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

These are historic cat names that start with the letter M. 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
Madison		Female
Mae		Female
Manson		Unisex
Margaret		Female
Marilyn		Female
Marlene		Female
Marlon		Male
Martin		Male
Matisse		Male
Max	Short form of Maximilian, Maxim or Maxwell	Male	Multiple European name usages
Maxwell		Male
Maya		Female
Meyer		Male
Midas		Unisex
Miles		Male
Miller		Male
Milo		Male	Germanic and Latinized Greek name histories
Minerva		Female
Ming		Male
Monet		Female
Monroe		Female
Moose		Unisex
Mortimer		Male
Moses		Male
Murdock		Unisex
Murphy		Male

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