Pop culture cat names are one of the most popular types of pop culture-inspired pet names that pet owners give their cats.
For people who enjoy a specific fandom or theme for a particular television series, movie franchise, or book series, it is commonplace to give pop culture names to any pets that they may have.
This is especially true if the pop culture fandom or theme is a popular one from modern pop culture history.
So here are our pop culture cat names ideas to inspire you!
Best Pop Culture Cat Names
- Pandora (The Brady Bunch)
- Skat (Opposites Attract)
- Felix (Felix The Cat)
- Smelly (Friends)
- Milo (The Adventures Of Milo And Otis)
- Stimpy (Ren & Stimpy)
- Mogget (Abhorsen)
- Benny The Ball (Top Cat)
- Thomasina (The Three Lives of Thomasina)
- Scratchy (The Simpsons)
- Zazzles (The Big Bang Theory)
- Gumball (The Amazing World of Gumball)
- Binx (Hocus Pocus)
- Tigger (Winnie The Pooh)
- Floyd (Ghost)
- Charlie (Charlie the Lonesome Cougar)
- Miss Kitty Fantastico (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- King Leonidas (Bedknobs And Broomsticks)
- Baba (Boris Karloff anthology series)
- Tom (Tom & Jerry)
- Meowthra (The Lego NINJAGO Movie)
- Pixel (The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)
- Buttercup (The Hunger Games)
- Heathcliff (Heathcliff)
- Dandelo (The Fly)
- Figaro (Pinocchio)
- Blinx (Blinx: The Time Sweeper)
- Koko & Yum Yum (The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers)
- Sassy (Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey)
- Clawhauser (Zootopia)
- Duchess (Babe)
- Lord Tubbington (Glee)
- Diesel (Arsenic And Old Books)
- Blofeld’s cat (From Russia With Love)
- Scar (The Lion King)
- Bandit (The Office)
- Baby (Bringing Up Baby)
- Sprockets (Mission To Universe)
- Choo Choo (Top Cat)
- Bast (American Gods)
- Bagheera (The Jungle Book)
- Hobbes (Calvin And Hobbes)
- Spot (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
- Lucifer (Cinderella)
- Behemoth (The Master And Margarita)
- Tonto (Harry And Tonto)
- Neutron (This Island Earth)
- Winkie (Escape To Witch Mountain)
- Mimsie (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
- Brain (Top Cat)
- Azrael (The Smurfs)
- Fancy-Fancy (Top Cat)
- Déju Vu (The Matrix)
- Rusty (Mission Impossible)
- Spook (Top Cat)
- Mr. Bigglesworth (Austin Powers)
- Chowder (Chowder)
- Hats (The Cat In The Hat)
- Church/Churchill (Pet Sematary)
- Cheshire Cat (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland)
- Rhubarb (Rhubarb)
- Pewter (Tail Gait)
- Mufasa (The Lion King)
- Snowball(s) (The Simpsons)
- Smarf
- Don Corleone’s cat (The Godfather)
- Si and Am (Lady And The Tramp)
- Butch (The Incredible Shrinking Man)
- Lucky (ALF)
- Tab (Watership Down)
- Ginger (The Tale Of Ginger And Pickles)
- Snowbell (Stuart Little)
- Carbonel (Carbonel: The King Of Cats)
- Krazy (Krazy Kat)
- Salem Saberhagen (Sabrina The Teenage Witch)
- Kitty White (Hello Kitty)
- Midnight (Mama’s Family)
- Monkey (Perry Mason)
- Marie, Berlioz and Toulouse (The AristoCats)
- Dax (Tuf Voyaging)
- Tailchaser (Tailchaser’s Song)
- Jones or “Jonesy” (Alien and Aliens)
- Simba (The Lion King)
- Ser Pounce (Game Of Thrones)
- Mr. Jinks (The Huckleberry Hound Show)
- Aslan (The Chronicles of Narnia)
- Toonces the Driving Cat (Saturday Night Live)
- Rajah (Aladdin)
- Kitsa (The Indian In the Cupboard)
- Pyewacket (Bell Book And Candle)
- Garfield (Garfield)
- Crookshanks (Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban)
Cat Names from Movies
- Bob (A Street Cat Named Bob)
- Jake The Cat (Outer Space)
- Tibbs (101 Dalmations)
- Fred the One-Eyed Cat (Gifted)
- Catbus (My Neighbor Totoro)
- Church (Pet Cemetery)
- Dandelo (The Fly)
- Berlioz (The Aristocats)
- Richard Parker (Life of Pi)
- Winkie (Escape to Witch Mountain)
- Crookshanks (Harry Potter)
- Milo (The Adventures of Milo and Otis)
- Frankie (A Bucket of Blood)
- Meowth (Pokemon)
- King Leonidas (Bedknobs and Broomsticks)
- Charlie (Charlie the Lonesome Cougar)
- Rajah (Aladdin)
- Clarence (Clarence the Cross-Eyed Lion)
- Diego (Ice Age)
- Jiji (Kiki’s Delivery Service)
- Shere Khan (The Jungle Book)
- Koumal and Sangha (Two Brothers)
- Elsa the Lioness (Born Free)
- Meowthra (The Lego NINJAGO Movie)
- Scar (The Lion King)
- Tao (The Incredible Journey)
- Binx (Hocus Pocus)
- Jasmine (Secondhand Lions)
- Baby (Bringing Up Baby)
- Floyd (Ghost)
- Thomasina (The Three Lives of Thomasina)
- Tigger (The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh)
- Sassy (Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey)
- Buttercup (The Hunger Games)
- Lota the Panther Woman (Island of Lost Souls)
- Mr. Tinkles (Cats & Dogs)
- Charles and Mary Brady (Sleepwalkers)
- Duchess (Babe)
- Snowbell (Stuart Little)
- Alex (Madagascar)
- Lucifer (Cinderella)
- Rhubarb (Rhubarb)
- Mrs. Norris (Harry Potter)
- Smokey (Stuart Little)
- Baron Humbert von Gikkingen (The Cat Returns)
- Ulysses (Inside Llewyn Davis)
- Nala (The Lion King)
- Aslan (The Chronicles of Narnia)
- Clawhauser (Zootopia)
- Tonto (Harry and Tonto)
- Bagheera (The Jungle Book)
- Pyewacket (Bell Book and Candle)
- The Pink Panther (The Pink Panther)
- Mittens (Bolt)
- Mr. Jinx (Meet the Parents)
- Jonesy (Alien)
- Irina (Cat People)
- Fritz (Fritz the Cat)
- Prince John (Robin Hood)
- Mufasa (The Lion King)
- Butch (The Incredible Shrinking Man)
- Mr. Bigglesworth (Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me)
- Tai Lung and Master Tigress (Kung Fu Panda)
- Simba (The Lion King)
- Marty (Elle)
- Blanche (Hausu)
- Ruh (The Beastmaster)
- Garfield
- General (Cat’s Eye)
- Cheshire Cat (Alice in Wonderland)
Cat Names from TV
- Azrael (The Smurfs)
- Lucky (ALF)
- Spot (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
- Midnight (Mama’s Family)
- Choo Choo (Top Cat)
- Snowball(s) (The Simpsons)
- Spook (Top Cat)
- Rusty (Mission Impossible)
- Bast (American Gods)
- Brain (Top Cat)
- Smelly (Friends)
- Miss Kitty Fantastico (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Ser Pounce (Game Of Thrones)
- Mimsie (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
- Fancy-Fancy (Top Cat)
- Monkey (Perry Mason)
- Baba (Boris Karloff anthology series, Thriller)
- Lord Tubbington (Glee)
- Salem Saberhagen (Sabrina The Teenage Witch)
- Scratchy (The Simpsons)
- Cringer/Battle Cat (He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe)
- Bandit (The Office)
- Benny The Ball (Top Cat)
- Pandora (The Brady Bunch)
- Zazzles (The Big Bang Theory)
- Toonces the Driving Cat (Saturday Night Live)
Famous Cats from Internet
- Cole and Marmalade
- Maru
- Colonel Meow
- Keyboard Cat
- Waffles
- Pudge
- Henri, le Chat Noir
- Hamilton
- Princess Monster Truck
- Nyan Cat
- Sockington
- Grumpy Cat
- Lil Bub
- Choupette
Famous Cats in History
- Dewey (the Library Cat)
- Crème Puff (the World’s Oldest Cat)
- Himmy (the World’s Fattest Cat)
- All Ball (Koko the Gorilla’s Cat)
- Tabby (the First White House Cat)
- CC / Copy Cat (the First Cloned Cat)
- Tardar Sauce (the Grumpy Cat)
- Blackie (the Richest Cat in History)
- Smokey (the Cat with the World’s Loudest Purr)
- Chase No Face (the Therapy Cat)
- Morris (the Lover of Cat Treats)
- Stubbs (the elected Mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska)
- Tinker Toy (the World’s Smallest Cat)
We hope this list of pop culture cat names has given you some inspiration for your new furry friend.
But if the name doesn’t seem like it’s a good fit, don’t be discouraged! There are plenty more out there waiting to be discovered by you on our pet cat names and funny cat names from pop culture!
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