A black cat is a wonderfully beautiful animal, whether male or female. With their elegant black, glossy fur, the house cats look very much like their big relatives, the panther. Just as majestic as the jungle cat, they roam our living rooms and gardens. Many would like the unique elegance of the black fur of the velvet paw to be reflected in their cat names.
That’s why we have selected 30 of the most beautiful names for cats with black fur.
Cool names for black cats from movies
Animals appear in many films. Of course, this also includes some cats with black fur. The animals have something mystical about them and are often even associated with magic. For example, in films, witches often have black cats as loyal companions.
Even if their name has nothing to do with the color black, we have adjusted over time to the fact that this cat name is particularly suitable for black animals. Hence some examples from popular films and TV shows.
- Sylvester – Partly black cat at Looney Tunes
- Snowball – The Simpsons Cat
- Luna – From the cartoon series Sailor Moon
- Salem – The cool cat from the series Sabrina totally bewitched
- Rudolf – From the film: Rudolf the black cat
- Baghira – the black panther from the jungle book
Other cute black cat names
Black cats are known to bring bad luck. Anyone who owns such a velvet paw can confirm that this rumor is not true. But the mystical can be reflected in the name of the animal.
Often a nice cat name results from the translation into other languages. For this, the word for black is simply used in a foreign language as the name for male and female black cats. It doesn’t even have to be a word for color. An object or being that is associated with the color black also makes a great name.
Below are plenty of examples of cat names that are suitable for black cats and tomcats.
- Ebony – after the very dark wood
- Bellatrix – for Harry Potter fans
- Midnight
- Shadow
- Siyah – turkish word for black
- Black Princess
- Raven
- Milka
- Blake
- Gotham – for Batman fans
- Umbra – Latin for shadow
- Black Beauty
- Black Jack – after the card game
- Blacky
- Licorice – the cat as sweet as the candy
- Mocca
- Zorro – after the movie
- Midnight
- Espresso
- Duncan – dark warrior from old Irish
- Binx
- Mora
- Kiran – means something like dark-haired
- Tinte
- Vader – for Star Wars fans
- Nero – Italian for black
- Onyx – like the black but beautiful gemstone