Blue Cat Names, Names For Blue Or Silver Kittens
Blue cats are not blue. Every "blue" in cat-fancy terminology is a slate-grey produced by the recessive dilute gene (d/d at the MLPH locus) thinning black eumelanin to a cool-toned greyish silver. There is no blue pigment in any cat's fur, and no biological pathway by which there could be. The term predates color photography — 19th-century British cat-show standards needed a word for the cool slate, and the horse-and-dog fancy already used "blue" for similar coat tones, so it carried over.
Three breeds carry the canon. The Russian Blue first appeared at British cat shows in the 1880s as "Archangel cats," named for the port of Arkhangelsk where sailors picked them up; their silver-tipped guard hairs are the breed-defining trait. The Chartreux had its first French breed standard set in 1939 (built around a cat named Mignonne de Guerveur) and is associated by legend with Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse — Buffon mentioned the breed by name in his 1756 Histoire Naturelle. The Korat — native name Si-Sawat, "color of the sawat seed" — appears in 14th-century Thai illuminated manuscripts and was first imported to the United States in 1959.
None of the three has blue eyes by standard. Russian Blue: green. Korat: peridot-green. Chartreux: copper to gold. A blue-coated cat with blue eyes is almost always a mixed-breed result.
Because "blue" and "grey" describe the same coat through different lenses, the three pages on this site — gray cat names, grey cat names, and this one — overlap in genetics but diverge in cultural register. The blue list leans toward the breed canon. The grey and gray lists lean folk and literary.
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afina | Blueberry | Female | Rumanian |
| Alexander | protector of mankind | Male | Greek |
| Alice | Truth, noble | Female | |
| Alla | Allegedly Godness | Unisex | User Contributed |
| Anastasia | resurrection | Female | Greek |
| Aqua | Water | Female | Spanish |
| Azul | Blue | Unisex | |
| Azure | Sky-Blue. | Female | English |
| Bleu | blue | Female | |
| Blue | A colour between green and indigo. Gloomy or depressed. | Male | Color |
| Blue Bell | Unisexual Name Meaning "Beauty." | Unisex | |
| Bluebell | Blue flowering plant | Female | |
| Blueberry | Blueberry fruit | Unisex | |
| Bonnie | sweet and good | Female | Scottish |
| Boris | A fighter, battler | Male | Slavic |
| Caesar | Title for Roman Emperors | Male | Latin |
| Carolina | free man | Female | English |
| Celeste | heavenly | Female | Latin |
| China | Place Name. | Female | English |
| Cobalt | Deep blue color | Male | |
| Columbia | a dove | Female | Latin |
| Cyan | greenish blue color | Male | English |
| Czar | Title for male Russian Emperor | Unisex | |
| Denim | Strong Cloth | Male | English |
| Dimitri | Earth Goddess | Male | French |
| Faina | Joyful | Unisex | English |
| Galina | God shall redeem | Female | Latin |
| Gorman | Blue | Unisex | Irish |
| Hyacinth | after the character in the sitcom Keeping Up Appearances | Female | |
| Igor | Scottish variation of Welsh Ifor, lord or English form of Scandinavian Ifar, yew | Male | Russian |
| Indigo | A dark blue plant dye | Female | Greek |
| Irina | peace | Female | Russian |
| Iris | rainbow, a play of colours | Female | |
| Ivan | Form of John | Male | Russian |
| Jay | jaybird | Male | Latin |
| Jean | God is gracious | Male | |
| Kala | time, black | Unisex | |
| Katerina | Blessed, Pure, Holy | Unisex | Czechoslovakian |
| Krishna | dark, black | Male | Sanskrit |
| Lapis | Jewel | Female | Egyptian |
| Lara | citadel | Female | Russian |
| Larissa | name of a city, mythical woman; cheerful one | Female | Ltin |
| Lavender | Lavender, A Purple Flower | Female | English |
| Levi | United | Male | |
| Livia | Olive Tree | Female | English |
| Mar | Lord | Unisex | |
| Marina | sea maiden | Female | Latin |
| Maya | Abbreviation of Amalia: variant of Maia. | Female | |
| Mikhail | Who Is Like God | Male | Russian |
| Mina | Precious Stone | Female | Hindi |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why are 'blue' cats not actually blue?
There is no blue pigment in any cat's fur. The cat-fancy term 'blue' refers to a slate-grey produced by two copies of the recessive dilute gene (d/d at the MLPH locus) thinning black eumelanin pigment. The coat reads cool-toned because of how light scatters off the diluted pigment grains, but the underlying melanin is the same as in a solid black cat. The term was standardized in 19th-century British cat shows before color photography existed.
Which breeds are classified as 'blue'?
The three classical blue breeds are the Russian Blue (Arkhangelsk, Russia), the Chartreux (France, first standardized 1939), and the Korat (Thailand, native name Si-Sawat). The British Shorthair 'British Blue' is sometimes counted as a fourth, though British Shorthair has many other color variants. All four breeds are descended from cats with the d/d dilute genotype on a black base.
Do blue cats have blue eyes?
Almost never by breed standard. Russian Blues have vivid green eyes; Korats have peridot-green; Chartreux have copper to gold. Blue-eyed cats are usually pointed breeds (Siamese, Birman) or white cats with the dominant white gene — not blue-coated breeds. A blue-coated, blue-eyed cat is most often a mixed-breed result.
Where does the Korat's blue color come from in folklore?
Thai tradition treats the Korat as a good-luck cat. The breed's native name, Si-Sawat, means 'color of the sawat seed' — a small grey-green seed found across Southeast Asia. Korats appear in the Tamra Maew (Cat Book Poems), Thai illuminated manuscripts from the Ayutthaya Kingdom dating roughly 1350-1767. The breed was first imported to the United States in 1959 by Cedar Glen Cattery.
What does the Russian Blue's coat look like up close?
TICA's breed page describes the coat as shimmering 'like moire silk as the cat moves.' CFA notes the guard hairs are 'distinctly silver-tipped' — that tipping is the breed-defining trait. The double coat stands out from the body rather than lying flat, which gives the cat a denser visual silhouette than its actual weight.
What names suit a blue cat better than just 'Blue'?
For a Russian Blue: Slavic-rooted names (Anya, Sasha, Misha, Tatiana, Mikhail) honor the Arkhangelsk origin. For a Chartreux: French names (Beaune, Lyon, Camille, Provence). For a Korat: Thai names (Sawat, Mali, Anong, Lek). For a domestic blue moggy: Slate, Pewter, Smoke, Cinder, or Indigo work without claiming a heritage the cat does not have.
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