Looking for the best punny cat names for your new fur baby? We are so glad you are here.
Maybe you’re searching for creative inspiration to make up your own punny cat name. Or maybe you hope to land on that perfect name as-is. Either way, we think you’ll love these name selections!
Punny cat names are wildly popular today. Especially on social media, as well as in pop culture. A pun is a play on words. They can make you think and make you laugh. And they certainly make for great conversation when you introduce your cat to your family, friends, and neighbors!
In this carefully curated article, you will find some of the best punny cat names inspiration for male and female kitties in several awesome categories. So let the pun begin!
Punny Cat Names
Giving cats punny cat names is undeniably trendy amongst the celebrity set.
Look at singer CeeLo Green’s cat Purr-fect. How about singer Katy Perry’s iconic Kitty Purry? Celebrities have not been shy to come up with their own paw-ticularly punny names for their favorite felines.
So, if you love to pun and really want to come up with uniquely hiss-terical punny cat names for your new kitty, you are in great company!
Here are just a few helpful tips to keep in mind as you start punning:
- First, if you want to pun a name using a loved one’s name for inspiration, it is always sweet to ask their permission first.
- Second, don’t give yourself creative block by stressing out your punny new cat name. Just focus on getting to know each other and before long you’ll be punning like a pro!
- Third, think about some of your favorite book or film characters, social media feeds, and cartoons. Challenge yourself to create fresh puns using them as inspiration.
- Fourth, considering an overly spicy or politically incorrect punny cat name? Just make sure you will still feel comfortable with your name choice when you are hollering it so your neighbors can hear!
Wordplay Pun-spiration
Here is a list of some great cat-centric words to pun around. With a bit of practice, you will soon find yourself inserting these words into all kinds of unusual phrases where there is a phonetic match.
For example, “perfect” becomes “purr-fect.”
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- Claw
- Feline
- Fur
- Purr
- Tail
- Paw
- Cat/Kat
- Litter
- Sniff
- Hiss
- Tomcat
- Meow
- Kitten
- Fluff
- Puss
- Mog/Moggy
- Mew
- Hair
- Lick
- Bite
- Pounce
- Leopard
- Yawn
- Fuzz
- Scent
- Lion
- Tabby
- Catnip
- Itch
- Scratch
- Kit
- Flea
- Poop
- Feral
- Puma
- Collar
- Spay
- Whisker
Wherever possible in each list here that follows, we have hyphenated each punny cat name so you can see exactly how these keywords have been inserted to create the puns!
Best Punny Cat Names
Celebrities sometimes say it best. These are some of the best punny cat names, courtesy of the social media elite!
- Kitty Purr-y (Katy Perry)
- Purr-fect (CeeLo Green)
- Colonel Meow (feline Guinness Book record holder for “longest fur”)
- Edward Scissor-paws (Instagram kitty)
- Stevie The Wonderful (blind Instagram kitty)
- Groucho Meow-x (Instagram kitty)
- Juni-purr (one of a pair of Instagram kitties)
- Deputy Snuggle-up-a-gus (Instagram kitty)
- Cat-ticus (feline mascot of a bookshop)
- Punny Cat (Instagram kitty)
Female Punny Cat Names
These fabulous female punny cat names take inspiration from pop culture, history, literature, music and more. You might find your kitty’s purr-fect new name here!
Of course, some of these might be used for a male cat name, too.
- Cleo-cat-ra
- J.K. Meow-ling
- Cat-sy Cline
- Margaret Scratch-er
- Fur-gie
- Cat-alie Portman
- Jane Paw-sten
- Claw-dia Sniff-er
- Angeli-cat Hiss-ton
- Dolly Purr-ton
- Jenni-furr Paw-rence
- Oprah Whisker
- Paw-dry Hepburn
- Em-purr-ess
- Cat-meron Fleas-z
- Anne Cat-away
- Kim Cat-dashian
- Purr-iwinkle
- Paw-la Dean
- Es-purr-anza
Male Punny Cat Names
Whether your interests lean towards science, literature, blockbuster movies, sci-fi, news reporting or music, you will find something to love in this list of male punny cat names.
Again, if one of these just seems to fit well for your female cat rather than your male cat, go for it!
- Shakes-purr
- Charles Lick-ens
- Paws McCartney
- Fuzz Aldrin
- Purr-nest Kitten-way
- Walter Cron-kat
- F. Scott Fitz-feral
- Taylor Paw-tner
- Meow-ly Cyrus
- Shia La-Fluff
- William Cat-ner
- Cat Damon
- Fur-lock Holmes
- Leopard Nimoy
- Cat-rick Stewart
- Christo-fur Reeve
- Tabby Maguire
- Paw-l Revere
- Kit Hiss-topherson
- Tomcat Cruise
Cool Punny Cat Names
We think there is a reason the word “cool” is associated with cats and not, say, with dogs or other pets.
After all, cats are the very epitome of cool. And these cool punny cat names from mainstream media, kids’ cartoons, ancient and modern history, politics and music demonstrate!
- The Great Cat-sby
- Cat Man
- Tom Paw-yer
- Cat Stevens (a UK singer whose real name is Steven Demetre Georgiou)
- Don Dra-purr
- Brad Kitten
- Feline Dion
- Cat King Cole
- Cat-sper the Friendly Ghost
- Furr-nando Cortez
- Prince of Purr-sia
- Cat-atouille
- Cat-baret
- Fleas-navidad
- Snow Bite
- Cat-ch 22
- Abraham Lynx-in
- I Claw-dius
- Pope John Paw-l
- Paw-claw-hontas
Cute Punny Cat Names
Cats may be naturally cool, but they are also really cute!
This makes it almost ridiculously easy to immortalize the cuteness of kittens and cats into endearing, cute punny cat names like the names on this list!
- Cat-abunga
- Dan D. Lion
- Meow-gli
- Paw-sy Paw-sborne
- Pounce de Leon
- Ru-Paw
- Cat-astrophe
- Cat-atonic
- Hairy Houdini
- Scratch-asaurus Rex
- The Little Purr-maid
- Furr-est Plump
- Freddie Purr-cury
- Cat-tillac
- Furr-less Leader
- Cat-serole
- Cat-mandu
- Purr-fection
- Mr./Ms. Paw-fect
- Miss Ameri-cat