Gray Cat Names
- Bleu
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"blue"Description:
The Frenchified color name Bleu is notable in baby-naming history as the then-outrageous middle name of John Travolta and Kelly Preston's daughter Ella, born in 2000. Perhaps because blue is traditionally a color for boys, there are twice as many baby boys named Bleu as there are girls
- Huyana
Origin:
Native AmericanMeaning:
"rain falling"Description:
A Miwok tribe name with a pleasant meaning.
- Arianrhod
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"silver wheel"Description:
Fleetwood Mac introduced the world to Rhiannon, but Arianrhod is a lesser-known woman of Welsh legend. Strap in, this is a name story!
- Alnico
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"metal alloy"
- Cloud
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"water vapor in the atmosphere"Description:
This kind of plainspoken nature name (think River and Sunshine) may still carry a whiff of the hippie, but this one has a nice, airy feel. It's slight similarity to Claude and Clyde helps to ground it.
- Zeldy
Origin:
Diminutive of Zelda, Yiddish, EnglishMeaning:
"gray fighting maid"Description:
Cute and quirky Zeldy adds some extra zip to Zelda — which is making its way back up the charts after decades out of the Top 1000.
- Stormy
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"stormy"Description:
Stormy and variations have always been more common among girls, but there's no reason you shouldn't use it for a son. Storm was historically more masculine, until the arrival of Stormi Webster.
- Loup
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"wolf"Description:
A rare French name derived from Latin lupus "wolf". It is most often found in the compound name Jean-Loup, as in Jean-Loup Chrétien, an astronaut and the first Frenchman in space.
- Mercury
Origin:
RomanMeaning:
"messenger of the gods, quicksilver"Description:
It's a car brand, a planet, and the messenger of the gods -- but it's questionable whether it works as a little girl's name.
- Tanjiro
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"coal + calm son; highly valued second son"Description:
Protagonist of the manga and anime series Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. The kanji used to spell his name give it the meaning of "coal + calm son," which describe his former profession as a coal worker.
- Jumana
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"silver pearl"Description:
Rare and rhythmic.
- Mosley
Origin:
English place name and surnameMeaning:
"peat bog, mouse clearing"Description:
Mosley, former best known as the surname of author Walter, has been put in play as a first name for girls by football great Peyton Manning, who used the name for his twin daughter, sister of Marshall. Alternate spellings are Moseley and Mosely and the first syllable rhymes with Rose.
- Collier
Origin:
English occupational surnameMeaning:
"coal miner"Description:
An old-fashioned term for a coal miner, or nowadays, a sister to Harper and Piper.
- Aranrhod
Origin:
Welsh, possibly "silver wheel"Meaning:
"silver wheel"Description:
An alternative spelling, found in some sources, of Arianrhod. This version lacks the fashionable "Aria" sound that is part of Arianrhod's appeal.
- Hazen
Origin:
English, Dutch, GermanMeaning:
"gray, black; hare"Description:
An androgynous alternative to Hazel, Hayes, and Hayden, Hazen is predominantly used for boys at the moment, though it has been given to a handful of girls since the 2000s.
- Simay
Origin:
TurkishMeaning:
"silver moon, glitter moon"Description:
A sparkling choice for a nighttime-born daughter.
- Eythora
Origin:
IcelandicMeaning:
"thunder"Description:
An anglicised or dutchified spelling of the Icelandic name Eyþóra, brought to fame by the Dutch Olympic gymnast Eythora Elisabet Thorsdottir, whose parents are Icelandic.
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