Movie Cat Names, Names After Famous Cats In Film, Page 3

Cinema is full of iconic cats — stars of animated classics, horror villains, comedy sidekicks, and more. If you are a film fan, naming your kitten after a movie cat turns your living room into a daily tribute to your favorite story. Cat owners love movie cat names because they come loaded with personality already.

Movie cat names span decades of film history. Garfield is the lasagna-loving orange tabby from the classic comic and films, while Duchess leads the elegant feline family in The Aristocats. Puss honors the sword-fighting tabby from Puss in Boots, Jonesy is the ship cat from Alien, and Mr. Bigglesworth is the hairless sidekick from Austin Powers. Each movie cat name brings cinematic charm to your feline.

Want related angles? Our cartoon cat names and famous cat names pages work beautifully, and celebrity cat names add star power.

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
Guinevere		Female
Gwen		Female
Happy		Female
Harper		Female
Heathcliff		Male
Heidi		Female
Hercules		Male
Hermione		Female
Hugo	An Old German form of Hugh	Male	Germanic name history
Indiana		Male
Indy		Unisex
Jafar		Unisex
Jake		Male
Jane		Female
Jasmine		Female
Jenny		Female
Jess		Male
Jinx		Female
Juliet		Female
Juliette		Female
Julius		Male
Juno		Female
Kat		Female
Katniss		Female
Kiara		Female
Kirara		Unisex
Kitty	A familiar form of Katherine	Female	English
Koda		Male
Kovu		Unisex
Krazy Kat		Unisex
Lady		Female
Leeloo		Unisex
Lena		Female
Little John		Male
Lolita		Female
Lucifer		Male
Lucky	Fortunate or associated with good luck	Male	English word name
Luna	Moon	Female	Latin
Madeline		Female
Madonna		Female
Maria		Female
Marie		Female
Marley		Female	English surname; several place-name readings
Mary		Female
Matilda	Strength in battle	Female	Germanic-derived name
Mavis		Female
Meeko		Male
Mehitabel		Female
Meow		Unisex
Mickey Mouse		Unisex

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Horror Movie Cat Names: 36 Film Calls That Stay Usable After Midnight

Horror movie cat names work through a specific screen cat, character, performer, prop, or atmosphere, and the strongest choices remain comfortable outside a Halloween joke. This guide sorts 36 database-linked calls into film cats, gothic figures, slasher-era characters, survivors and investigators, haunted-family stories, and mood words. Jonesy, Church, Binx, Dracula, Mina, Freddy, Carrie, Ripley, Sidney, Regan, Annabelle, Raven, Ghost, Midnight, and the remaining candidates each receive a note about the film route, sound, spoiler risk, nickname drift, public explanation, or fit for a multi-cat home. A film-ledger method separates verified screen credits from franchise memory and keeps this page distinct from broad spooky, Gothic, Halloween, folklore, and game collections. Readers also test villain names without assigning aggression, review age and trauma boundaries, compare calls at three distances, and rehearse records. The final shortlist honors a movie the household actually knows while preserving an ordinary, kind call for daylight routines, clinics, boarding, and the cat’s full life.