Theme

YA cat names

21 names

Teen fiction — Hunger Games, His Dark Materials, Six of Crows, Twilight, and other YA favorites.

Artemis

Greek

Goddess of the hunt and the moon

Buttercup

Literary

Prim's grumpy ginger cat in The Hunger Games

Cinder

Literary

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

Cullen

Literary

The vampire family in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight

Hazel

Literary

Hazel Grace Lancaster, narrator of John Green's The Fault in Our Stars

Karou

Literary

The blue-haired art student in Laini Taylor's Daughter of Smoke and Bone

Katniss

Literary

The Mockingjay heroine of Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games

Katsa

Literary

The Graceling with a killing Grace in Kristin Cashore's novel

Kaz

Literary

Kaz Brekker, criminal mastermind in Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows

Liesel

Literary

The young book thief in Markus Zusak's WWII novel

Lyra

Greek

The lyre — small but storied northern constellation

Miss Peregrine

Literary

The ymbryne headmistress in Ransom Riggs's Peculiar Children series

Mogget

Literary

The mysterious cat-shaped Free Magic servant in Garth Nix's Old Kingdom series

Monty

Literary

The rakish young lord in Mackenzi Lee's A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue

Moxie

Literary

A spirited modern name with literary use

Ronan

Literary

The dream-pulling Lynch brother in Maggie Stiefvater's Raven Cycle

Rue

Literary

The young tribute from District 11 in The Hunger Games

Sadie

Literary

The vengeful protagonist of Courtney Summers's Sadie

Simon

Literary

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

Starr

Literary

The narrator of Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give

Stelmaria

Literary

Lord Asriel's snow-leopard dæmon in His Dark Materials

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