Gray Cat Names

  1. Stellaluna
    • Origin:

      Latin
    • Meaning:

      "Star and moon"
    • Description:

      Stella and Luna are stylish night sky name for girls, from the Latin words for star and moon.
  2. Gin
    • Origin:

      "silver"
    • Meaning:

      "silver"
    • Description:

      Common name in Japan, would have alcoholic allusions here.
  3. Kennelly
    • Origin:

      Gaelic
    • Meaning:

      "male descendant of a wolf"
    • Description:

      Kennelly could be an upbeat modern namesake for a Grandpa Kenneth; it can also be spelled Kenneally.
  4. Isham
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "from the Iron One's estate"
    • Description:

      A noble surname from northern England that has occasionally been used as a first name.
  5. Ashby
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "ash tree farm"
    • Description:

      Ashley substitute with a slightly more unisex feel; it was picked for her daughter by TV host Nancy O'Dell.
  6. Liadan
    • Origin:

      Irish
    • Meaning:

      "grey lady"
    • Description:

      An old Irish saint’s name and the name of a lovelorn poetess in Irish folk legend. Liadain and Líadan are other variations.
  7. Armstrong
    • Origin:

      English and Scottish surname
    • Meaning:

      "strong arms"
    • Description:

      Last name occasionally used as a first, can be seen as a Lance Armstrong athlete-hero name.
  8. Tetsu
    • Origin:

      Japanese
    • Meaning:

      "strong as iron"
    • Description:

      Tetsu is a female name with an unusually strong and powerful meaning. It sounds spunky and cute too.
  9. Collier
    • Origin:

      English occupational surname
    • Meaning:

      "coal miner"
    • Description:

      An old-fashioned term for a coal miner, or nowadays, a sister to Harper and Piper.
  10. Liadain
    • Origin:

      Irish
    • Meaning:

      "grey lady"
    • Description:

      A variation of an old Irish saint’s name, Liadin, and the name of a lovelorn poetess in Irish folk legend. Be prepared for some clumsy pronunciation outside Ireland, however.
  11. Rodolfo
    • Origin:

      Spanish
    • Meaning:

      "bold wolf"
    • Description:

      Romanticizes Rudolph and distances the name from the red-nosed reindeer. After remaining steadily in the US Top 500 for much of the twentieth century, Rodolfo has been slipping of late.
  12. Myosotis
    • Origin:

      Flower name, from Greek
    • Meaning:

      "mouse's ear; forget-me-not"
    • Description:

      The name of a genus of flowering plants commonly known as "forget-me-not", deriving from a Greek word meaning "mouse's ear", because of the shape of the plant's leaves. The Spanish form Miosoti is more often seen, though still very rare.
  13. Waya
    • Origin:

      Cherokee
    • Meaning:

      "wolf"
    • Description:

      Waya pays homage to the wolf — one of the most respected creatures in Native American culture.
  14. Dalfon
    • Origin:

      Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "raindrop"
    • Description:

      Definitely a name you won't hear in every playground, Dalfon (also spelled Dalphon) is a highly unusual weather name with a distinctive sound.
  15. Eythora
    • Origin:

      Icelandic
    • Meaning:

      "thunder"
    • Description:

      An anglicised or dutchified spelling of the Icelandic name Eyþóra, brought to fame by the Dutch Olympic gymnast Eythora Elisabet Thorsdottir, whose parents are Icelandic.
  16. Panya
    • Origin:

      African, Swahili; or, Russian, diminutive of Stephania
    • Meaning:

      "mouse, tiny one; or, crowned one"
    • Description:

      Panya is a multicultural possibility with a sound that's pleasing to the English-speaking ear, though the Swahili translation, which might also be "rat," makes it less than savory as an African name.
  17. Favre
    • Origin:

      French occupational name
    • Meaning:

      "ironworker"
    • Description:

      Surname of a fifteenth-century saint and a twenty-first-century quarterback, Brett Favre.
  18. Rolf
    • Origin:

      Abbreviated form of Rudolf, German
    • Meaning:

      "famous wolf"
    • Description:

      Like Papa name Rudolf, Rolf never quite emigrated from the Bavarian Alps. You might want to move on to Rollo or Wolf.
  19. Takaani
    • Origin:

      Native American, Inuit
    • Meaning:

      "wolf"
    • Description:

      An interesting possibility if you're looking for a highly unusual animal name.
  20. Cinder
    • Origin:

      Word name
    • Description:

      More distinctive than Ella, if you're inspired by Cinderella.