Cat Names That Mean Beautiful

  1. Ratih
    • Origin:

      Indonesian
    • Meaning:

      "most beautiful; godlike"
    • Description:

      Popular Indonesian name that may leave a young girl in an English=speaking country open to teasing.
  2. Jaffa
    • Origin:

      Hebrew place-name
    • Meaning:

      "beautiful"
    • Description:

      A pleasant and adaptable place name for a part of Tel Aviv.
  3. Ataahua
    • Origin:

      Maori
    • Meaning:

      "beautiful"
    • Description:

      One of the most unusual and intriguing international girl names meaning beautiful.
  4. Gorgeous
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "beautiful, delightful"
    • Description:

      A positive word name given to a dozen or so baby girls per year.
  5. Leinani
    • Origin:

      Hawaiian. "beautiful flowers"
    • Meaning:

      "beautiful flowers"
    • Description:

      Leinani was a popular girl name in Hawaii during the first half of the 20th century. Today it could make a good update to Leilani.
  6. Reika
    • Origin:

      Japanese
    • Meaning:

      "beautiful flower"
    • Description:

      Lovely Japanese choice that would translate well cross-culturally.
  7. Harika
    • Origin:

      Turkish
    • Meaning:

      "a miracle, beautiful"
    • Description:

      Pretty and unusual.
  8. Yaffa
    • Origin:

      Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "beautiful"
    • Description:

      The Hebrew equivalent to the Yiddish Shayna, Yaffa is derived from the word yafe meaning "beautiful". Also written as Yafa, it is used as both a given name for girls and more generally as last name.
  9. Raanana
    • Origin:

      Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "beautiful, fresh"
    • Description:

      Lovely Hebrew name with distinctive double a's, but beware of possible "banana" teasing.
  10. Beautiful
    • Origin:

      English word name
    • Meaning:

      "pleasing the senses or mind aesthetically"
    • Description:

      Adjectives names are the latest class of word names to gain popularity in the US, a trend spurred by celebrities. Beautiful is one of the more established adjective names — first used in 1997 — yet has never been given to more than 70 baby girls in a single year.

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