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Badass Cat Names

For the cat who runs the house. Warriors, gods, rulers, and the occasional weather event.

Badass cat names work for cats with presence: the cat that walks into a room and surveys it, the cat that wins fights with raccoons, the cat with the resting expression of disappointment. The category leans on weight: warrior names, god names, weather, and force-of-nature words.

Mythology is the strongest single source. Loki, Thor, Odin, Zeus, Apollo, Ares, Poseidon, Atlas, Hercules, Achilles, Odysseus, Anubis, Osiris, Horus, Ra, Mars, and Hades all carry weight. Loki is the single most-borrowed badass cat name, especially for black or grey cats with mischievous energy.

For female badass cats, the goddess names skew strong: Athena (war and wisdom), Artemis (the hunt), Bastet (Egyptian cat goddess), Hera (queen of the gods), Hecate (witchcraft), Persephone (queen of the underworld), Khaleesi (Game of Thrones), Arya (Game of Thrones), Daenerys.

Military and royal titles work for cats with command energy: Sergeant, Captain, Major, General, Admiral, Colonel, Tsar, Sultan, Pharaoh, Caesar, Napoleon, Maximus, Magnus.

Weather and natural force names: Storm, Stormy, Thunder, Hurricane, Blaze, Flame, Ember, Mountain. These work for cats whose energy fills a room.

Animal kingdom apex predators (other than cat species): Wolf, Bear, Hawk, Falcon, Raven, Crow. Wolf in particular suits cats that travel solo.

From fiction, the badass list is deep: Vader, Bowser, Smaug, Macavity (the criminal mastermind cat from T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, who was based partly on Sherlock Holmes' Moriarty), Behemoth (the gun-wielding giant black cat from Bulgakov), Bagheera, and Scar.

One specific cat to know: Colonel Meow, a Himalayan-Persian cross who held the Guinness World Record for longest fur on a cat (9 inches measured in 2012). He had over 150,000 followers on Facebook and became a meme for his perpetually angry expression. He passed away in 2014. The name Colonel Meow has been borrowed widely since.

122 names
10 female
74 male
38 unisex

Famous cats matching this list

Names from our directory of internet-famous cats that fit this category:

Loki

Loki

The vampire cat
Rocky

Rocky

Standing Cat

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Cute 177 Funny 84 Elegant 154 Mysterious 71

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Frequently asked questions

How many Badass cat names are on this list?

There are 122 names on this page, hand-picked and tagged with their origin and meaning where verifiable.

Are these names suitable for both kittens and adult cats?

Yes. None of the names are age-specific. A name that suits a kitten will keep working as the cat grows.

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