I found a stray black cat and I might be keeping it. Im going to need a name. But Im not sure if its a boy or girl. The other cats I have are named Jezebeth (nn [name_f]Princess[/name_f]) and [name_m]Casper[/name_m]. Im not a fan of OBVIOUS names like [name_m]Midnight[/name_m], [name_f]Shadow[/name_f], or Smokey.
Names that would be okay:
Names that mean dark/black
Anything related to witches, demons, and supernatural beings
Also, anything from tv shows, movies, books, or games
Or anything historical
[name_m]Just[/name_m] please keep in mind its a black cat. Thanks!
she called Blackie, which did not seem fair to me even as a young girl so I named her Blackie Nokomis. It is a word from [name_m]Hiawatha[/name_m]. Hopefully not racist, I just thought it was a beautiful word and name and it suited her.
PS I just looked up Nokomis. “Daughter of the moon, Nokomis” is the line I remember from the poem. Nokomis means grandmother in Ojibwe, according to the source I read, which may or may not be right.
I have a jet black cat named Smudge, but that was more to do with her temperament than anything else. If I ever had a black male cat I would name him [name_u]Salem[/name_u] and if I ever had a another girl cat I would name her [name_u]Rue[/name_u] because of the Hunger Games character.
I had a black cat once named [name_m]Caspian[/name_m], but everyone outside out apartment called him Darth Vader, which ended up being pretty perfect.
[name_m]Cole[/name_m]/[name_m]Coal[/name_m]
[name_f]Eponine[/name_f]
[name_f]Kali[/name_f] (“black one,” a Hindu goddess of destruction)
[name_u]Merle[/name_u] (“blackbird”) or [name_m]Merlin[/name_m]
[name_f]Leila[/name_f] (“night or born at night”) or [name_f]Lilith[/name_f]
Gotham
[name_f]Isis[/name_f]
[name_f]India[/name_f] (for the black ink)
Noir
[name_u]Onyx[/name_u]
Phantom
[name_f]Wednesday[/name_f] or Pugsley (my cat has this name because she’s Halloween-colored, but [name_f]Wednesday[/name_f] Addams is a great name for a black cat, too)
Goody, Tituba, other [name_u]Salem[/name_u] witch trial names
Malleus or Malefica - the Malleus Maleficarum was a treatise on the prosecution of witches…
[name_m]Adham[/name_m] M black Arabic
[name_m]Adrian[/name_m] M black; dark; of the Adriatic Latin
Adrik M dark Russian
[name_u]Alva[/name_u] F black Spanish
Amaro M dark, like a [name_m]Moor[/name_m] Portuguese
[name_m]Ashur[/name_m] M black Hebrew
[name_u]Blake[/name_u] M black; dark Old English
Boorooree M dark; black Aust. Aboriginal
Boreen M/F dark Aust. Aboriginal
[name_u]Bran[/name_u] M raven Irish
[name_f]Brenna[/name_f] F raven-haired Irish, Gaelic
[name_m]Bronson[/name_m] M son of the dark man Anglo [name_m]Saxon[/name_m]
[name_m]Bruno[/name_m] M dark-skinned Teutonic
[name_u]Carden[/name_u] M from the black fortress Celtic
Cerin M little dark one Gaelic
Cerny M black Czechoslovakian
Chanyaka M/F blackberry Russian
[name_f]Charna[/name_f] F black Slavic Yiddish
Chogan M blackbird Algonquin
[name_m]Ciar[/name_m]án F black Irish, Gaelic
[name_u]Colby[/name_u] M from the dark village Anglo [name_m]Saxon[/name_m]
[name_m]Cole[/name_m] M swarthy, coal-black, charcoal Old [name_m]French[/name_m], English
[name_u]Corbin[/name_u] M raven; black-haired [name_m]French[/name_m]
[name_m]Cronin[/name_m] M little dark one Irish, Gaelic
Currinda M/F black duck Aust. Aboriginal
Daegan M black-haired Gaelic
Damis M dark Arabic
[name_u]Darcy[/name_u] M descendant of the dark-haired one Irish
Dargan M black-haired Irish
[name_m]Darry[/name_m] M dark Gaelic
[name_f]Dee[/name_f] F black, dark Welsh
[name_f]Devaki[/name_f] F black; mother of [name_u]Krishna[/name_u] [name_f]Indian[/name_f]
[name_m]Dolan[/name_m] M black-haired Irish
[name_m]Donahue[/name_m] M dark warrior Gaelic
[name_f]Donia[/name_f] F dark-skinned Celtic
Dorjan M dark Latin
[name_m]Dougal[/name_m] M the black stranger Gaelic, Celtic
[name_m]Dowan[/name_m] M black Irish
[name_m]Doyle[/name_m] M black; dark stranger Irish, Gaelic
Duanna F a little dark maiden Irish, Gaelic
Dubhán M little and dark Gaelic
[name_u]Duff[/name_u] M dark Scottish
[name_m]Duggan[/name_m] M black Irish
Duvessa F dark beauty Irish
[name_m]Dwayne[/name_m] M little and dark Gaelic
Dwyer M black Irish
[name_f]Ebonee[/name_f] F black Egyptian
[name_f]Ebony[/name_f] F black wood; dark beauty; strength English
[name_u]Emery[/name_u] M hard black substance English
Fascienne F black Latin
[name_m]Ferrer[/name_m] M blacksmith Catalan
[name_f]Fia[/name_f] F dark of peace Scottish
[name_m]Gethin[/name_m] M dark-skinned, swarthy Welsh
[name_m]Glendon[/name_m] M from the dark glen Gaelic
[name_f]Guadalupe[/name_f] M/F river of black stones Spanish
[name_f]Hadria[/name_f] F dark Latin
Huyen F having a reflective black colour Vietnamese
[name_m]Jett[/name_m] M intense dark colour English
Kaki M/F black stilt (bird) Maori
[name_f]Kala[/name_f] M/F black Hindi
[name_f]Kali[/name_f] M the black one Sanskrit
Kangee M raven [name_f]Sioux[/name_f]
[name_f]Kanika[/name_f] F black material [name_m]Kenyan[/name_m]
Kannan M black, dark-coloured Hindi
Karak M red-tailed black cockatoo Aust. Aboriginal
[name_f]Karrah[/name_f] M/F black cockatoo Aust. Aboriginal
Karuvili F with beautiful black eyes [name_f]Indian[/name_f]
Kasch M like a blackbird [name_m]German[/name_m]
[name_u]Kieran[/name_u] M black; black-haired Irish, Gaelic
[name_u]Kerry[/name_u] M black-haired Irish, Gaelic
Koll M dark Norse
Koori M blackfellow Aust. Aboriginal
[name_f]Leila[/name_f] F dark as the night Arabic
[name_f]Lela[/name_f] F black Kiswahili
Li M/F black; strength; plum; sharp Chinese
[name_f]Lilith[/name_f] F dark; a woman of the night Hebrew
[name_m]Lon[/name_m]án M little blackbird Irish
[name_f]Mavra[/name_f] F dark Russian
[name_f]Melanie[/name_f] F black, dark-skinned Greek
[name_u]Merle[/name_u] F blackbird Latin
[name_m]Moritz[/name_m] M dark-skinned Swiss
[name_m]Morris[/name_m] M dark skinned Latin
[name_f]Nerissa[/name_f] F black, black-haired Italian
[name_m]Nero[/name_m] M dark, black-haired Latin/Italian
[name_u]Onyx[/name_u] M/F black-coloured stone
Preto the colour black Portuguese
Prieto M black, a dark colour Sephardic
Pugana M shadow Aust. Aboriginal
Quiran F dark; black Irish
Sauda F black; dark complexion Muslim
Shyam M dark, black, blue Sanskrit
Siksika M black foot (referring to moccasin style) [name_u]Nat[/name_u]. American
[name_u]Sullivan[/name_u] M black eyes; little dark eye Gaelic
Swarz M black [name_m]German[/name_m]
Taiko M/F black petrel (bird) Maori
[name_f]Tara[/name_f] M/F black-fronted and white-fronted tern (bird) Maori
Toondoo M/F dark Aust. Aboriginal
[name_m]Tynan[/name_m] M the dark one Gaelic
I always wanted to name my cat Maleficent if I had one alternatively you could use the name of a plant or ingredient used commonly in witchcraft and potion-brewing like Blood [name_f]Willow[/name_f]
like Blood [name_f]Willow[/name_f]