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Clever Cat Names

November 30, 2017 By Lucy Leave a Comment

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My cat is beautiful. Wonderful company and great fun.

He has been with our family for six years. Welcomed a new little human sister into the home, and happily tolerated our many other pets.

But he’s not going to win a Nobel prize any time soon.

When he is not trying to eat hot mushrooms straight out the wok, you can normally find him forgetting how to work the cat flap.

Or getting stuck on the flat roof for the billionth time. Despite the open window right next to him, and relatively short jump to the ground.

But I’ll bet that your new kitty will have considerably more smarts.

Is your cat a budding genius?

Are you fairly sure that before long she won’t just be playing poker, but counting cards as well?

Whether your clever cat names will be ironic or realistic, they are great fun to find.

And my admittedly rather geeky heart has loved putting together this list for you.

But before we dive into the wonderful ways to come up with clever cat names, let’s just hae a quick think about naming your new kitty.

Clever cat names female

Would you like to honor one of the many incredibly intellectual women who walked the world before you?

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Or does your little lady deserve a name that reflects her brains?

Either way, you’ll love these clever girl cat names. All picked because they belonged to amazing female scientists.

Each of these women has changed and challenged their field, and accomplished something great.

You could use their first name or surmame to create an awesome clever cat name for your new kitty.

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  • Alice (Evans)
  • Clara (Barton)
  • Elizabeth (Blackwell)
  • Emmy (Noether)
  • Florence (Bascom)
  • Harriet (Brooks)
  • Jane (Goodall)
  • Joy (Adamson)
  • Marie (Curie)
  • Mary (Anning)
  • Nettie (Stevens)
  • Peggy (Whitson)
  • Rachel (Carson)
  • Ruth (Benedict)
  • Virginia (Apgar)
  • Wanda (Diaz – Merced)

But what if your new addition is a little boy?

Clever male cat names

Clever boy cat names can also be inspired by great men from the worlds of physics, chemistry or biology.

From mathematicians to anthropologists, scientists and their amazing experiments are continuously making the world a better place.

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If we’re honest, your kitty is probably not going to reach such academic highs. But that doesn’t mean that his name can’t!

Check out these clever cat names for boys to get inspired!

  • Albert (Einstein)
  • Alexander (Graham Bell)
  • Alfred (Nobel)
  • Charles (Darwin)
  • Dmitri (Mendeleev)
  • Gregor (Mendel)
  • Isaac (Newton)
  • Louis (Pasteur)
  • Michael (Faraday)
  • Nicolaus (Copernicus)
  • Niels (Bohr)
  • Nikola (Tesla)
  • Richard (Feynman)
  • Robert (Bunsen)
  • Stephen (Hawking)
  • Werner (Heisenberg)

Of course, naming your cat doesn’t need to involve actual human names.

There is an amazing array of clever cat names that can come from anywhere.

Let’s start in the general world of science.

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Nothing sounds quite as intellectual as a scientific term.

Word of warning though – if you pick one that you don’t understand, you’d better grab a definition online!

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  • Atom
  • Axis
  • Boron
  • Carbon
  • Compound
  • Einstein
  • Electron
  • Galileo
  • Gamma
  • Helium
  • Hydrogen
  • Kelvin
  • Neon
  • Nitrogen
  • Oxygen
  • Parallax
  • Parsec
  • Proton
  • Quasar
  • Skinner
  • Titanium

Philosophical Cat Names

Some of the greatest thinkers to ever walk the Earth found fame as philosophers.

Considering how we, our planet and even our universe all interact. And what it means.

The idea of philosophy can take rather random turns, but fortunately also definitely gives across some very clever cat names.

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By way of the names of philosophers, as well as philosophical terms.

If you want to nod your head to Socrates, or raise a class to Plato, then take a look at these philosophical cat names.

  • Altruism
  • Aristotle
  • Cosmotheism
  • Cynicism
  • Deism
  • Democritus
  • Descartes
  • Eleatics
  • Heraclitus
  • Hobbes
  • Nietzsche
  • Parmenides
  • Plato
  • Rousseau
  • Socrates
  • Spinoza
  • Thales

If you don’t recognize a term, but think it sounds appropriately intelligent, I do recommend looking it up. The meaning behind some of them might not be everyone’s cup of tea!

In a less objectionable, but still very clever category, we have the world of math!

Mathematical cat names

Were you a big fan of math at school? Are you a sucker for a good equation?

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Then check out these fun clever cat names based around the wonder world of mathematics.

  • Algebra
  • Axiom
  • Cubic
  • Factor
  • Fractal
  • Geometry
  • Hilbert
  • Logic
  • Matrix
  • Polar
  • Plane
  • Pythagoras
  • Quadratic
  • Vector
  • Venn
  • Zeta

Mathematicians have their feet firmly on the floor. So what if you are looking for clever cat names that are a bit more out of this world….

Astronomical Clever Cat Names

I was always a bit obsessed with astronomy at school.

If you’ve ever started thinking about space, it opens up an array of questions that could rival a black hole.

You can find a lot of seriously cool ideas and terms in Astronomy.

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And several of them make pretty fun clever cat names, too!

  • Aerolite
  • Asteroid
  • Atmosphere
  • Aurora
  • Bolide
  • Celestia
  • Cepheid
  • Comet
  • Corona
  • Cosmic
  • Eclipse
  • Galaxy
  • Hubble
  • Jupiter
  • Mars
  • Mercury
  • Meteor
  • Nadir
  • Neptune
  • Nova
  • Pluto
  • Saturn
  • Solar
  • Syzygy
  • Venus

But what if you want a name that’s closer to Earth?

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Clever cat names don’t have to be all that intellectual. In fact, they can just be names that mean clever.

  • Brainy
  • Canny
  • Cunning
  • Egghead
  • Expert
  • Geek
  • Genius
  • Keen
  • Master
  • Nerd
  • Pro
  • Savvy
  • Slick
  • Smarty
  • Wise

Best Clever Cat Names

The best clever cat names are ones that reflect your kitty’s character, or honor someone you admire.

But they can also be ironic, funny or even just totally random.

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The key to naming your cat is to pick something that you could potentially still enjoy calling out 18 years down the line!

Make sure you get more inspiration with our favorite black cat names!

Do you have any clever cat names that you love, which I’ve missed here? Why not let me know in the comments section below!

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