Top 10 Trending Cat Names from 2024
- mmchapter
- Jun 16
- 2 min read
As a multi-cat owner, deciding on names has always been difficult—I want the name to
match the personality of the cat, which can be hard. By the time we need a name (1st vet visit), they are too young to get to know the personality (or have come with a name, and
we rarely change it). I also want the names to be unique, not something that gets used all the time.
Coming up with a single name is hard enough, but we recently had to come up with six names! That was hard—Ash literally got named in the parking lot at the vet's office before her first visit.
The personality has always played a big part for me in naming them (along with not wanting to be embarrassed telling people the name of my pets). Only one time have I named a cat in honor of someone else. Tanner - he got named for my great-grandmother who passed away a little under 4 years ago. She had an orange cat named Tanner. My little tribute to her and her cat is having my own Tanner. However, our Tanner is so different in all the ways from her Tanner. The one thing they share is they do like attention. Our Tanner just takes a bit to warm up to you to get the attention. Her Tanner was happy to get attention from anyone and liked to go for car rides!
Where does your pets name fall on the top ten list of 2024 pet names?
Top 10 Male Cat Names:
Milo
Oliver
Leo
Charlie
Loki
Max
Simba
Jack
Ollie
Jasper
Top 10 Female Cat Names:
Luna
Lilly
Bella
Lucy
Callie
Nala
Kitty
Willow
Cleo
Daisy
Surprisingly, we have one on the list - Jasper! From house sitting, I know quite a few Milos, Lillies, Lunas, Lucys, and Kitties. I wonder all the time about people who land on Kitty and say that's the name. Were they thinking, "Oh, we aren't keeping this cat, it's a temporary name until we find something better," or just pure naming laziness?
Till our tails cross again,
Mel
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