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Midnight

Midnight means the middle of the night, especially twelve o’clock at night. The dictionary also records a figurative sense of deep darkness. A time reference and a darkness association can both explain the word without implying that a named cat is necessarily black.

Meaning
The middle of the night, especially twelve at night
Name or word origin
English word name

Sources and meaning notes

The time sense and figurative darkness sense are verified separately.

  • Merriam-Webster: midnight The cited English dictionary senses; not a claim that every pet with this name was named for that sense

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Catalog grouping: Male. This is a browsing label and does not restrict which cats can use the name.

Names in similar collections to Midnight

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.

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