon

Freeze Pokémon, Ice/Flying type

Sumerian deity associated with fertility or vegetation — exact etymology uncertain

From Greek meaning 'to cut' or 'to break' — the god who heals through surgical intervention

From Greek askós, meaning 'wineskin' or 'bag' — named for his shape or nature

She-wolf — the legendary mother of the Turkic people

Pokémon anime protagonist Ash Ketchum

Possibly from Greek meaning 'dawn' or derived from Assyrian — an Oceanid associated with the east

The great lion of Narnia in C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia

From Greek meaning 'flowing' or 'running' — a river god who embodies water and movement

A tree with shimmering leaves

From Greek meaning 'shield' — the asp serpent or a shield-bearing creature of myth

Possibly from Greek meaning 'star' (aster) — a daughter of the river god Peneus

From Semitic meaning 'womb' or 'fertility' — the Near Eastern goddess of love, war, and the morning star

Starry one — daughter of Titans Coeus and Phoebe, sister of Leto in Greek mythology

Star-like — mythical king of Miletus in ancient Greek legend

Star-goddess or bright divinity — an Oceanid nymph and mother of Apsyrtus

Of the stars

Goddess of innocence and justice, ascended to become Virgo

Starry one — Titan god of stars, winds, and dusk in Greek mythology

Starry or of the stars — variant form of Astraeus

Swift-footed or noble house — daughter of the river god Simoeis

Unhealthy or noxious wind of ancient Apulia (southern Italy)

Goddess of mischief, ruin, and delusion in ancient Greek mythology

Goddess of wisdom and warfare

Athena 'of the bronze house' — a regional epithet of Athena worshipped in ancient Sparta

One of the giants who fought against the Olympian gods in Greek mythology

Titan who held up the heavens

The 'unturnable' Fate who cuts the thread of life in Greek mythology

Mother goddess and creator deity in Easter Island (Rapa Nui) mythology

Goddess of the breeze and dawn light in Greek mythology; also the perceptible energy around a person or thing

Tundra Pokémon, Rock/Ice type

One of the Graces or Horae in Greek mythology; her name means 'growth' or 'increase'

Colorful, design — vivid and patterned

Moonlight — also the heroine of Jean Auel's Clan of the Cave Bear

Chilled yogurt drink with salt — Turkey's national beverage

Yakut deity associated with fertility, childbirth, and maternal blessings

Hindu deity venerated as a protector and as the son of Shiva and Mohini

A demonic or fallen angelic figure in Jewish and Islamic tradition, often interpreted as 'scapegoat'

Polka Dot Pokémon, Normal/Fairy type