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Harry Potter Cat Names

  1. Crookshanks

    • Origin:

      Invented name

    • Description:

      Hermione's cat in the Harry Potter series.
  2. Zacharias

    • Origin:

      Greek form of Hebrew Zachariah

    • Meaning:

      "the Lord has remembered"

    • Description:

      One of several more venerable names that get to the nickname Zack if you're tired of Zachary. In the New Testament, Zacharias was the husband of Elizabeth and father of John the Baptist.
  3. Hagrid

    • Origin:

      Literary name

    • Description:

      Gentle giant Rubeus Hagrid is the groundskeeper at Hogwarts in the Harry Potter novels (probably after Hagrid Rubes, the equally kind ancient Greek mythological giant), but that's not the only reason this name could prove a playground liability.
  4. Rubeus

    • Origin:

      Latin

    • Meaning:

      "of the bramble bush"

    • Description:

      Made famous by the half-giant character of Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter series, this handsome Latinate name feels like a plausible possibility for a real child too, given its similarity to Ruben and Rue.
  5. Rolanda

    • Origin:

      German feminization of ROLAND

    • Meaning:

      "famous in the land"

    • Description:

      This is a rarely heard feminization of the rarely heard Roland.
  6. Norris

    • Origin:

      French

    • Meaning:

      "northerner"

    • Description:

      A British surname that was used only for males until Mrs. Norman Mailer, Norris Church (born Barbara), came under the public eye.
  7. Olympe

    • Origin:

      French variation of Olympia
  8. Snowy

    • Origin:

      English word name

    • Meaning:

      "snowy"

    • Description:

      Snowy has only ever appeared on the charts twice: in 2013, when it was given to 6 baby girls, and in 2016, when it was used for five. With recent celeb choices such as Stormi and Thunder, could Snowy be next on parents' lists?