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Funny French Cat Names
We’ll start with nine joke-y French cat names that you can consider when naming your cat.
- Le Chat Noir: What better way to express your cat’s uniqueness than naming them after the iconic cabaret poster, Le Chat Noir. This name means “The Black Cat” and would probably be most suited to a cat who is… black.
- Minou/Minette: This is the French word for “kitty” and is right on the snoot for your cat while maintaining an air of mystique.
- Chatouille: This is the French word for “tickle” and is a pun more than anything since “Chat” is the French word for “cat.”
- Pepe Le Pew: This is the name of the French skunk from the Looney Toons who likes to chase cats!
- Monsieur Le Chat: This name means “Mr. Cat.”
- Madame La Chat: You may have guessed this one before we could tell you, but this name means “Mrs. Cat.”
- Mon Petit Chou: This is a French term of endearment meaning “my little cabbage.”
Male French Names

If a joke name isn’t your style, here’s a list of French names that you can consider for your cat.
- Abbé
- Absalon
- Achille
- Adolphe
- Adrien
- Alain
- Alexandre
- Algernon
- Aloin
- Alphonse
- Aluin
- Amaury
- Ambroise
- André
- Ange
- Anse
- Anselme
- Antoine
- Août
- Apollinaire
- Aramis
- Arhambault
- Armand
- Arnaud
- Arnoux
- Arséne
- Arthur
- Artus
- Aubert
- Aubin
- Audric
- Auguste
- Aurel
- Aurélien
- Autry
- Bachelor
- Bale
- Ballou
- Baltasaru
- Baptiste
- Barbeau
- Barber
- Barnabé
- Barraud
- Bartholmieu
- Basile
- Bastien
- Baudoin
- Baudouin
- Bayless
- Beau
- Beauchamp
- Beauregard
- Bechet
- Bellamy
- Benoît
- Bernardin
- Bernon
- Bertrand
- Bevis
- Blaise
- Blaisot
- Blaize
- Bouvier
- Breton
- Brice
- Bruce
- Burgundy
- Burke
- Cable
- Cabot
- Calixte
- Candide
- Caton
- Chance
- Chandler
- Chaney
- Chapin
- Charles
- Charlot
- Chase
- Cheney
- Chesare

- Chevy
- Chréstien
- Chrétien
- Claiborne
- Claude
- Claudien
- Claudiu
- Clovis
- Clément
- Colombain
- Constant
- Constantin
- Corentin
- Corneille
- Coty
- Courtney
- Cretien
- Croix
- Curtis
- Cyprien
- Cyrille
- Césaire
- D’Artagnan
- Denis
- Deveraux
- Devere
- Didier
- Diggory
- Dione
- Dominique
- Donatien
- Dougray
- Drury
- Dulé
- Dumas
- Duvall
- Eadgar
- Elie
- Elisée
- Emeril
- Emile
- Emilien
- Etienne
- Foulques
- Franchot
- François
- Frédéric
- Gabin
- Gable
- Gabriel
- Gaetan
- Gaston
- Girauld
- Godefroi
- Grue
- Grégoire
- Gui
- Guilbert
- Guillaume
- Guy
- Géaud
- Gérald
- Hadrien
- Harvey
- Hazard
- Hebert
- Henri
- Hercule
- Hervé
- Hewett
- Hilaire
- Hippolyte
- Hugo
- Jacques
- Janvier
- Jean
- Jeffroi
- Jeoffroi
- Jeremie
- Jermaine
- Jeter
- Jorden
- Jordon
- Josue
- Jourdain
- Jules
- Julien
- Junipère
- Justis
- Jérémie
- Jérôme
- Jöel
- Kasim
- Laurent
- Lazare
- Leandre
- Lebron
- Lemar
- Leo
- Leonello
- Leonila
- Leroy
- Lionnel
- Louis

- Lowell
- Luc
- Leopold
- Marc
- Marceau
- Marcel
- Marcellin
- Marcellus
- Martin
- Mathieu
- Maxence
- Maxim
- Maxime
- Maximilien
- Mercer
- Merle
- Montague
- Moïse
- Narcisse
- Nathanael
- Nazaire
- Neville
- Nicaise
- Nicolas
- Noel
- Norris
- Nouvel
- Noë
- Obéron
- Octave
- Odon
- Odyssée
- Olivier
- Onfroi
- Orville
- Pascal
- Pascale
- Patrice
- Percival
- Percy
- Peverell
- Philbert
- Philippe
- Picard
- Pierre
- Platt
- Pom
- Prewitt
- Proust
- Purvis
- Qassen
- Qassim
- Quain
- Quay
- Quentin
- Raphael
- René
- Reynaud
- Robinet
- Rodolphe
- Rodrigue
- Romain
- Roy
- Royal
- Russell
- Rémy
- Serge
- Severin
- Sidney
- Siffre
- Sigfroi
- Silvester
- Sorrel
- Soutine
- Squire
- Suede
- Sully
- Sylvain
- Séraphin
- Sévère
- Talon
- Tancréde
- Tanguy
- Tarot
- Terre
- Terrence
- Thayer
- Thibault
- Thierry
- Thoreau
- Théodore
- Théophile
- Timothée

- Tite
- Toulouse
- Toussaint
- Tracy
- Travis
- Ulisses
- Urbaine
- Vachel
- Valentin
- Vallis
- Vardon
- Verino
- Vermont
- Verrill
- Victoir
- Vidal
- Viel
- Villard
- Villiers
- Virgile
- Vitalis
- Yves
- Yvon
- Zachalie
- Zephyrin
- Élie
- Érasme
- Étienne
- Ézéchiel
Female French Cat Names

- Abella
- Abrial
- Adeline
- Adette
- Agate
- Aimeé
- Amie
- Amiya
- Albane
- Albertine
- Alexandrine
- Alienor
- Alizée
- Allemande
- Allura
- Alouette
- Aloyse
- Amabel
- Amande
- Amandine
- Ambrette
- Anabelle
- Anaise
- Andrée
- Angelette
- Angeline
- Angelique
- Angéle
- Angélique
- Anne-Marie
- Annette
- Antinea
- Antoinette
- Antonie
- Apolline
- Appolinia
- Aquitaine
- Arabelle
- Ariane
- Arielle
- Arlette
- Armantine
- Armel
- Auberte
- Aubrey
- Aurélie
- Aveline
- Avril
- Axelle
- Azure
- Babette
- Baie
- Baize
- Ballou
- Bastienne
- Bastina
- Baye
- Bechette
- Beline
- Bellamy
- Belle
- Benadette
- Benilde
- Berenicia
- Bernadette
- Bernardene
- Bibi
- Bianca
- Blanca
- Blanche
- Blanchette
- Bleu
- Brie
- Brielle
- Brigitte
- Brittany
- Brunette
- Burgundy
- Béatrice
- Bénédicte
- Bérénice
- Cachet
- Cadeau
- Calais
- Camille
- Camilla
- Candide
- Cantrelle
- Caprice
- Capucine
- Carolina
- Caroline
- Celine
- Cerise
- Cesarine
- Chablis
- Chambray
- Chandelle
- Chanel
- Chaney
- Chantal
- Chantilly
- Chardonnay
- Charley
- Charlotte
- Cher
- Chloé
- Christelle
- Christiane
- Christine
- Ciel
- Cinderella
- Citron
- Claire
- Clairette
- Clarette
- Claudette
- Claudie
- Clementine
- Coco
- Colette
- Colombe
- Coralie
- Corinne
- Cornelie
- Cosette
- Courtney
- Crescent
- Curtis
- Cybele
- Cyrille
- Cécile
- Célina
- Céline

- Daija
- Damica
- Danelle
- Danette
- Danice
- Danique
- Daniéle
- Dany
- Darcy
- Dariela
- Darrell
- Delancey
- Delphine
- Denise
- Denver
- Desi
- Desirée
- Diane
- Dimanche
- Dior
- Dominique
- Domitilla
- Dorothée
- Dory
- Doré
- Douce
- Dulcet
- Dulcette
- Déja
- Délice
- Edwige
- Eglantine
- Elaina
- Eleanore
- Elinore
- Elise
- Elle
- Elodie
- Eloise
- Elvéra
- Eléonore
- Ember
- Emeraude
- Emilie
- Emmeline
- Eponine
- Esmé
- Estelle
- Estée
- Etienette
- Eugénie
- Eulalie
- Euphème
- Evaine
- Evonne
- Fabienne
- Fabiola
- Fanchon
- Felicienne
- Felipan
- Fernande
- Fifi
- Filia
- Filippa
- Flaviana
- Flaviere
- Fleur
- Fleurette
- Flore
- France
- Francine
- Frostine
- Frédérique
- Félicité
- Gabrielle
- Gaby
- Gaelle
- Gaetane
- Garnet
- Geneva
- Geneviève
- Genève
- Georgette
- Georgienne
- Geraldine
- Germaine
- Gervaise
- Ghislaine
- Gigi
- Gilberte
- Gisele
- Grazielle
- Guilette
- Guillaumette
- Guillaumine
- Génie
- Harriette
- Helaine
- Helene
- Heloise
- Henrietta
- Henriette
- Hilaire
- Honore
- Hyacinthe
- Héloïse

- Ide
- Illuminée
- Indre
- Iolanthe
- Isabeau
- Isabelle
- Isaline
- Ismay
- Ivette
- Ivonne
- Jacinthe
- Jacqueline
- Jacquie
- Janine
- Janvier
- Jarrell
- Jeanette
- Jeanne
- Jeune
- Joanne
- Joie
- Jolie
- Jonquille
- Jordane
- Josephine
- Josette
- Josiane
- Josée
- Jourdaine
- Juditha
- Juillet
- Juin
- Julie
- Julienne
- Juliet
- Juliette
- Justice
- Justine
- Kiki
- Landry
- Laure
- Laurette
- Laverne
- Leelee
- Leontine
- Leopoldine
- Liana
- Lilas
- Liliane
- Lilou
- Linnet
- Lionel
- Lisette
- Lizette
- Loire
- Lorraine
- Lou
- Louise
- Lucette
- Lucida
- Lucie
- Lucienne
- Lucrèce
- Lumière
- Lune
- Lunette
- Lyle
- Lynette
- Lys
- Léa
- Léonie

- Madeleine
- Madella
- Madelle
- Madelyn
- Maelle
- Maelys
- Maeva
- Magdala
- Mai
- Mailys
- Mallory
- Mandolin
- Manet
- Manette
- Manon
- Marcelia
- Marceline
- Marcelle
- Marcheline
- Mardi
- Margot
- Olympienne
- Ophelie
- Ophélie
- Oralie
- Orane
- Oreli
- Oriane
- Orianne
- Orleane
- Orlee
- Orly
- Ottilie
- Ottoline
- Page
- Paméla
- Papillon
- Paris
- Pascaline
- Pascasia
- Pasquette
- Patrice
- Paule
- Paulette
- Paulille
- Pauline
- Peita
- Pennelope
- Pensée
- Percy
- Perette
- Perle
- Perlette
- Perline
- Pernella
- Perpétue
- Perrette
- Perrine
- Petronille
- Philippine
- Philis
- Phillis
- Philomène
- Piaf
- Pierette
- Pierina
- Pierra
- Pierrette
- Placidie
- Pomeline
- Pomme
- Porcie
- Porter
- Prew
- Prewdence
- Primevère
- Prisca
- Priscille
- Provence
- Prudentiane
- Prudenzia
- Prue
- Prune
- Prunelle
- Pépélope
- Péronelle
- Pétronille
- Questa
- Quincy
- Rachelle
- Rafaella
- Rafaila
- Raffelle
- Raimonda
- Raine
- Ramonde
- Raphaëlle
- Raymonde
- Raymondine
- Regia
- Reine
- Reinette
- Remi
- Remy
- Renae
- Rene
- Renée
- Richarde
- Richilde
- Robena

- Roberte
- Robertina
- Robina
- Robine
- Rochelle
- Rolande
- Romaine
- Romanade
- Suzette
- Vincence
- Vincentine
- Vinciane
- Viole
- Violette
- Vionnet
- Virginie
- Viridienne
- Vivienne
- Viviette
- Vrai
- Vreni
- Vyolette
- Véra
- Vérane
- Vériane
- Véronique
- Xaverie
- Xavière
- Yevette
- Yolande
- Yolanthe
- Yvette
- Yvonne
- Zaidee
- Zele
- Zelie
- Zenaida
- Zenia
- Zenna
- Zenobie
- Zerline
- Zélie
- Zénaïde
- Zéphyrine
- Zoe
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