Read About Female Cat Names

ImageFinding suitable female cat names is no easy task. You can't just hang "Tabby" or "Cutie Pie" on a female cat and expect to get away with it; female cat names require careful deliberation.

In fact, the wildly successful Broadway musical "Cats" was based on a T.S. Eliot book about the proper way to name cats, and female cat names require particular attention. So consider thinking outside the (litter) box when thinking of female cat names.

Create some categories for yourself and then fill them with suitable female cat names. For example:

  • Automobiles: Mercedes, Kia (Hawaiian for "Spike"), Prius, Nova, Allante, Cabriolet, Miata, Audi
  • Cartoons: Snowball (I and II from "The Simpsons"), Diana (of "Sailor Moon"), Josie, Melody and Valerie (from "Josie and the Pussycats")
  • Cocktails: Gin Fizz, Cosmopolitan, G & T, Kristy, Lemon Drop, Georgia Peach, Sazerac, Yellow Bird
  • Country Music: Shania (Twain), Miranda (Lambert), Jo Dee (Messina), LeAnne (Rimes), Lila (McCann)
  • Culinary: Cinnamon, Creme Fresh, Loxenbagels, Honey, Truffles, Apple Jelly, Chevre
  • Fashion: Donatella (Versace), Kimora Lee (Simmons) Collette (Dinnigan), Kitty Boots (really the woman's name), DeeKayEnWhy, Dolce & Gabbana (if you are lucky enough to have two female kittens or one with multiple personalities)
  • Great Outdoors: Rainbow, Coral, Aspen, Iris, Pearl, Forsythia, Tulip, Sequoia
  • Literature: Mrs. Murphy (from Rita Mae Brown's series of mysteries), Soseki (Natusume author of "I Am A Cat"), Dinah (Ali's cat from "Alice In Wonderland"), Eureka, Dorothy's cat in "Wizard of Oz), Grimalkin (a witch's cat in "Macbeth")
  • Media: Campbell (Brown from the Weekend Today Show), Contessa (Brewer from MSNBC), Zain (Verjee on CNN), Thalia (Assuras CBS) Alisyn (Camerota on Fox)
  • Miscellaneous: Sanrio (the Japanese company that markets Hello Kitty), Jennyanydots (one of the cats from "Cats") Mrs. Norris (Argus Filch's cat from the "Harry Potter" books)
  • Music: Jane St. Clair (from a song by Barenaked Ladies), Janis (Joplin), (Amy) Lepard, Blondie, Missy (Elliott)
  • Mythical: Venus, Medusa, Aetna, Demeter. Odyne (the goddess of pain!), Persephone (wherever she walked flowers grew)
  • Places: Paris, Vegas, Miami, Mumbai (Formerly Bombay, India), Rio (de Janeiro, Brazil) Maui, Molokai, Kauai
  • Sports: Billy Jean (King the tennis player), Danika (Patrick Indy Car racer), Mia (Hamm, soccer), Katarina (Witt the figure skater), Picabo (Street, skier) Cammi (Granato, hockey player)
  • Technology: Blackberry, Dell(a), Google, Linux, Pixel, Neko (one of the first animated screen figures that chased the cursor on computer screens)
  • Television: Stacy (London from "What Not to Wear" on the Discovery Channel), ImageBree or Edie or Gabrielle (characters on "Desperate Housewives"), Buffy (The Vampire Slayer), Kit (the Halliwell sisters' cat on "Charmed")
  • Too Cute: Priss Kiss, Sweet Knees, BPJ, Fiddle Whiskers

Female cat names are anywhere and everywhere you look or listen: radio, TV, in the newspapers, on your computer, in used car lots, at the grocery store. You just have to be alert and ready to pounce when you hear female cat names as you go about your day.