Movie Cat Names, Names After Famous Cats In Film, Page 4

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
Milo		Male	Germanic and Latinized Greek name histories
Minnie	A familiar form of Wilhelmina	Female	English
Mirage		Male
Missy		Female
Mittens	Hand coverings with a separate thumb section	Unisex	English word name
Mouse		Unisex
Mr. Whiskers		Unisex
Mufasa		Unisex
Mulan		Unisex
Munchkin		Unisex
Muppet		Unisex
Mushu		Unisex
Myrtle		Female
Mystique		Female
Nala		Female
Nanny		Unisex
Nelson		Male
Nermal		Unisex
Nyan		Unisex
Octavia		Female
Olive	The olive tree or its fruit	Female	English and French word name
Oliver		Male	Old French form; earlier derivation disputed
Olivia		Female	Literary name; earlier derivation uncertain
Owl		Unisex
Paris		Female
Pegasus		Male
Percy		Male
Pete		Male
Peter Pan		Unisex
Piglet		Unisex
Pocahontas		Unisex
Pom-Pom		Unisex
Pongo		Unisex
Precious		Female
Primrose		Female
Princess	A female member of a royal family	Female	English word name
Pussyfoot		Unisex
Queen		Female
Rabbit		Unisex
Raja		Female
Rajah		Male
Rapunzel		Unisex
Razor		Unisex
Ripley		Male
Rita		Female
Rocky	A familiar form of Rocco or a nickname for a tough person	Male	English nickname usage
Rogue		Male
Roo		Unisex
Rose	The rose flower association; also an older personal-name history	Female	English and French name histories
Rosebud		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.