Ancient Cat Names, Names from Ancient Roman and Greek Mythology Starting With M

These are ancient cat names that start with the letter M. Use the alphabet bar to switch to a different starting letter, or view all ancient cat names.

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Name	Gender	Origin
Mac	Male
Magnus	Male
Magus	Unisex
Maia	Female
Males	Unisex
Malvina	Female
March	Male
Marcus	Male
Marilla	Female
Maxima	Female
Maximus	Male
Medea	Female
Melanie	Female
Melanippos	Unisex
Melas	Unisex
Melissa	Female
Mercury	Male
Metis	Unisex
Midas	Unisex
Mila	Female
Milan	Female
Milo	Male	Germanic and Latinized Greek name histories
Minerva	Female
Mira	Female
Mungo	Male
Murray	Male

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