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Children's Books cat names
26 names
Cats and beloved characters from picture books and middle-grade favorites.
Aslan
LiteraryThe great lion of Narnia in C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia
Dragon
LiteraryThe black-and-white cat in Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Firestar
LiteraryThe flame-colored leader of ThunderClan in the Warriors series
Ginger
LiteraryA talking cat in C.S. Lewis's The Last Battle
Gingivere
LiteraryThe kind ginger cat in Brian Jacques's Mossflower
Harriet
LiteraryThe aspiring writer in Louise Fitzhugh's Harriet the Spy
Harry Cat
LiteraryThe tabby cat in George Selden's A Cricket in Times Square
Jonas
LiteraryThe Receiver of Memory in Lois Lowry's The Giver
Junie B.
LiteraryThe unfiltered kindergartner of Barbara Park's Junie B. Jones books
Matilda
LiteraryThe genius child heroine of Roald Dahl's Matilda
Maurice
LiteraryThe talking cat in Terry Pratchett's The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
Max
LiteraryThe wolf-suited hero of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are
Milo
LiteraryThe bored boy in Norton Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth
Murphy
LiteraryMrs. Murry's name in Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time
Omakayas
LiteraryThe young Ojibwe heroine of Louise Erdrich's The Birchbark House
Percy
LiteraryThe demigod son of Poseidon in Rick Riordan's series
Skippyjon Jones
LiteraryThe Siamese cat who thinks he's a Chihuahua in Judy Schachner's picture books
Snowbell
LiteraryThe family cat in E.B. White's Stuart Little
Socks
LiteraryThe white-pawed cat in Beverly Cleary's Socks
Splat
LiteraryThe big-eyed black cat in Rob Scotton's Splat the Cat books
Tesseract
LiteraryThe four-dimensional travel concept in A Wrinkle in Time
Tiger Lily
LiteraryThe Neverland princess in J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan
Tigger
LiteraryThe bouncing tiger from Winnie-the-Pooh
Trixie
LiteraryThe teen sleuth of Julie Campbell's Trixie Belden mysteries
Westing
LiteraryThe eccentric millionaire in Ellen Raskin's The Westing Game
Wilbur
LiteraryThe kindhearted pig in E.B. White's Charlotte's Web