Anime Cat Names

Many emotional, virtuous word names are coming back into style, but Happy feels unlikely to be revived. This could be because it doesn't have a solid history of being popularly used (in comparison to Joy) and because it's such a familiarly used word in day to day life (unlike Valor).

Typically seen as a Japanese surname, but used for a female antagonist in the anime series My Hero Academia.

Makoto is a unisex name in Japan, although many more men bear the name.

Common choice for anime characters.

Borne by various anime villains thanks to its dark meaning.

The childhood name of the heroine of Memoirs of a Geisha is pretty and accessible. Chiyiko is a pet form.

Accessible and attractive name from the Naruto series. The meaning "screw" refers to a metal screw.

Sasuke Uchiha is a popular character from Naruto, a ninja rival of the titular character.

Unisex Japanese name used primarily for girls.

Toge is a character afflicted with curse speech in the Jujustu Kaisen anime series.

Common name in Japan primarily associated with Hitomi (Furuya), a mononymous Japanese singer.

Featured in several anime series, including Black Clover and To Love-Ru.

Repetitive Japanese name with a flittering meaning.

Jinbe, also called Jinbei or Jimbei is a whale-like character in the anime series One Piece. His name comes from the word jinbei-zame, "whale-shark."

Temari is the name of an ancient Japanese toy — embroidered balls that were used to play games and eventually became a symbol of loyal friendship. Temari is not a given name in Japan, but it was used in the Naruto series for a female character.

Noriko is most common among Gen X Japanese women, making it a dated choice in Japan.

Shikamaru Nara is one of the most popular characters from Naruto, although this has not translated to any American or many Japanese babies being given the name.

This charming Japanese name, with two meanings every little boy would love to have, was briefly in the Canadian Top 100 in the early 20th Century. There are many famous bearers of the name, such as architect Isamu Noguchi and physicist Isamu Akasaki.

Lovely Japanese choice that would translate well cross-culturally.

Tsuyu is the Japanese word for the plum rain, or the East Asian rainy season. It was adopted as a name for a character in the anime series My Hero Academia.