250+ Best Name Ideas for Orange Cats
Layne previously worked for 6 years at an animal shelter and grew up in a household of rescue animals—dogs, cats, birds, and turtles.
250+ fun orange cat names to choose from.
Great Name Ideas for Orange or "Ginger" Tabby Cats
Did you recently welcome an orange or ginger cat or kitten into your family? Congratulations on becoming a new cat guardian! Orange cats are known for their awesomely adaptable personalities and cool demeanors.
Did you know that the ratio of orange tabbies is 80:20 male cats to female cats? So if your new cat friend is a female orange tabby, choose a special name to match! If your new cat friend is a male orange tabby, find him a super unique, cool, or traditional name to match his stellar personality!
Is your orange kitty a Pippy?
Cool Ginger Cat Names for Males
Aladdin | Beans |
Alf | Berlin |
Alvin | Biscuit |
Amigo | Blaze |
Angus | Boomer |
Apollo | Buster |
Archie | Butter |
Austin | Buzz |
Avalon | Caesar |
Bacon | Calvin |
Bandit | Canon |
Cool Ginger Cat Names for Females
Addy | Bijou |
Alex | Bitty |
Alice | Blondie |
Amber | Blossom |
Annie | Boo |
Apricot | Bootsy |
Aspen | Brandy |
Aura | Bumble |
Baby | Calypso |
Bam Bam | Camille |
Bella Rose | Candy |
Maybe your spicy cat is a Curry.
Fun Orange Cat Names for Boys
Captain | Diesel |
Carrot | Dorito |
Cayenne | Dusty |
Cheeta | Ed |
Cheeto | Falcon |
Chess | Felix |
Chester | Figaro |
Colby | Finley |
Conan | Flame |
Curry | Garfield |
Dexter | Gato |
Fun Orange Cat Names for Girls
Cece | Dolly |
Cecil | Dotty |
Cha Cha | Duffy |
Chloe | Eden |
Clove | Fae |
Clover | Fancy |
Coral | Fawn |
Coraline | Fiona |
Cream | Frida |
Daisy | Frito |
Danny | Ginger |
Maybe your new best friend is a Clover.
Special Names for Males
Gizmo | Lenny |
Gouda | Leo |
Gus | Loki |
Ham | Lou |
Harry | Mars |
Hobbes | Maximus |
Jack | Milo |
Jasper | Mouse |
Jupiter | Mowgli |
Kermit | Nacho |
Kit Kat | Nadi |
Special Names for Females
Goldie | Katrina |
Gracie | Kit |
Hannah | Lady |
Hazel | Lana |
Heidi | Lisa |
Honey | Lydia |
India | Lyric |
Jersey | Mango |
Jesse | Manta |
Kara | Marie |
Kashmir | Matcha |
Fun Ginger Cat Facts
Unique Names for Males
Nemo | Pumpkin |
Ninja | Rascal |
Noodle | Red |
Nugget | Romeo |
Peety | Rusty |
Pepe | Salsa |
Phil | Sammy |
Pickles | Schmidt |
Presley | Shark |
Prince | Sheba |
Pringle | Sid |
Maybe your new cat is a Cara?
Unique Names for Females
Melody | Patty |
Memo | Peach |
Mini | Peaches |
Mint | Pear |
Minx | Penguin |
Molly | Penny |
Mouse | Pepper |
Nelly | Pippi |
Nena | Pixie |
Nia | Popcorn |
Nicky | Poppy |
Nutmeg | Princess |
Traditional Names for Boy Cats
Simba | Tigger |
Skylar | Timmy |
Smarty | Timon |
Smokey | Tiny |
Spencer | Titan |
Sunny | Tito |
Syke | Toby |
Taj | Tom Tom |
Tango | Trix |
Teddy | Trouble |
Thor | Turnip |
Tiger | Viking |
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Traditional Names for Girl Cats
Pudding | Spice |
Puma | Sprite |
Rocky | Stella |
Roo | Sugar |
Saffron | Sunny |
Sandy | Suz |
Sapphire | Taiga |
Savanna | Tali |
Shanti | Tango |
Sheila | Tea |
Sol | Teagan |
Cool Male Cat Names
Vitty | Zack |
Willy | Zappa |
Wolfie | Zero |
Yoda | Zeus |
Yogi | Ziggy |
York | Zinc |
Yuba | Z.Z. |
Cool Female Names
Tilly | Venus |
Tink | Vera |
Tiny | Winnie |
Tulum | Xena |
Twiggy | Yoko |
Vanilla | Zoe |
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Comments
Andrea Perez on August 20, 2020:
My cat is orange and white a female, I named her Clementine
Coren on April 28, 2020:
i like Sandy and Twiggy!
Layne Holmes (author) from Bend, Oregon on January 06, 2020:
Hi "Person" I love the name "Ginger" even it is very popular.
Person on January 04, 2020:
My orange cat's name isn't very original. his name is Ginger
Layne Holmes (author) from Bend, Oregon on December 22, 2019:
Hi Kathy—Gizmo is adorable . . . and Sunshine is lovely for an orange tabby.
Pullen—Habanero is simply great!!!!
pullen on December 21, 2019:
My boy is "Habanero" Coz hes a little spicy... well he was.
Kathy Lopata on November 01, 2019:
Had two ginger boys recently. One was Sunshine (originally named Gizmo by previous owner); the other, Herbie. Previously had Jasper. All had fantastic, but each individual, purrsonalities!
Layne Holmes (author) from Bend, Oregon on August 16, 2019:
Cute names Lori!
Lori Barrett on August 15, 2019:
i had 3 cats named Ringo, Tish and chance!
Liz Wilson on July 25, 2019:
My ginger kitty's name is Marbles. He was so small with big eyes they looked like MARBLES..There's his name.
Kate Youngblood on July 16, 2019:
I have a unique name for my orange tabby boy - Keddy.
Layne Holmes (author) from Bend, Oregon on June 29, 2019:
Kristin—I absolutely love the name Piggy! SO cute! Thanks for sharing.
Kristin on June 29, 2019:
My 3 furbabies (all Orange males).... Jake, Piggy and Colby ❤
Layne Holmes (author) from Bend, Oregon on April 26, 2019:
Hi Dawn—I love that name idea!
Dawn on April 25, 2019:
I had an orange cat named weasley after ron weasley off harry potter
Layne Holmes (author) from Bend, Oregon on December 20, 2018:
beautiful name for an orange male cat!
Marina on December 20, 2018:
My male orange cat is Gedeone
