Traditional Cat Names, Page 5

Name	Meaning	Gender	Origin
Jacob	The supplanter, held by the heel	Male	Hebrew
James	From Jacob - To fill the place of another, supplanter.	Male	English
Jane	gracious, merciful, God is gracious	Female	English
Janet	Variant of Jane	Female	English
Jasper	Black stone	Male	Persian
Jasper	Black stone	Male	Persian
Jasper	Black stone	Male	Persian
Jean	God is gracious	Male
Jennifer	white shadow, white wave	Female	Cornish
Joanna	after the character in The Rescuers Down Under cartoon	Female	English
Joe	Abbreviation of Joseph.	Male	English
Joe	Abbreviation of Joseph.	Male	English
John	God is merciful	Male	Hebrew
Joseph	God will increase	Male	Hebrew
Josephine	God will increase	Female
Joshua	God is salvation	Male	Hebrew
Julia	Youthful	Female	Latin
Katherine	Pure. Used since third century A.D. Early Latin forms Katerina and Caterina became Katharine and Catherine. French Cateline and English Catlyn came into wider use during medieval period when variants multiplied.	Female	Greek
Lance	knight's attendant; land	Male	English
Laura	bay laurel	Female	Latin
Laurel	Laurel	Female	Latin
Leo	Lion.	Male	Latin
Linda	pretty	Female
Lorna	of Lorne	Female	English
Louis	famed warrior	Male