Cats

Wild

1. Bobcat
2. Caracal
3. Cheetah
4. Colocolo
5. Cougar
6. Jaguar
7. Jaguarundi
8. Kodkod
9. Leopard
10. Lion
11. Lynx
12. Margay
13. Mountain lion
14. Ocelot
15. Oncilla
16. Panther
17. Puma
18. Serval
19. Snow leopard
20. Tiger
21. Wildcat

Famous

1. Garfield
2. Simba (Lion King)
3. Nala (Lion King)
4. Mufasa (Lion King)
5. Sarabi (Lion King)
6. Cringer (He-Man's trusty mount)
7. Tom (Tom and Jerry)
8. Shere Khan (Jungle Book)
9. Felix (the cat)
10. Sylvester
11. Tigger
12. Scratchy (Simpsons)
13. Snowball I (Simpsons)
14. Snowball II (Simpsons)
15. Hobbes (Calvin & Hobbes)
16. Socks (Clinton's Cat)
17. Stimpy (Ren & Stimpy)
18. Figaro (Pinnocchio)
19. Oliver (Oliver & Company)
20. Madcat (Inspector Gadget)
21. Snagglepuss
22. Bill The Cat (Outland by Berkeley Breathed)
23. Crookshanks (Harry Potter - Hermione Granger's cat)

Translations

1. Chat (French for 'cat')
2. Gato (Spanish for 'cat')
3. Gatto (Italian for 'cat')
4. Kat (Dutch for 'cat')
5. Katt (Swedish for 'cat')
6. Katze (German for 'cat')
7. Kissa (Finnish for 'cat')
8. Kocka (Czech for 'cat')
9. Koshka (Russian for 'cat')
10. Kotka (Bulgarian for 'cat')
11. Löwe (German for 'lion')
12. Macka (Slovak for 'cat'
13. Neko (Japanese for 'cat')
14. Paka (Swahili for 'cat')

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

This book by T.S. Eliot was used as a template for the musical "Cats".

The Naming of Cats

1. Peter
2. Augustus
3. Alonzo
4. James
5. Victor
6. Jonathan
7. George
8. Bill Bailey
9. Plato
10. Admetus
11. Electra
12. Demeter
13. Munkustrap
14. Quaxo
15. Coricopat
16. Bombalurina
17. Jellylorum

Other chapters

1. Jennyanydots
2. Growltiger
3. Griddlebone
4. Rum Tum Tugger
5. Mungojerrie
6. Rumpelteazer
7. Old Deuteronomy
8. Great Rumpuscat
9. Mr. Mistoffelees
10. Macavity
11. Gus
12. Bustopher Jones
13. Skimbleshanks
14. Cat Morgan

Used by

• Apple used the wild cat naming scheme for their OS X operating system releases until OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) in 2013.