Cat

Diminutive of Catherine

"pure"

Cat Origin and Meaning

The name Cat is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "pure".

May be the most modern, stylish Catherine nickname: more unusual than Kate or Cate, with an animal and word name edge. Cat Power is a trendy folksinger.

Popularity of the name Cat

• 1335 Nameberry 2023
• 88 Cats 2020

20 Names Similar to Cat

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Cat.

• Maryjane
• Carmel
• America
• Baby
• Taffy
• Rapunzel
• Bell
• Unity
• Peach
• Gem
• Lady
• Charisma
• Pansy
• Lolita
• Cher
• China
• Henna
• Berry
• Mimi
• Modesty

Famous People Named Cat

• Catherine Elizabeth "Cat" Deely English TV presenter
• Catherine "Cat" Ommanney American reality TV personality ("Real Housewives of D.C.")
• Catherine Ann "Cat" Cora American celebrity chef
• Cat Power stage name of Charlyn Marie "Chan" Marshall, American singer,songwriter
• Catherine Vernice "Cat" Glover American dancer and choreographer
• Cat Rambo American science fiction author
• Catherine Anne "Cat" Reddick Whitehill American soccer player
• Cathilee Deborah "Cat" Zingano American mixed martial artist
• Cat Stevens former stage name of Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou), British male singer,songwriter
• Daly Joseph "Cat" Doucet American male politician from Louisiana

The name Cat in Pop Culture

• Catherine "Cat" Ballou main character in "The Ballad of Cat Ballou," by Roy Chanslor, and 1965 film "Cat Ballou"
• Caterina "Cat" Valentine character on TV's "Victorious" and "Sam & Cat"
• Cat MacKenzie character on British TV series "Lip Service"
• Catherine Jane "Cat" Grant character on TV's "Supergirl"
• Catherine "Cat" Chandler character on TV's "Beauty and the Beast"
• Catherine "Cat" Brannock character in The Aurora Cycle series
• Cat an animal