Calico Cat Names: Compare Food and Pattern Ideas, Page 8

Meanings, origins and pronunciations appear only for records with checked sources. Blank fields have not been verified. Gender and collection labels are browsing choices.

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Name	Meaning	Gender	Origin
Pamela		Female
Pancho		Male
Pascual		Male
Pasha		Male
Patch		Male
Patches		Male
Paxton		Male
Pearl		Female
Pebbles		Male
Pedro		Male
Penelope		Female	Greek name; earlier derivation debated
Penny	A familiar form of Penelope; also a coin reference	Female	English
Percival		Male
Pesto		Male
Pharoah		Unisex
Phoebe	Bright or pure	Female	Latinized form of a Greek name
Picasso		Male
Pickle		Unisex
Pigwidgeon		Unisex
Pitch		Unisex
Polka		Male
Poppy	The poppy flower	Female	English
Poppy Pomfrey		Female
Prince		Male
Princess	A female member of a royal family	Female	English word name
Professor Binns		Unisex
Puff		Male
Pumpkin	The pumpkin fruit or plant	Male	English word name
Purr-fect		Female
Puss		Male
Queran		Male
Quincy		Male
Quinta		Female
Rafferty		Male
Raider		Male
Rainbow		Female
Ralph		Male
Ramon		Male
Raniesha		Female
Rattail		Male
Reba		Female
Rebastan Lestrange		Male
Red		Male
Reese		Female
Regina		Female
Regulus Black		Male
Rembrandt		Male
Rex		Male
Reymond		Male
Rhiannon		Female

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