Miso
Miso names a fermented paste used in Japanese cooking. Soybeans are a principal ingredient, with salt and often a grain such as rice or barley. Used for a cat, Miso is a culinary reference rather than evidence of a separate personal-name meaning.
- Meaning
- Fermented paste used in Japanese cooking, chiefly made from soybeans
- Name or word origin
- Japanese food word
Sources and meaning notes
The description is limited to the dictionary’s food sense and does not make health or dietary claims for cats.
- Merriam-Webster: miso The English word and its documented lexical sense; not a claim about every possible personal-name origin
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Catalog grouping: Unisex. This is a browsing label and does not restrict which cats can use the name.
Popularity in cited datasets
Each position below belongs to its publisher’s sample and time period. These are not iCatNames registration counts or a combined ranking.
| Dataset scope | Position | Source |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. cat names — top 100 | #52 | Rover catalog (checked 2026-10-26; undated) |
An undated catalog checked in 2026 is not a 2025 annual result. Historical reports keep their published period. Source records on this page were checked on 2026-10-26.
Compare the checked ranking snapshotsNames in similar collections to Miso
These entries have source references and overlap with this name in the site’s editorial collections. The overlap does not measure pet-owner preferences or prove a shared linguistic origin.
| Name | Meaning or reference |
|---|---|
| Mochi | Japanese rice cake made from cooked, pounded glutinous rice |
| Sushi | Japanese dishes typically made with vinegar-seasoned rice |
| Biscuit | A small quick bread in US usage or a cookie in British usage |
| Coco | See the name-history reference |
| Pepper | The seasoning made from pepper fruit; also a plant word |