Cat names that start with C

A musical phrase that comes to rest

Northeast wind of ancient Greece and the deity who personified it

Roman emperor; conqueror

Fictional deity invented by the chess world as a muse and patron of chess

Beautiful naiad; name likely combines Greek *kallis* (beautiful) with *daphne* or naiad associations

From Greek *kalli-* (beautiful) and *rhoe* (flowing) — beautiful flow, fit for a river nymph

Most beautiful

From Greek *kalliste* (most beautiful) — superlative form of beautiful

From Greek, meaning 'to conceal' or 'to hide' — an Oceanid who concealed Odysseus on her island

Religious attendant

Sweet treat

Second-brightest star in the night sky

Little she-goat — brightest star in Auriga

Land of beautiful horses — region of fairy chimneys and cave dwellings

Golden-brown and sweet

The keel — a brilliant southern constellation

Valiant; free man

Garden

Free, strong

From Greek meaning 'to produce fruit' — goddess of autumn and the ripening of fruit, one of the Horae

Curved, creamy tan

From Persian via Greek, meaning 'treasurer' or 'keeper of treasure' — popularized by the friendly ghost character

Vain queen of Greek myth, a constellation in the northern sky

From Greek — a nymph of Mt. Parnassus, personifying the Castalian spring sacred to Apollo and the Muses

From Greek — a spring sacred to Apollo and the Muses, source of poetic and musical inspiration

One of the twin stars in Gemini

A playful blend of 'cat' and 'commando'

Cedric Diggory, Hufflepuff Triwizard champion

Greek for 'dark' or 'dusky' — one of the seven Pleiades sisters

Heavenly

Likely meaning unknown, but a nymph in Greek mythology

The centaur — a large southern constellation

The calculating queen from George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire

Greek for 'whale' or 'sea monster' — goddess of the sea

Walnut

Spiced tea

Pale gold sparkling wine

Slayer of demons Chanda and Munda in Hindu mythology

Sanskrit for 'fierce' or 'the fierce one' — divine feminine power

Greek primordial void or emptiness — the first cosmic state before creation

Pale gold white wine

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

A monstrous whirlpool dwelling creature in Greek myth, transformed by Zeus as punishment

Shadow in Sanskrit — personified as a goddess and consort of Surya the sun god

A bright orange cheese-flavored snack, or a shortening of the brand name

Blossom Pokémon, Grass type

Small, bright red

The grinning cat from Alice in Wonderland

Sanskrit 'chinna' (severed) + 'mastā' (head) — a self-decapitated Hindu goddess of liberation and fierce energy

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

From Greek 'chlidē' (softness, luxury) + 'ānōps' (face/appearance) — a softly beautiful figure

Cho Chang, Ravenclaw Seeker and Harry's first crush

A series of royalist uprisings and civil conflicts in western France during the revolutionary period, 1794–1800

French diminutive of 'chou' (cabbage or sweetheart) — an affectionate, cutesy pet name

The personification of time itself in ancient Greek religion

Daughter of Peneus, a river god in Greek mythology

The cat in Stephen King's Pet Sematary

Cinnamon-sugar fried dough

Grass-type Gym Leader and Pokémon Connoisseur

Djinn — a supernatural being of free will

Scarf Pokémon, Normal type

The cyborg mechanic-Cinderella of Marissa Meyer's Lunar Chronicles

Warm reddish-brown

Enchantress goddess of Greek mythology who transformed men into animals

A minor female spirit or nymph in Greek mythology

Clear, bright

The donut-loving cheetah cop in Zootopia

Fairy Pokémon, Fairy type

Short for Cleopatra — last active pharaoh of Egypt

A mythological queen of Laconia in ancient Greek tradition

Mythical daughter of the river god Asopus in Greek mythology

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

From Greek meaning 'spinner'—the youngest of the three Fates who spins the thread of life

Lucky charm

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

From Greek meaning 'of Cnossos'—relating to the ancient Cretan city of Knossos

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

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

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

Young Fowl Pokémon, Fire/Fighting type

Cosmic traveler

Shell — affectionate short form of Concepción

Sweet and round

Daughter of the river god Asopos and nymph Metope in Greek mythology

A textured cotton fabric with distinctive ridged pile

A naiad (freshwater nymph) from Greek mythology

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

Of the cosmos

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

A light, airy dessert made from whipped cream and pastry—soft and delicate like a kitten

Short form related to Cressida, a moon of Uranus

A moon of Uranus

A naiad (water nymph) from Greek mythology and mother of Hypseus

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

A river god in Greek mythology, protector of flowing waters

Anointed; follower of Christ

A naiad huntress who served Artemis in Greek mythology

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

Hermione's half-Kneazle from Harry Potter

Son of Pan, the god of the wild — a lesser-known figure from Greek mythology

Small and crunchy

The chill sea turtle in Finding Nemo

Crystallizing Pokémon, Ice type

The vampire family in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight

Fretless banjo-oud hybrid invented in 1930s Turkey

Small, sweet, and frosted

A curious nature combined with the legendary name of Princess Zelda from video games

From Greek kyanos, meaning 'dark blue' — a water nymph of Sicily

An ancient mother goddess of nature, fertility, and wild animals from Anatolia

Greek naiad and mother of Maia; the name suggests flowing water and mythological lineage

From Greek kyma (wave) and poleein (to manage) — daughter of Poseidon, goddess of waves

A domestic cat landrace native to the island of Cyprus

Russian emperor