Stray Cats: Name Ideas for Stray or Rescued Cats
Are you looking for that perfect cat name that just fits your kitty? Naming a cat can be difficult. One way many pet owners do it is to look for a name that goes with their cat’s personality, physical characteristics, or how you them? For example, was your kitty a stray?
Here are some name ideas for cats that were strays or rescued. Many strays are named for the street or location where they were found. For example, I know a kitty named “Main Street” and another cat named “Belmont.” because he was found wandering in Belmont County. Another common trend is naming your cat by the day of the week when they were found - I know a cat named “Tuesday” that was found on a Tuesday.
I hope this list gives you some ideas or helps you find the perfect name for your cat!
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Stray or Rescued Kitty Names
- Abby (short for Abandoned Kitty)
- Alice (for Alice in Wonderland)
- Alley (found in an alley)
- Angel
- Attitude
- Berm (found by the side of the road)
- Bingo (It was my lucky day when I found this one!)
- Bones
- Boyfriend
- Buddy
- Bum
- Bumper
- Cat Yeta (for yet-a-nother cat!)
- Catmandu (for the city)
- Caymen (he just came in)
- CDC (for my co-dependent cat – he is always at my side)
- Chance (you took a chance on each other, or you gave him a second chance at life)
- Clinger (they way they stick to you)
- DC (darn cat)
- Diamond (a precious find)
- Dreamer
- E.T.
- Engie (for a cat found sleeping under the hood of a car)
- Eponine (after a character in Les Miserables)
- Fleabag
- Foster (for foster child)
- Found
- Gem
- Glory
- Gulliver
- Happy
- Hazard
- Heaven (you found a little piece of Heaven)
- Heidi (used on cat that was scared and hiding)
- Hideaway
- Hobo
- HodgePodge
- Hoover (a stray that would eat anything)
- Hope (for a pet given home for a second chance)
- Houdini (He would disappear, but always wanted to be found)
- Impulse
- Indira
- Ivy (she grew on me)
- Jackpot
- Jesse
- Je t’aime (French for “I love you”)
- Journey (Cat was on a journey that led to you…or vice versa)
- Kabootle
- Kaffey
- Karma
- K.C. (for Kitty Cat)
- Keeper
- Kismit
- Kit Cat
- Kitty Cat
- Lechat (French for The Cat)
- Lost
- Lottie (found in a parking lot)
- Lotus
- Lucky
- Magic
- Main Street (found on Main Street)
- Malachi
- Margarita
- Maybe
- M.C. (for my cat)
- Miss Kittie
- Mo
- Mr. Purrsuasive (“Purrs” or “Mr. P” for short)
- Muzby (because we must be crazy to take in another cat)
- Mystakat (he was a mystery cat)
- Newbie or Newton
- NONA (no name for a cat that didn’t have a name)
- Noname
- Nuisance
- Omi
- Oops
- Palomine (for Pal of Mine)
- Paycheck (started costing us our paycheck)
- P.C. (for Pussy Cat)
- Percy (short for Perseverance)
- Pest
- Pickles
- Podunk
- Pooka (means good luck charm)
- Poser
- Random
- Reiki (means “spiritually guided life force energy” in Japanese)
- Retread
- Reuben
- Riffraff
- Riley (cat is living the Life of Riley)
- Roamin
- Romeo
- Ruckus
- Scampy
- Scram
- Scruffy
- Secret
- Snafu
- Solo
- Something
- Sparkle
- Sticky
- Stitch
- Stray Kitty
- Stucker
- Sweetie
- Taggers (for Tag A Long)
- Tastrophe (Tass for short)
- TC (that cat)
- Tenshu (little thief)
- Tramp
- Treasure (a real find)
- Tuesday (Kitty found on that day of the week)
- Tunji (American Indian Miwok meaning “cat”)
- Turnup (for a cat that just “turned up”)
- Vader (short for “Invader”)
- Velcro (he sticks with you)
- Yonchi (means Lucky in Chinese)
- Yukki (Means “spirit” in Japanese)
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