Cat Names Starting With N

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• Nacho

  a tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled
• Nacht

  German meaning 'night'
• Nails

  A hard, pointed object used for fastening or securing materials.
• Namaste

  A respectful greeting said when acknowledging and honoring the divine in another.
• Namath

  Luck; fortune.
• Nana

  Green vegetables
• Nano

  Small.
• Naoki

  Tree of truth
• Napa

  A valley.
• Napoleon

  a card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes
• Napper

  Restful or sleepy.
• Naruto

  Maelstrom
• Narvi

  A moon of Saturn.
• Nash

  A short form of the name "Nashton", meaning "one who comes from the ash tree town".
• Natsuo

  Birth of summer
• Natt

  Swedish meaning 'night'
• Naughty

  suggestive of sexual impropriety
• Nazareth

  a historic town in northern Israel that is mentioned in the Gospels as the home of Joseph and Mary
• Nebula

  An astronomy term referring to a cloud of gas and dust in outer space.
• Necromancer

  A person who practices magic involving communication with the dead.
• Negroni

  Italian cocktail made with gin, Campari, and sweet vermouth.
• Neil

  Irish for "champion" or "passionate"
• Nein

  No.
• Nelson

  English admiral who defeated the French fleets of Napoleon but was mortally wounded at Trafalgar (1758-1805)
• Neo

  Renewal or new beginning.
• Neptune

  a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 8th planet from the sun is the most remote of the gas giants
• Nero

  Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Roman Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68)
• Nessie

  a nickname for the Lochness Monster.
• Neutrino

  A subatomic particle with no electric charge.
• Neutron

  As in neutron star, a collapsed core of a massive supergiant star.
• Neve

  Snow
• Nevermore

  Forevermore; never ending.
• Neville

  New village
• Newbie

  A person who is new to a particular activity or situation.
• Newton

  a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 m/sec/sec to a mass of 1 kilogram; equal to 100,000 dynes
• Nib

  A short form of the name Nibal, meaning "strong" or "powerful".
• Nibble

  To take small bites or bites of food.
• Nibby

  Cute, playful, and friendly.
• Nibby Nose

  Small, cute nose shape.
• Nicaise

  Victory
• Nicholas

  Protector of the people.
• Nicolas

  Victory of the People
• Nightcrawler

  A mysterious, nocturnal creature.
• Nightly

  Darkness; night.
• Nightmare

  A frightening or unpleasant dream.
• Nightshade

  A poisonous plant.
• Nightsky

  The night sky, or the stars and planets visible in the night sky.
• Nike

  (Greek mythology) winged goddess of victory; identified with Roman Victoria
• Nikita

  Victory of the people.
• Niko

  Protector of victory.
• Nikolai

  Noble victory.
• Nile

  A major river in Africa.
• Ninja

  a class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations
• Niño

  Little boy
• Nintendo

  Leave luck to heaven
• Nipper

  a young person of either sex
• Nirav

  Sanskrit for “silence”
• Nirvana

  (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness
• Nishith

  Witty
• Nisse

  A diminutive form of the name Nicholas, meaning "victory of the people".
• Nitro

  Explosive or energetic.
• Nixon

  Leadership; strong-willed.
• Noble

  impressive in appearance
• Nobu

  Faith
• Noche

  Spanish meaning 'night'
• Noctis

  Latin meaning 'night'
• Noir

  French meaning 'black'
• Nolan

  A surname of Irish origin meaning "champion" or "noble".
• Noob

  A person who is inexperienced or unskilled in a particular activity.
• Noodle

  informal terms for a human head
• Norbert

  Noble and bright.
• Norman

  United States operatic soprano (born in 1945)
• Nosferatu

  A vampire or undead creature.
• Notebook

  A small, portable book used for writing notes.
• Nougat

  nuts or fruit pieces in a sugar paste
• Nouvel

  New
• Nugget

  a solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found in the earth
• Nutcracker

  A device used to crack open nuts.
• Nutella

  Chocolate hazelnut spread.
• Nutmeg

  East Indian tree widely cultivated in the tropics for its aromatic seed; source of two spices: nutmeg and mace
• Nuumite

  Powerful, ancient stone of transformation.
• Nyet

  No.
• Nyomah

  A West African name meaning "born on a Monday".
• Nyx

  (Greek mythology) Greek goddess of the night; daughter of Chaos; counterpart of Roman Nox

Cat Names Starting With N currently rank in 91st place out of all MeowNames.com categories.

As of September 2024, cat names starting with n are losing some popularity with new kitten owners. According to MeowNames stats, they are less fashionable than they were at this time last year.

We've seen quite a bit of variation for this category, which might suggest that its popularity is influenced by seasonal or cultural events.