Pepper
Pepper is an English word for a seasoning and related plants. The word has an older history through forms including Old English pipor and Latin piper. Those are stages in the word’s history, rather than a separate literal translation of the English pet-name spelling.
- Meaning
- The seasoning made from pepper fruit; also a plant word
- Name or word origin
- English word name
Sources and meaning notes
This entry explains the English word used as a name. It does not assert a personality or coat-colour requirement.
- Merriam-Webster: pepper The English word and its documented lexical sense; not a claim about every possible personal-name origin
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Catalog grouping: Male. 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 | #13 | 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.
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