Looking for a few brilliant literary names for cats?

You’re going to love this list with more than 225 ideas!

Whether you want to name your cat after a classic author or plan to borrow one of their character’s names, we’ve got you covered.

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Literary Names for Cats

Literary cat names are usually based on authors, characters, or book titles. We’ve covered all those bases and more below.

We’ve even added in some famous mythological cat names! Grab a cup of coffee and let’s get started!

You may also like these awesome black cat names based on Disney characters!

Literary Cat Names- Male

1. Dickens
2. Doyle
3. Faulkner
4. Fitzgerald
5. Hemingway
6. Jules
7. Kerouac
8. Legend
9. Lewis
10. Limerick
11. Orwell
12. Poe
13. R.L. Stine
14. Roald
15. Salinger
16. Seuss
17. Shakespeare
18. Steinbeck
19. Tolkien
20. Twain
21. Victor

Literary Cat Names- Female

1. Agatha
2. Alice
3. Austen
4. Beatrix
5. Blume
6. Charlotte
7. Cleary
8. Enid
9. Harper
10. Louisa
11. Lyric
12. Margaret
13. Novella
14. Rowling
15. Stephenie
16. Virginia

Fictional Cat Names- Male

1. Admetus
2. Albus
3. Alonzo
4. Aragorn
5. Aslan
6. Bagheera
7. Baloo
8. Bartleby
9. Behemoth
10. Carbonel
11. Carlisle
12. Cheshire Cat
13. Clovis
14. Crookshanks
15. Dobby
16. Eeyore
17. Elrond
18. Emmett
19. Frodo
20. Gandalf
21. Gimli
22. Gollum
23. Hagrid
24. Jasper
25. Legolas
26. Macavity
27. Mad Hatter
28. Mogget
29. Mowgli
30. Mr. Darcy
31. Peeta
32. Peter Pan
33. Piglet
34. Rum Tum Tuggers
35. Rumpus Cat
36. Skimbleshanks
37. Snape
38. Tao
39. Thumper
40. Tumnus
41. Tybalt

Fictional Cat Names- Female

1. Ariadne
2. Arwen
3. Bambi
4. Beezus
5. Bella
6. Bombalurina
7. Bungle
8. Buttercup
9. Catarina
10. Cordelia
11. Cressida
12. Dinah
13. Elinor
14. Esme
15. Estella
16. Eureka
17. Galadriel
18. Ginger
19. Grizabella
20. Harriet
21. Jemima
22. Josephine
23. Katniss
24. Kirjava
25. Kitsa
26. Lady May
27. Lisbeth
28. Mable
29. Miss Havisham
30. Miss Marple
31. Miss Moppet
32. Mittens
33. Mrs. Norris
34. Ophelia
35. Pearl
36. Pippi
37. Ramona
38. Ribby
39. Rosalie
40. Rue
41. Sagwa
42. Tabitha
43. Tiger Lily
44. Tinker Bell

Famous Cat Names in History- Male

1. Aristotle
2. Atticus
3. Ebenezer
4. Finn
5. Garfield
6. Gatsby
7. Gulliver
8. Hamlet
9. Heathcliff
10. Hobbes
11. Huckleberry
12. Ichabod
13. Moby
14. Othello
15. Pip
16. Puck
17. Robinson
18. Romeo
19. Sawyer
20. Sherlock

Famous Cat Names in History- Female

1. Alberline
2. Arya
3. Dahlia
4. Daisy
5. Estrella
6. Fable
7. Jane
8. Juliet
9. Macbeth
10. Matilda
11. Poppins
12. Raven
13. Scarlett
14. Scout
15. Zelda

Famous Cats in Mythology

Looking for famous cats in mythology?

Well, these characters aren’t all specifically of the feline nature but they do make perfect names for your cat!

I’ve noted the names that are specifically famous cats in mythology.

Famous Mythology Cat Names- Male

1. Achilles
2. Adonis
3. Apollo
4. Ares
5. Aries
6. Asterion
7. Atlas
8. Bakeneko (Japanese mythological cat)
9. Dawon (Hindu mythological tiger)
10. Hades
11. Helios
12. Hercules
13. Hermes
14. Hyperion
15. Jupiter
16. Kronos
17. Loki
18. Mars
19. Mercury
20. Morpheus
21. Neptune
22. Oedipus
23. Perseus
24. Poseidon
25. Prometheus
26. Saturn
27. Thanatos
28. Theseus
29. Titan
30. Vulcan
31. Zeus

Famous Mythology Cat Names- Female

1. Aphrodite
2. Artemis
3. Athena
4. Bastet (Egyptian Cat Goddess)
5. Callisto
6. Calypso
7. Ceres
8. Daphne
9. Demeter
10. Flora
11. Fortunia
12. Freya
13. Gaia
14. Harmonia
15. Hera
16. Hestia
17. Iris
18. Isadora
19. Juno
20. Maia
21. Nekomata (mythological shape-shifting cat from Japan)
22. Nyx
23. Pandora
24. Rhea
25. Selene
26. Siren
27. Thalia
28. Theia
29. Themis
30. Venus
31. Vesta