Cat names by meaning / Joy
Cat names that mean joy or happiness
Names whose recorded root means joy, happiness or good fortune — Beatrice ('she who makes happy') and Felix (Latin fēlīx, 'lucky'), the classic lucky-cat name of them all. Every one is carried by real licensed cats.
14 names in our data, ranked by how many real licensed cats carry each.
| Name | Gender | Trend | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Felix Fēlīx — “happy, lucky” | Boy | ||
| 2 | Trixie via Beatrice — “she who makes happy” | Girl | ||
| 3 | Beatrice beatrix — “she who makes happy” | Girl | ||
| 4 | Bebe via Beatrice — “she who makes happy” | Either | ||
| 5 | Bee via Beatrice — “she who makes happy” | Either | — | |
| 6 | Felicia fēlīcia — “happy things” | Girl | ||
| 7 | Bea via Beatrice — “she who makes happy” | Girl | ||
| 8 | Tate taitaz — “radiant, glad, cheerful, tender” | — | ||
| 9 | Allegra allegra — “cheerful” | — | ||
| 10 | Charmaine via Charmian — “joy” | — | ||
| 11 | Farah faraḥ — “joy” | — | — | |
| 12 | Festus fēstus — “joyful, merry” | — | — | |
| 13 | Flick via Felicia — “happy things” | — | — | |
| 14 | Hilary Hilarius — “cheerful, happy” | — |
Membership here is computed, not curated: a name is listed when its documented root meaning fits the theme, and the literal gloss is shown so you can see exactly why. Meanings are derived from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); every count is real license data. A “via” note means the name inherits its meaning through a base form (Maggie via Margaret), never that the name itself carries that root. Names whose etymology isn't documented don't appear.