Historic Cat Names, Names After Historic Cats and people Starting With C

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

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Name	Meaning	Gender	Origin
Caesar		Male
Caleb		Male
Calvin		Male
Camus		Unisex
Capone		Male
Carleton		Male
Carmen		Female
Carson		Male
Cary		Male
Casanova		Male
Casey		Male
Cassius		Male
Catherine		Female
Ceasar		Unisex
Charlie	Short or feminine form of Charles	Male	English
Chaucer		Male
Chavez		Male
Chekhov		Unisex
Chester	A surname linked to Chester; the place name relates to a camp or fortress	Male	English place-derived surname
Chips		Unisex
Chloe	Green shoot; new plant growth	Female	Greek
Chopin		Unisex
Churchill		Male
Cicero		Male
Clara		Female
Clark		Male
Clementine		Female
Cleo	Short form of Cleopatra, Cleon or Cleopas	Female	English short form of Greek-derived names
Cleopatra		Female
Cliff		Unisex
Clifford		Male
Clint		Male
Clive		Male
Clovis		Male
Confucius		Male
Constance		Female
Cooper		Male
Copernicus		Unisex
Copper		Female
Crawford		Male
Creed		Unisex
Crockett		Male
Cromwell		Unisex
Crusoe		Unisex
Cyrano		Male

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