Many people are getting black cats to intend to name them but have no idea. This post will help you solve your problems.
For example, you can go down the road of the dark arts and mysticism. Or, think of black items in nature or your life that your cat reminds you of. Take a look at some of the best names for black cats and gather inspiration for a name for your new feline friend.
Here are the top names for black cats:
Best black cat names
- Ebony
- Midnight
- Salem
- Bellatrix
- Licorice
- Kohl (Kohlie)
- Onyx
- Binx
- Spooky
- Magic
- Blackie
- Kellas
- Hawthorne
- Inky
- Darth Vader
- Gotham
Names for black male cats
Like female cats, most masculine black names reflect heroes or villains dressed in black or figures that use the cover of night to do their business.
- Alacazam
- Asher
- Batman
- Black Beard
- BlackJack
- Crow
- Dante
- Lestat
- Mystic
- Ninja
- Nyx
- Osiris
- Panther
- Poe
- Zane
Names for black female cats
Black cat names tend to come from names for fictional witches or dark characters in TV shows, movies, literary fiction, or mythology.
- Abracadabra
- Ashley
- Batgirl
- Bellatrix
- Black Beauty
- Diabolique
- Eclipse
- Hecate
- Hocus Pocus
- Morticia
- Mystique
- Persephone
- Raven
- Sabrina
- Silhouette
Menacing names for black cats
Since the Salem witch trials of the 1600s, the Plymouth Rock Pilgrims viewed the black cat as a witch’s companion, demonic, and related to sorcery. This dark history carries on in names for black cats today.
- Beelzebub
- Black Magic
- Conjurer
- Crypt Keeper
- Evil
- Deadzone
- Death
- Diablo
- Lucifer
- Magic
- Necromancer
- Nightmare
- Superstition
- Undertaker
- Voodoo
Black cat names inspired by the dark-colored items
When people give names to pets, they often associate items from nature or objects in their lives that remind them of their pets. This list pulls potential name ideas from darkly-hued things.
- Ash
- Blackberry
- Blackout
- Carbon
- Charcoal
- Cinders
- Coal
- Dusty
- Eight Ball
- Inky
- Jet
- Obsidian
- Shade or Shady
- Shadow
- Soot
A to Z black cat names
A
- Abracadabra
- Alacazam
- Ash
- Asher
- Ashley
B
- Batgirl
- Batman
- Beelzebub
- Bellatrix
- Binx
- Black Beard
- Black Beauty
- BlackJack
- Black Magic
- Blackberry
- Blackie
- Blackout
C–D
- Carbon
- Charcoal
- Cinders
- Coal
- Conjurer
- Crow
- Crypt Keeper
- Dante
- Darth Vader
- Deadzone
- Death
- Diablo
- Diabolique
- Dusty
E–K
- Ebony
- Eclipse
- Eight Ball
- Evil
- Gotham
- Hawthorne
- Hecate
- Hocus Pocus
- Inky
- Jet
- Kellas
- Kohl (Kohlie)
L–N
- Lestat
- Licorice
- Lucifer
- Magic
- Midnight
- Morticia
- Mystic
- Mystique
- Necromancer
- Nightmare
- Ninja
- Nyx
O–R
- Obsidian
- Onyx
- Osiris
- Panther
- Persephone
- Poe
- Raven
S–Z
- Sabrina
- Salem
- Shade or Shady
- Shadow
- Silhouette
- Soot
- Spooky
- Superstition
- Undertaker
- Voodoo
- Zane
Fun fact black cat
Depending on the culture, black cats are an omen for good luck or bad luck. In the U.S. and a majority of western European countries, a black cat crossing your path is considered a harbinger of bad things. However, in the United Kingdom and Japan, the superstition is quite the opposite, a black cat is a good omen.
Even the direction that a cat walks can have significance. Pirates of the 18th century believed that a black cat walking toward someone would bring that person bad luck. If a black cat walks away from someone, then that person will have good luck.
