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

These are historic cat names that start with the letter R. 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
Rags		Male
Ransom		Male
Reagan		Female
Reese		Female
Rex		Male
Richard		Male
Ripley		Male
Robert		Male
Rocco		Male
Rococo		Unisex
Rogers		Unisex
Rosalind		Female
Rose	The rose flower association; also an older personal-name history	Female	English and French name histories
Rosie	A familiar form of Rose	Female	English
Rover		Unisex
Royce		Male
Rubin		Unisex
Rudy		Male
Rush		Male

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