260 Historical Cat Names Inspired by Historical Figures

The historical cat names listed in this article are not just your average list of historical names, but rather, they’re a list of historical names that were inspired by actual historical people and events.

Did you know that historical person or event that gave inspiration to the historical cat name?

If you didn’t before, then hopefully you’ll find this article inspire you to find a perfect name for your cute kitten!

Male Historical Cat Names

• Chester
• Washington
• Ulysses
• Kennedy
• Newton
• Tycho
• Bernoulli
• Edgar
• Monet
• Quixote
• Reagan
• Kerouac
• Sasha
• Orville
• Copernicus
• Nero
• Pope
• Duke
• Einstein
• Prince
• Hannibal
• Humphrey
• Mozart
• Ceasar
• Tolstoy
• Lincoln
• Benjamin
• Branson
• Archimedes
• Aristotle
• Edward
• Homer
• Lyndon
• Jacques
• Figaro
• King Arthur
• Booth
• Roosevelt
• Crockett
• Edison
• Brutus
• Felix
• Napoleon
• Chavez
• Hudson
• Byron
• Freud
• DC
• Darwin

• Churchill
• Hamilton
• Buffalo Bill
• Matisse
• Hamlet
• Frederick
• Caesar (Ceasar)
• Nixon
• Ivan
• Ripley
• Abraham (Abe)
• Jesse
• Cromwell
• Aztec
• Anubis
• Franklin
• Clinton
• Leonardo
• Teddy (Ted)
• Vlad
• Pablo
• Apollo
• Doc Holiday
• Escobar
• Jesse James
• Shiloh (Shilo)
• Dillon
• Gandhi
• Jefferson
• Harry
• Garfield
• Shakespeare
• Bugsy
• Tiberius
• Admiral
• Louis
• Picasso
• Galileo
• Fibonacci
• Jude
• Tesla
• Augustus
• Apache
• Billy the Kid
• George
• Edmund
• Boris
• Da Vinci
• King
• Faraday

Check the full list of historical male cat names

Female Historical Cat Names

• Bonnie
• Shiva
• Rococo
• Madonna
• Brunhilda
• Martha
• Clara
• Penny
• Ursula
• Penelope
• Betsy
• Nadia
• Amelia
• Pocahontas
• Shiloh (Shilo)
• Kewpie
• Liberty
• Loretta
• Enid
• Diana
• Delilah
• Ursa
• Octavia
• Sasha
• Hecuba
• Lena
• Joan of Arc
• Jude
• Carmen
• Cleopatra
• Persephone
• Princess
• Anastasia
• Camilla
• Betty
• Magdalena
• Miss Beazley
• Esme
• Isis
• Bessie (Bessy)

• Duchess
• Abby (Abigail)
• Daphne
• Leisel
• Ripley
• Roxanne
• Mona
• Venus
• Miss Beazley
• Georgia
• Mary
• Olga
• Sabine
• Eve
• Maya
• Portia
• Queen
• Gertrude
• Madison
• Frida
• Marilyn
• Isadora
• Nessie
• Fergie
• Rose (Rosie)
• Verona
• Cleo
• Hailey
• Kennedy
• Galina
• Reagan
• Sheba
• Grace
• Myrtle
• Jezebel
• Chantilly
• Eloise
• Eleanor
• Sarah (Sara)
• Teddy (Ted)
• Panda
• Dolly

Check the full list of historical female cat names

Famous Cat Names in History

• Tardar Sauce (the Grumpy Cat)
• Tabby (the First White House Cat)
• Himmy (the World’s Fattest Cat)
• Tinker Toy (the World’s Smallest Cat)
• Crème Puff (the World’s Oldest Cat)
• Stubbs (the elected Mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska)
• Chase No Face (the Therapy Cat)
• CC / Copy Cat (the First Cloned Cat)
• Blackie (the Richest Cat in History)
• Morris (the Lover of Cat Treats)
• Dewey (the Library Cat)
• All Ball (Koko the Gorilla’s Cat)
• Smokey (the Cat with the World’s Loudest Purr)

Historical Cat Pun Names

• Marcus Pawrelius
• Kitstofurr Clawlumbus (Christopher Columbus)
• Shakespurr
• Pope John Paw II (Pope John Paul II)
• Meowdeline Albright
• Oedipuss
• Leonardo DaFuzzy
• Hairy Houdini (Harry Houdini)
• Winston Purrchill
• Aslan Furrying (Alan Turing)
• Mewpiter
• Maru Shedding (Mary Sey)
• Emma Goldmeow
• Mewssolini
• Catpurrnicus
• Dwight D. Eisenpurr (Dwight D. Eisenhower)
• Fidel Catstro (Fidel Castro)
• Juan Pounce de Lion (Juan Ponce de Leon)
• Alexander Hameowlton
• Furcules
• Marie Purrie
• Fuzz Aldrin
• Walt Whiskersman (Walt Whitman)
• Genghis Khat (Genghis Khan)
• Catphrodite
• Meowses
• Purrseidon
• Barack Obameow
• Cleocatra (Cleopatra)
• Caturn
• Picatso
• Joseph Pawlin
• Pawdius
• Isaac Mewton
• George Meowshington
• Benjameow Franklin

• The Wright / Wrong Brothers (fit for siblings)
• Purr-amid
• Hefurstus
• Emily Lickinson
• Dalai Pawma
• Purrsephone
• Furr-oah
• Catligula
• Hannibal
• Apawllo
• Margaret Scratcher
• Paw Revere
• Pablo Picatso (Pablo Picasso)
• Einstein
• J. R. R. Tolkitten
• Purr-nest Hemingway
• Abraham Lynxing (Abraham Lincoln)
• Mufasa Kemeow Cataturk (Mustafa Kemal Ataturk)
• Purra
• Giacomeow Catsanova (Giacomo Casanova)
• Pawcahontas (Pocahontas)
• Pawdre Lorde
• Catpernipuss (Copernicus)
• Mewlius Caesar
• Don Kitty-ote (Don Quixote)
• Purrnest Hemingway (Ernest Hemingway)
• Charles Kittens (Charles Dickens)
• Empurrer Mecius Verus
• Catticus
• Bruce Flea (Bruce Lee)
• Charles Lickens
• Lucifur
• Chairman Meow Zedong (Mao Zedong)
• Oprah Whisker
• Queen Victoria The Clawsome
• William Shakespurr (William Shakespeare)
• Naptune
• Meownerva

We hope this list of interesting cat names was helpful! In the meantime, if you need a name for your new kitty friend, we’ve got some tons of cat name ideas on pet cat names.

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