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If you’re looking for some amazingly spectacular sporty cat names, you’re in the right place!
I whipped up a huge list of ideas for your active furball!
From Olympic medalists to famous boxers to epic soccer players, there’s something for every sports fan below.
Let’s take a look!
Sporty Cat Names For Males
- Ace – English name for the one who comes in first. Unity.
- Agassi – Hebrew name for the winner.
- Ali – Muslim name, after one of the most famous fighters.
- Andre – English name, meaning ‘manly.’
- Armstrong – after Lance Armstrong.
- Arnold – after Arnold Schwarzenegger who’s a professional bodybuilder.
- August – beautiful name for the one who’s venerable.
- Austin -English name meaning ‘exalted one.’
- Barkley – after Charles Barkley.
- Beckham – after the famous soccer player.
- Ben – after Ben Affleck who went though amazing transformations for movies.
- Blade – cool sporty name meaning ‘glory.’
- Blitz – perfect name for a very fast cat.
- Boris – Slavic name meaning ‘fighter.’
- Bradshaw – after famous football player Terry Bradshaw.
- Brady – Irish name for a powerful one.
- Brett – after American football player Brett Favre.
- Bronson – after Australia’s professional wrestler Bronson Reed.
- Brooks – after the famous running shoes brand.
- Cal – Latin name for a bald one.
- Calvin – after the Calvin Knights team.
- Cassius – after Muhammad Ali’s birth name.
- Champion – for the little champion you have.
- Colt – English name from The Dark Town.
- Cooper – after the famous Bradley Cooper.
- Cornelius – after American athlete Cornelius Johnson.
- Crosby – after Canadian ice hockey player Sidney Crosby.
- Delvin – after American football cornerback Delvin Breaux.
- Dempsey – after American football player Clint Dempsey.
- Denton – after Peter Denton, the Australian pole vaulter.
- Derek – after British athlete Derek Redmond.
- Desmond – after Jamaican athlete Desmond Morris.
- Dexter – after American bodybuilder Dexter Jackson.
- Dodger – inspired from the famous Dodger Stadium in LA.
- Dublin – Hebrew name for the winner.
- Duke – English name for an always winning cat.
- Earnest – after 1920’s legend Ernest Glover.
- Edwin – after Edwin Moses, the American athlete.
- Emmett – after famous Tim Emmett.
- Ernie – after American basketball player Ernie Grunfeld.
- Evander – after professional boxer Evander Holyfield.
- Falcon – English name for a very fast cat.
- Fortney – Latin name meaning the strong one.’
- Franco – after bodybuilder Franco Columbu.
- Frankie – after Namibian athlete Frankie Fredericks.
- Frazier – after American boxer Joe Frazier.
- Gabriel – after Brazilian hurdler Gabriel Constantino.
- Garfield – great name for a cat who should be sporty, but isn’t.
- Grant – after Australian athlete Bob Grant
- Kobe – after famous late and great Kobe Bryant.
It’s hard to choose a favorite, especially since everyone loves different sports. I like “Blitz” or “Blade” as general sporty cat names, though!
Sporty Cat Names For Females
- Althea – after American tennis player Althea Gibson.
- Anna – after Russian tennis player Anna Kournikova.
- Annika – after professional golfer Annika Sörenstam.
- Babe – after Babe Ruth.
- Blue – one of the sportiest names ever!
- Bo – after professional baseball player Bo Jackson.
- Bonnie – a very elegant and sporty name.
- Brandi – after athlete Brandi Cross.
- Candace – after professional basketball player Candace Parker.
- Cy – after baseball player Cy Young.
- Dara – after famous Dara Torres.
- Deanna – after DeAnna Price.
- Demi – after trainer Demi Bagby.
- Devi – after Indian athlete Anjali Devi.
- Dominique – after Dominique Blake.
- Fatima – after Spanish athlete Fátima Diame.
- Flora – after Greek hurdler Flora Redoumi.
- Florence – after Florence Griffith Joyner.
- Francesca – after Italian soccer player Francesca Penasso.
- Fu – after Chinese athlete Fu Baolu.
- Gabriella – after Gabriella Papadakis, the French ice dancer.
- Gail – after Canadian professional wrestler Gail Kim.
- Heather – after Canadian athlete Heather Moyse.
- Jackie – After American athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee.
- Janet – after Janet Simpson.
- Jennie – after British athlete Jenny Meadows.
- Jesse – after athlete Jesse Owens.
- Kara – after American track and field athlete Kara Winger.
- Katarina – after German ice skater Katarina Witt.
- Kendra – after American hurdler Kendra Harrison.
- Laila – after runner Laila Traby.
- Lana – after American professional wrestler.
- London – after British athlete Jack London.
- Maeve – after Irish Olympic athlete Maeve Kyle.
- Marlene – after famous Olympic athlete Marlene Mathews.
- Martina – after Tennis player Martina Hingis.
- Mia – after professional soccer player Mia Hamm.
- Misty – after ballerina Misty Copeland.
- Nadia – after Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci.
- Paula – after famous Paula Radcliffe.
- Rita – after Indian athlete Rita Sen.
- Rochelle – after Brazilian Rochele Nunes.
- Serena – after Serena Williams.
- Sheila – after American athlete Sheila Taormina.
- Silken – after Canadian rower Silken Laumann.
- Sonya – after athlete Sonia Lannaman.
- Svetlana – after Russian ballerina Svetlana Zakharova.
- Tatyana – after American-Russian athlete Tatyana McFadden.
- Victoria – Latin name meaning ‘victory.’
- Yolanda – after Russian athlete Yolanda Chen.
In my opinion, Althea is a beautiful, sporty name for a female cat! I also really love Maeve.
How about you? What are your favorite sporty cat names? Share below!
What cute names! When I have a pet I tend to go with the name of the animal plus “y” at the end haha.
This is a nice page to bookmak. I’ll refer this post to my friend because he has a lot of them lol
These are cool names and quite a lot to choose from. I like the name Tatyana.
These are really great names I am so not a cat person they usually freak me out and don’t even know why.
There are some really cool cat names here for sure. Love the sound of Desmond – after Jamaican athlete Desmond Morris x
I have always enjoyed your list of cat names. So far in this list, my favorites are Duke, Garfield and Misty. 🙂
What fun names for cats. Love Dempsey and Agassi as names. No cats planned here but you have a lot of great resources