Theme
YA cat names
21 names
Teen fiction — Hunger Games, His Dark Materials, Six of Crows, Twilight, and other YA favorites.
Artemis
GreekGoddess of the hunt and the moon
Buttercup
LiteraryPrim's grumpy ginger cat in The Hunger Games
Cinder
LiteraryThe cyborg mechanic-Cinderella of Marissa Meyer's Lunar Chronicles
Cullen
LiteraryThe vampire family in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight
Hazel
LiteraryHazel Grace Lancaster, narrator of John Green's The Fault in Our Stars
Karou
LiteraryThe blue-haired art student in Laini Taylor's Daughter of Smoke and Bone
Katniss
LiteraryThe Mockingjay heroine of Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games
Katsa
LiteraryThe Graceling with a killing Grace in Kristin Cashore's novel
Kaz
LiteraryKaz Brekker, criminal mastermind in Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows
Liesel
LiteraryThe young book thief in Markus Zusak's WWII novel
Lyra
GreekThe lyre — small but storied northern constellation
Miss Peregrine
LiteraryThe ymbryne headmistress in Ransom Riggs's Peculiar Children series
Mogget
LiteraryThe mysterious cat-shaped Free Magic servant in Garth Nix's Old Kingdom series
Monty
LiteraryThe rakish young lord in Mackenzi Lee's A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
Moxie
LiteraryA spirited modern name with literary use
Ronan
LiteraryThe dream-pulling Lynch brother in Maggie Stiefvater's Raven Cycle
Rue
LiteraryThe young tribute from District 11 in The Hunger Games
Sadie
LiteraryThe vengeful protagonist of Courtney Summers's Sadie
Simon
LiteraryThe gay teen protagonist of Becky Albertalli's Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Starr
LiteraryThe narrator of Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give
Stelmaria
LiteraryLord Asriel's snow-leopard dæmon in His Dark Materials