Cat Names That Start With T

  1. Tilia
    • Origin:

      Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
    • Meaning:

      "prosperous"
    • Description:

      Form of Ottilia
  2. Tressa
    • Origin:

      Cornish
    • Meaning:

      "third"
    • Description:

      More unusual than Tessa, this would make an interesting, meaningful and attractive choice for a third child.
  3. Tito
    • Origin:

      Spanish variation of Titus
    • Description:

      Has diverse associations: the long-term Communist head of Yugoslavia, one of Michael Jackson's older brothers, and an animated Disney character -- none of them a very strong recommendation.
  4. Tzofia
    • Origin:

      Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "a scout of Jehovah"
    • Description:

      The "Tz" beginning of Tzofia represents the Hebrew letter tzadi, which is pronounced more like ts. So Tzofia sounds like Sofia with a light t at the beginning — intriguing, but a difficult sound for a native English speaker to reproduce. While Tzofia is a distinct name from the megapopular Sophia and Sofia, many people will hear it as a cognate and pronounce it the same...or like Zofia.
  5. Taffy
    • Origin:

      Welsh
    • Meaning:

      "beloved friend"
    • Description:

      A diminutive of the (male) name Dafydd, the Welsh form of David. In the US, it's strongly associated with the candy.
  6. Taro
    • Origin:

      Japanese
    • Meaning:

      "great (or eldest) son"
    • Description:

      An energetic Japanese name that would make for an on-trend choice in the English-speaking world. Especially appropriate for a first-born son.
  7. Tarot
    • Origin:

      French, fortune-telling cards
    • Description:

      A psychic mystique clings to this name of cards used in fortune-telling.
  8. Tisiphone
    • Origin:

      Greek
    • Meaning:

      "Avenging murder"
    • Description:

      The name of one of the Furies in Greek mythology, a goddess who avenged crimes of murder. She is described as wearing a dripping blood-red robe, with a serpent coiled around her waist.
  9. Thebe
    • Origin:

      Greek mythological name
    • Description:

      Thebe is the name of more than one daughter of Zeus, according to some myths, and is also the name of a moon of Jupiter. Thebe rhymes with Phoebe and may appeal to lovers of that name.
  10. Tyche
    • Origin:

      Greek
    • Meaning:

      "fortune"
    • Description:

      Tyche is the goddess of luck and fate in Greek mythology. Her Roman equivalent is, fittingly, Fortuna.
  11. Toril
    • Origin:

      Norse
    • Meaning:

      "thunder"
    • Description:

      An unknown, strong Scandinavian name related to Tor/Thor, the Norse god of thunder, that would fit in perfectly here.
  12. Theda
    • Taranis
      • Origin:

        Celtic
      • Meaning:

        "thunder"
      • Description:

        Taranis was the Celtic god of thunder, the equivalent of the Norse god Thor. With Thor along with a legion of mythological choices back in use as baby names, Taranis just may have a chance to rise from the recesses of history to make the modern baby name rosters.
    • Toby
      • Origin:

        Diminutive of Tobias
      • Description:

        Toby is an early unisex name with a Shakespearean pedigree; when used for a girl it retains its tomboyish quality.
    • Takeshi
      • Origin:

        Japanese
      • Meaning:

        "warrior; strong; healthy"
    • Troian
      • Origin:

        Surname
      • Meaning:

        "trinity"
      • Description:

        This unusual surname name has been made famous by Pretty Little Liars actress Troian Bellisario. Troian is a family name on her father's maternal side, possibly meaning "of Troy", but more likely deriving from a Slavic name meaning "triad; trinity".
    • Tornado
      • Origin:

        Spanish word name
      • Meaning:

        "tornado"
      • Description:

        Tornado first meant thunderstorm and only later came to mean whirlwind, the common modern meaning. More recently, Tornado is the first name of a tennis-playing teen whose sister is called the equally attention-getting Hurricane. Both names work for either gender, if you think you can withstand the storm jokes.
    • Tango
      • Origin:

        Spanish
      • Meaning:

        "touch"
      • Description:

        A South American dance style whose name derives from Latin tangere "touch". It's also a popular orange-flavored fizzy drink in the UK, as well as the word for the letter T in the NATO phonetic alphabet.
    • Tolvar
      • Origin:

        Danish
      • Meaning:

        "thunder wolf, twelve"
      • Description:

        Diminutive form of Tholf
    • Tanjiro
      • Origin:

        Japanese
      • Meaning:

        "coal + calm son; highly valued second son"
      • Description:

        Protagonist of the manga and anime series Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. The kanji used to spell his name give it the meaning of "coal + calm son," which describe his former profession as a coal worker.