Tuxedo Cat Names: 80+ Dapper Black-and-White Ideas

A tuxedo cat is not a breed but a striking coat pattern: a black cat wearing a crisp white shirt-front, with white on the chest, belly, and paws and often a splash on the chin or face, so the animal looks ready for a black-tie dinner. The look comes from the white-spotting gene at the KIT locus, inherited as an incomplete dominant trait and expressed at a low grade, so pigment loss is limited to the underside and feet. Those white paws earn nicknames like mittens, boots, and spats, while a white chest blaze completes the formalwear illusion. Because tuxedo is a pattern rather than a color, naming leans hard into elegance and contrast. You can dress your cat in formalwear words like Tux, Bowtie, Spats, Dapper, and Gatsby, lean on butlers and gentlemen with Jeeves, Alfred, Butler, Duke, and Earl, or play the black-and-white contrast with Oreo, Domino, Penguin, Magpie, and Orca. Famous tuxedos give you ready-made picks, too: Socks, the white-pawed cat the Clintons adopted in 1991, the cartoon stars Sylvester and Felix, and Simon, the black-and-white ship cat of HMS Amethyst who earned the Dickin Medal. Whether you want something suave like Sinatra, monochrome like Onyx, or cheeky like Pepper, the pattern practically names itself. Read the genetics, scan the list of confirmed picks below, then say each finalist aloud near your cat to see which one fits the little gentleman or lady you have taken in.