The Greek land of beauty and history can provide you with some of the most creative ideas for giving and having a truly unique name for your cat.
On this page Greek cat names, we’ve pulled together names of famous Greek people and places as well as names from Greek culture, Ancient Greece and mythology.
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Female Greek Cat Names
Do you have a beautiful girl kitten that needs a name? Beautiful female Greek cat names for your little girl cat.
Achlys – Mist, darkness
Adonia – Beautiful
Aglaia – Wisdom, glory
Amalia – Queen consort to King Otto
Aliki – Aliki Vougiouklaki (actress)
Arissa – “Best”
Astra – Star-like
Atalanta – “Mighty huntress”
Candace – Glowing
Calista – Most Beautiful
Callas – Maria Callas (renowned soprano)
Corinna – “Maiden”
Daphne – Laurel Tree
Elaina – Form of Helen
Evangelina – Angel
Helena – Light
Katina – Katina Paxinou (Oscar winning actress)
Kiki – Kiki Dimoula (poet)
Larissa – Cheerful
Leandros – Vicky Leandros (singer)
Lilah – The Lily
Melina – Melina Mercouri (actress, singer and politician)
Nana – Nana Mouskouri (folk singer)
Odette – Melody
Talia – Blooming
Trina – Pure
Vara – The Stranger
Yolanda – Violet Flower
Zena – Alive
Male Greek Cat Names
Boys are tougher and they need a stronger name. Strong and unique Greek names for male cats.
Aeschylus – Greece great tragic poet
Achilles – Greek warrior
Adelphos – Brother
Adonis – Handsome
Alexander – Alexander the Great
Andreas – Andreas Kalvos (author)
Aristotle – Greek philosopher
Constantine – Names of two Greek kings
Euripides – ancient Greek tragedian
Giorgos – Giorgos Seferis (author)
Homer – famous poet of the Iliad and the Odyssey
Nikos – Nikos Skalkottas (composer)
Onassis – Aristotle Onassis (shipping magnate)
Otto – First king of modern Greece
Pavlos – Pavlos Carrer (composer)
Plato – Greek philosopher
Roussos – Demis Roussos (singer)
Socrates – Greek philosopher
Sophocles – Great poet
Spiros – Spiros Focas (actor)
Stavros – Stavros Niarchos (shipping tycoon)
Theron – Hunter
Vangelis – Composer (best known for Chariots of Fire)
Vasilis – Form of Basil
Veggos – Thanasis Veggos (actor and director)
Zorba – Live each day
Cat Names Inspired by Greek Places
Beautiful places in Greece can really inspire you to name your cat after one of them.
Acropolis – Ancient Greece’s best known temple
Andros – Greek Island in the Mediterranean Sea
Anafi – Island
Athens – Capital of Greece
Attica – Region of Greece
Corfu – Greek Island in the Mediterranean Sea
Crete – Greek islands
Delphi – ancient religious sanctuary of central Greece
Ioannina – City
Evia – Island
Elikonas – Elikonas mountain; home of the Muses
Larissa – City
Lefkada – Island
Kavala – Island
Mycenae – Ancient city
Olympus – Mount Olympus (Greece’s highest mountain)
Parnassus – Mountain where is Delphi
Parthenon – Temple dedicated to the Goddess Athena
Rafina – Island
Rhodes – Greek Island in the Mediterranean Sea
Samos – Island in the Aegean Sea
Santorini – Greek Island in the Mediterranean Sea
Skyros – Greek Island in the Mediterranean Sea
Sparta – City-state in ancient Greece
Taphos – Island
Thebes – The legendary city of heroes
Thessaloniki – Island
Volos – Island
Cat Names Inspired by Greek Food, Dessert and Drink
Have you ever thought about naming Your Cat after a traditional Greek dish? You’re not even aware of how amusing and unusual this name can be; check it out for yourself.
Avgolemono – egg and lemon soup
Feta – Cheese made in Greece
Gyros or Gyro – Dish made from meat
Kakavia – A Greek fish soup
Kalamari – Popular Greek seafood
Kourabiethes – Christmas sugar cookies
Kokoretsi – Traditionally Easter meal
Kolokithopita – Pumpkin Pie
Mayeritsa – Greek Easter Soup
Melomakarona – Christmas honey drenched cookie
Moussaka – Traditional dish with potatoes and meat
Ouzo – Popular Greek alcohol drink
Petimezi – A syrup made from grapes
Psomi – Greek bread
Souvlaki – Greek fast food made with meat
Skorthalia – Garlic Sauce Di
Tzatziki – Yogurt and Cucumber Dip
Tsoureki – Greek Easter Bread
Vasilopita – New Year Cake with a coin inside to bring good luck
Greek Mythology Cat Names
Greek Mythology names are always well-known because of its unique story and meanings. Have you considered naming your cat Minos, Achilles, or Heracles?
Tantalus – The king to whom Zeus told him the secrets of the gods
Phaethon – A son of Helios
Achilles – Ancient Greek warrior
Sisyphus – The king who had been cruel and wicked all his life. When he died the judge of under-world told him that his punishment would be to roll a great stone up a steep hill
Minos – A King of Crete
Narcissus – A beautiful son of the river-god Cephisus and the nymph Liriope
Orpheus – Musician and prophet, Orpheus married Eurydice; she died. By playing on his lyre so charmed and moved even Hades that he consented to permit the return of Eurydice to earth, provided Orpheus would not look back as they were journeying out of Hades. But, overcome by his deep love, he looked back, and saw only the vanishing form of his beloved wife.
Heracles – Greek mythology hero
Actaeon – A great hunter, Artemis turned him into a deer
Asclepius – Apollo’s son who incurred Zeus’s wrath by restoring the dead to life
Alcmene – The mother of Heracles
Greek Godess Cat Names
If your female cat is so beautiful and special that she looks almost divine, then a Greek Godess name would be a perfect match.
Artemis – The great huntress-goddess of the fields and forests, she loved to hunt by moonlight
Aphrodite – The goddess of love and beauty
Athena – The daughter of Zeus, the goddess of wisdom, she is depicted as the goddess of warfare strategy, reason and handicrafts
Echo – A nymph believed to inhabit mountains. Hera punished Echo was never to speak until some one had spoken. Echo fell in love with Narcissus, but when her love was not returned, she pined away until she had nothing left but her voice.
Demeter – The sister of Zeus; the goddess of agriculture
Hera – Goddess of marriage, committed union, child birth, heirs; the wife of Zeus
Hestia – Goddess of the hearth
Persephone – A beautiful daughter of Demeter, Zeus had given Persephone to Hades to be his queen
Psyche – Which means “the soul” was a wife of Eros
Rhea – The mother of gods
Selene – Goddess of the moon
Greek God Cat Names
Can’t think of a name for your male cat? Greek god names are always appreciated.
Apollo – The glorious God of light
Ares – The god of war and battle
Cerberus – The great dog guarder of the under-world who had three heads
Charon – The boatman of the underworld
Dionysus – The son of Zeus the god of the grape and of wine, also of the theater
Eos – God of the dawn
Eros – The love-god
Hades or Pluto – A brother of Zeus, the god of the underworld, the god of death and hidden wealth of Earth
Helios – The God of Sun
Hephaestus – Son of Hera, Blacksmith, The God of Fire, He was born lame
Hermes – Shepherd god
Pan – The god of the fields and forests. Pan was not beautiful, like most of the gods; indeed, he was a very strange looking figure. He had legs and hoofs like a goat, and little horns upon his forehead, so that he seemed half man and half animal. He loved music, and was fond of playing upon a kind of flute which he made out of the reeds that grow by the rivers.
Poseidon – The brother of Zeus, Poseidon ruled over the rivers and the seas. He was always represented as carrying a trident, when he struck the sea with this, fierce storms would arise
Prometheus – A god of fire one of the Titans. He stole some of the fire that the Gods kept in heaven, and gave it to men
Proteus – Old sea-god, covered with the foam of the ocean, and with sea-weed and sea-shells clinging to his beard and his long gray hair whose duty was to care for Poseidon’s sea-calves, as the Greeks called the seals.
Zues – The king of gods had absolute powers and was god of sky signified by the thunderbolt
Cat Names Inspired by Ancient Greek Alphabet
The Ancient Greeks used an alphabet that was based off their own language. This alphabet included letters, each representing a syllable. These syllables were then combined together into words that represented ideas and concepts. And Ancient Greek alphabet would make perfect Greek cat names.
Alpha
Beta
Gamma
Delta
Epsilon
Stigma
Digama
Zeta
Eta
Theta
Iota
Kappa
Lambda
Koppa
Ro
Sigma
Phi
Omega
Sambi
Ancient Greek Cat Names
Ancient Greek is famous and almost everyone can relate to it. Here are some name ideas for your cat.
Pollux – One of the Gemini twins
Atlas – Titan who carried the weight of the world on his back
Castor – One of the twins of Gemini
Clotho – was one of the Fates
Hesperus – The Evening Star
Lacheses – One of the Fates
Phosphorus – The Morning Star
The Ancient Greek Nine Muses Cat Names
The Nine Muses were the Greek Godesses of inspiration. Beautiful and very unique names for your artistic cats.
Polyhymnia – the muse of sacred poetry
Euterpe – the muse of music
Urania – the muse of astronomy
Clio – the muse of history
Melpomene – the muse of tragedy
Thalia – the muse of comedy
Calliope – the muse of epic poetry
Erato – the muse of lyric poetry and love poetry
Terpsichore – the muse of dance
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