Names Categorized "cats"

Etymology and OriginsArtemis is a name of uncertain etymology, rooted in ancient Greek. It may derive from the Greek word ἀρτεμής (artemes), meaning "safe" or "unharmed," or alternatively from ἄρταμος (artamos), meaning...

Babür is the Turkish form of Babur, derived from the Persian word for "tiger." This name is most famously associated with Zahir ud-Din Muhammad, the 16th-century founder of the Mughal Empire in India, who bore Babur as a...

Balam is a masculine given name of Mayan origin, meaning "jaguar" in various Mayan languages, including Yucatec Maya (báalam) and K'iche' Maya (balam). The jaguar held great symbolic importance in Mesoamerican cultures,...

Bastet is an ancient Egyptian goddess of cats, fertility, and the sun, whose name derives from the Egyptian bꜣstt, possibly linked to bꜣs meaning "ointment jar" with a feminine t suffix. In Egyptian mythology, Bastet was...

Cat is a feminine given name in English, primarily used as a diminutive of Catherine or Katherine. While it may also derive from the English word for the domestic feline, its most common origin is as a short form of the...

Garfield is an English masculine given name derived from a surname of Old English origin. The surname itself comes from the Old English elements gara meaning "spear" or gār meaning "triangle" (a wedge-shaped piece of lan...

Ixchel is the ancient Maya goddess of midwifery, medicine, and childbirth, and her name is also used as a given name, particularly in contemporary times. Etymologically, it likely derives from Classic Maya ix "lady" and...

Lucifer is a masculine name drawn from Judeo-Christian-Islamic tradition. In Latin, the name means "bringing light," from lux "light" and fero "to bring." Originally the Latin name for the morning star (Venus), it appear...

Etymology and MythologyLuna directly means "the moon" in Latin, and it is also the word for moon in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and other Romance languages. In Roman mythology, Luna was the goddess of the Moon, often d...

Etymology and RootNahuel is a Spanish-adapted variant of the Mapuche given name Nawel, which translates to "jaguar." In the Mapuche language of southern Chile and Argentina, the jaguar (or its regional equivalent, the ya...

Nala 2 is the name of a lioness in the animated Disney movie The Lion King (1994). Despite its fame, the name Nala (spelled similarly but not identical to the Swahili word nala) has no verifiable meaning in the Swahili l...

Nawel is a male given name of Mapuche origin, meaning "jaguar." The jaguar (Panthera onca) holds profound symbolic significance in Mapuche culture, representing strength, ferocity, and spiritual power. In the Mapuche wor...