Cat Names That Mean Love

Cerian is a diminutive of Ceri (pronounced like Kerry), which comes from a root meaning "love". Both were relatively popular in Wales in the 1980s and 1990s, though they are used less there today.

Agapi has a sweet meaning of love and affection, but though this name is used in modern Greece, it's one of the Greek names for girls that has not yet emigrated to the US along with so many of her sisters.

Top 100 choice in Italy.

In Welsh, Ceri is traditionally a male name but can also be used for girls. It's a short form of Ceridwen too, the name of the Welsh goddess of poetry.

A rare Finnish name which is used for both sexes, usually in the middle spot.

In Slovenia, Maca is more common as an independent name than its parent name Marija.

In the Zulu and Xhosa languages of Southern Africa, Phila is a unisex name pronounced "PEE-la" and means "to live of life" It's also the feminine version of the ancient Greek name Philo, pronounced "FEE-la", meaning friend or lover and present in several contemporary names and words used throughout the Western World. The name Philip, for instance, means lover of horses, while the city name Philadelphia means "brotherly love" and philosophy means "love of wisdom".

Obscure name from the New Testament.

An attractive and worldly name for a cherished baby son.

Popular in Hawaii in the first decades of the 20th century, this name also means "rock" in Māori.

This cutesy nickname made it onto the Top 1000 in 1883.

Derived from Welsh caru meaning "to love".

A Spanish term of endearment that first appeared on the charts in 2005, and is slowly gaining traction.

Once a common girl name in Hawaii, today Leialoha is virtually unheard of.

Karita and Karitas are the Icelandic spins on Charity, also found as Carita and Caritas throughout Scandinavian. While to the English speakers these names may feel like a Latinate endearment, they are popular names in their own right.

A modern (and very rare) form of Jedidah, the mother of the biblical king Josiah.

This simple but alluring name — some might associate it with the Kama Sutra — was chosen by heavy metal rocker Sammy Hagar for his daughter.

A North African choice, particularly popular in Tunisia and Syria.

Kama is the winged Hindu god of love, son of Lakshmi. His proper name is Kamadeva.

Kamadeva is the Hindu god of love. Much like Cupid, Kamadeva or Kama flies around shooting arrows of desire at young lovers. His bow is made of sugarcane and his arrows are decorated with fragrant flowers. Kamadeva is associated with the cuckoo bird, humming bees, and the gentle breezes of spring.