Vintage Cat Names, Names from Classic Literature Starting With M

These are vintage cat names that start with the letter M. Use the alphabet bar to switch to a different starting letter, or view all vintage cat names.

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Name	Meaning	Gender	Origin
Mabel		Female
Mac		Male
Mae		Female
Maggie	A familiar form of Margaret	Female	English
Maisie	A Scottish familiar form of Mairead	Female	Scottish
Margaret		Female
Mariah		Female
Marilyn		Female
Marlena		Unisex
Martin		Male
Marvin		Male
Matilda	Strength in battle	Female	Germanic-derived name
Maude		Female
Max	Short form of Maximilian, Maxim or Maxwell	Male	Multiple European name usages
Maximilian		Male
Maxine		Female
Maxwell		Male
May		Female
Meredith		Female
Miles		Male
Millie	A familiar form of Mildred, Millicent and similar names	Female	English
Milly		Unisex
Milo		Male	Germanic and Latinized Greek name histories
Minerva		Female
Minnie	A familiar form of Wilhelmina	Female	English
Miranda		Female
Miriam		Female
Montgomery		Male
Monty		Male
Muriel		Female
Myrtle		Female

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There is a specific comedy in naming a four-pound kitten like a 1920s bank manager, and the old-man and grandma cat name trend runs on exactly that contrast. Grounded in real early-1900s naming records (Walter, Mildred, Ethel and Mabel were once everyday names), this tip sorts vintage cat names by flavor: dapper old-gentleman picks (Walter, Herbert, Frank, Harold, Mortimer, Bernard), great-aunt and grandma names (Mabel, Agnes, Ethel, Gladys, Gertrude, Beatrice), and cozy antique nicknames (Gus, Bea, Hank, Sal, Millie, Sadie). It covers names that aged backward into cool again (Hazel, Pearl, Iris, Oscar, Henry, Edith), coat matches for white, ginger, black and tuxedo cats, and old-married-couple duos like Walter and Mabel or Gus and Bea. A short choosing section helps you pick the joke, the warmth, or the timeless option for your cat. The appeal is partly nostalgic: many of these names belonged to grandparents and great-aunts, so they carry warmth as well as wit.