Cat name lists / By Coat Color
Black Cat Names
Black cats get the best names: the spooky (Salem, Binx), the literal (Coal, Onyx), the sleek (Panther, Jet). Ranked below by how many licensed cats actually carry each one.
| Name | Gender | Trend | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shadow The classic black-cat name — always underfoot. | Either | ||
| 2 | Pepper The spice-rack staple for dark coats. | Either | ||
| 3 | Midnight The darkest hour, worn proudly. | Either | ||
| 4 | Salem The witchy patron saint of black cats. | Either | ||
| 5 | Ash Smoky and short. | Either | ||
| 6 | Storm Dark skies, dramatic entrances. | Either | ||
| 7 | Onyx Jet-black gemstone, jet-black cat. | Either | ||
| 8 | Raven The glossiest black bird. | Girl | ||
| 9 | Domino Black, with a little white. | Boy | ||
| 10 | Ebony The near-black hardwood. | Girl | ||
| 11 | Cinder What's left when the fire burns down. | Girl | ||
| 12 | Panther Sleek big-cat energy in a house-cat body. | Either | ||
| 13 | Binx The black cat from Hocus Pocus. | Boy | ||
| 14 | Licorice The candy nobody's neutral about. | Either | ||
| 15 | Magic Black cats had it first. | Either | ||
| 16 | Jet Deep black and fast off the sofa. | Boy | ||
| 17 | Bagheera The panther of the Jungle Book. | Either | ||
| 18 | Batman The caped crusader of the windowsill. | Boy | ||
| 19 | Phantom Now you see him, now you don't. | Boy | ||
| 20 | Coal Straight from the scuttle. | Boy | ||
| 21 | Sable A fur named for its darkness. | Girl | ||
| 22 | Velvet For the softest black coats. | Girl | ||
| 23 | Nero Italian for black, with emperor swagger. | Boy | ||
| 24 | Guinness Black with a creamy top. | — | ||
| 25 | Noir French for black — instant film-detective cool. | — | ||
| 26 | Espresso Darkest roast in the house. | Boy | — | |
| 27 | Ink Spilled straight from the bottle. | — | — | |
| 28 | Voodoo A little dark magic. | — | — |