Famous Cats That Start With N

N2

A "talking cat" who appeared on Animal Planet's "My Pet's Gone Viral" on March 31, 2013.

Nala

Movie 1994 · The Lion King (Walt Disney Animation, 1994)

Loyal, pragmatic, persistent; refuses to accept Scar's rule and acts on conviction.

Nala Cat

Internet 2010 · Instagram (@nala_cat, 2012–present)

Round-cheeked blue-eyed mixed-breed cat whose visual template shaped the broader Instagram-cat aesthetic.

Nana

Book 2012 · The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa

A wry, fiercely loyal former stray who narrates his own road trip with dry wit.

Nansen

The ship's cat on board Belgica during the Belgian Antarctic Expedition 1897–99.

Neco-Arc

Game 2000 · Tsukihime (Type-Moon)

Cat-deformed version of Arcueid Brunestud that says "Bun!" and acts as a fourth-wall-breaking parody mascot.

Nekomata

Historical 1233 · Meigetsuki by Fujiwara no Teika (1233 entry); l...

In Edo-era illustrations a long-lived cat whose tail splits in two upon reaching old age, said to walk on hind legs, speak human language, and animate the dead.

Nermal

The self-proclaimed "world's cutest kitten in the animation Garfield.

Nicole Watterson

A blue cat in the animation The Amazing World of Gumball, the mother of Gumball Watterson, and one of the main characters.

Nigger Man

A cat plays a pivotal role in the book The Rats in the Walls.

Niki

An Internet celebrity known for his humanlike behavior, facial expression and passion to pose for photo and video.

Nitama

Real pet 2015 · Kishi Station, Wakayama Electric Railway, Japan...

Working stationmaster cat with formal cap and small office at the station entrance; greets passengers daily.

Noboru Wataya

A cat from the book The Wind Up Bird Chronicle, later renamed Mackerel.

Nora

A gray tabby cat who plays the piano alongside her owner.

Norton

A Scottish fold tabby belonging to Peter Gethers; memorialized in novels The Cat Who Went to Paris, A Cat Abroad & The Cat Who'll Live Forever.

Nothing

Real pet 1970 · Jean-Paul Sartre household (philosopher, 1905–1...

The cat of Jean-Paul Sartre.

Nyan Cat

Internet 2011 · Christopher Torres / "Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya!" m...

Pixel-art cat with a Pop-Tart torso, leaving a rainbow trail across space to a Japanese pop song on infinite loop.

Nyanko-sensei

Comic 2003 · Natsume's Book of Friends

Greedy for sake and dried squid, gruff on the surface but quietly protective; transforms between a chubby maneki-neko form and a massive white spirit beast.