70+ Ginger Cat Names – Cute, Hilarious Names You’ll Love
Last updated: by Jessi LarsonWhat exactly is a ginger cat? Some people may think it’s a specific breed of cat, like the Siamese or Bengal Cat. In actuality, ginger simply refers to the color of the feline. If you get one of these cool creatures, you must consider ginger cat names.
In the United States, people generally call these felines orange-colored cats. However, in the United Kingdom and several other countries, the color is expressed as ginger.
Interestingly, some people claim that ginger cats are friendlier and more approachable. They theorize that white cats are more aloof and black cats are untrustworthy and mysterious. Of course this is without merit, but it goes to show how beloved ginger cats are.
If you decide to get a ginger cat, you have to check out these fabulous names below!
Ginger Cat Names
- Alani – Hawaiian for orange tree.
- Amber – Amber, a fossilized tree resin, has a yellow-ish orange coloring.
- Annie – Like Little Orphan Annie, the famous redhead.
- Apricot – This sweet fruit has a light orange hue.
- Apricat – OK, we can’t help but love this punny ginger cat name.
- Archie – Named after Archie Andrews, the red-headed star of the Archie comic strip. When it comes to ginger cat names, this is fun and unique.
- Aslan – This lion is the main character of C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia series.
- Autumn – The colors of autumn are full of orange hues.
- Beaker – One of the secondary stars of The Muppet Show, Beaker is the hapless, orange-haired assistant to Dr. Bunsen Honeydew.
- Buttercup – The buttercup flower has a warm, orangish hue.
- Butternut – Named after butternut squash, a light orange vegetable.
- Butterscotch – This sweet confection is a super cool option when looking for ginger cat names.
- Carrot Top – How funny would it be to name your ginger cat after the crazy red-headed comedian Carrot Top?
- Cayenne – This spice is a spicy orange color and makes a perfect name for a ginger cat with attitude.
- Cheddar – This popular cheese makes a super fun name!
- Cheeto – Or how about the orange-colored snack?
- Chester – Chester the Cheetah is the official mascot of Cheeto snacks. Lots of orange here.
- Chuck Norris – Um, how hilarious would it be to name your ginger cat after the red-haired tough guy?
- Clementine – This small, sweet fruit makes an adorable ginger cat name.
- Conan O’Brien – The late night talk show host is easily recognizable for his flaming orange hair.
- Copper – This metal is orangish gold in color and makes a cute pet name.
- Coral – The color coral is orange with a pinkish tone.
- Crookshanks – The magical ginger cat owned by Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series.
- Curry – A popular Indian cuisine, curry has a distinct yellow and orange appearance.
- Daphne – A heroine of Scooby Doo, Daphne sports some pretty luscious ginger locks.
- Dorito – This cheesy snack food is one of the funniest ginger cat names we found.
- Ernie – A popular Sesame Street character, Ernie is orange in color with a sunny personality.
- Fanta – The fruit-flavored soft drink brand has over 100 flavors but the orange version is most popular.
- Fiona – Princess Fiona from the Shrek series stands out for her flaming orange/red hair.
- Garfield – No list of ginger cat names is complete without Garfield, the famed lazy orange cat.
- Ginger – Yeah, yeah, this is a given for ginger cat names.
- Ginger Spice – Remember Geri Halliwell, also known as Ginger Spice?
- Goldie – A cute name for a golden-colored kitty.
- Heathcliff – Another popular orange cat from the ’80s.
- Hobbes – Remember the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip? Hobbes is an orange cat, so you could consider this when naming your ginger cat.
- Honey – Honey has a warm, golden color and makes a super sweet cat name.
- Kumquat – A tiny orange fruit, Kumquat makes an adorable name!
- Lantana – This tropical plant is orange in color.
- Lucille Ball – A pioneering actress and comedian, Lucille Ball was a feisty ginger.
- Mango – An orange color fruit that makes a fun ginger cat name.
- Marigold – The marigold flower is a lovely combination of orange and yellow.
- Marmalade – A fruit preserve made from the juice and peel of citrus fruits boiled with sugar and water, Marmalade is most often orange in color. How cute is this name for a ginger kitten?
- Merida – The main character of Disney’s film Brave possesses some lovely orange locks.
- Molly Ringwald – A popular red-headed actress of the ’80s.
- Nacho – We love this silly name!
- Nectarine – Another orange fruit that also makes a cute cat name.
- Nemo – The sweet orange fish from Finding Nemo.
- Nutmeg – An earthy orange spice.
- Oliver – This ginger cat was the main character in Disney’s 1988 animated film Oliver & Company.
- Opie – From The Andy Griffin Show, Opie was a sweet red-headed boy with freckles.
- Orangina – A fun, feminine play on the color orange.
- Paprika – A reddish-orange spice with lots of flavor.
- Peaches – This might just be our favorite orange fruit on this list of ginger cat names.
- Penny – Another thing that’s small and a ginger color.
- Pepper Ann – The red-headed main character of the late ’90s Disney cartoon.
- Persimmon – An exotic, orange-colored fruit.
- Pippi Longstocking – The protagonist in the eponymous series of children’s book.
- Prince Harry – A list of ginger cat names has to include the world’s most beloved ginger!
- Poppy – A beautiful flower and a cute cat name.
- Pumpkin – How perfect and adorable is this name?
- Ron Weasley – The beloved ginger of the Harry Potter series.
- Rusty – A nickname for those with red hair.
- Saffron – An exotic orange spice that makes a great ginger cat name.
- Sherbet – Ala orange sherbet.
- Simba – Of course, we have to include Simba, the orange lion from The Lion King.
- Sunny – Sweet, adorable and perfect for a cat that looks like sunshine.
- Sunshine – Speaking of sunshine, you could go with the full name.
- Sweet Potato – Another thing that’s orange and sweet.
- Tangerine – The last orange fruit on the list, we promise!
- Tiger (Tigress) – This orange cat is just a tiny bit larger. Just a little bit.
- Tigger – A bouncing orange cat from the Winnie the Pooh series.
- Winnie – Last but not least, we can’t forget that Winnie the Pooh is a fellow ginger.
Phew, that’s quite a long list of ginger cat names! Hopefully it provided you with lots of inspiration for your new kitten. Also be sure to check out our orange cat names or our calico cat names. And if you have any other ideas, we’d love to hear them.
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88 Comments
Judith Scheewe Jennings
mine was sand
Banana✨🍌
I named my cats Autumn, Winter, Spring and summer after the seasons because Autumn was a ginger and white Persian, Winter was a white Persian, and both Summer and Spring were both ginger Persian cats.
Alan
My ginger was called Sid, after punk rocker Sid Vicious (a comment on his playfulness). Best friend I ever had (including all my human friends).
Hannah Clark
My ginger boy is called Tango
Elaine Sanderson
Hey Hannah! How is Tango? I was on this page not really looking for a name. I had discovered orange cats were male. Not female. So I was looking up orange cats. The reason I reply to you is…I have an orange cat named TANGO (King Tango) He came to me with that name. Loving the name and because he had the name for 3 years, I kept it. He is 6 years old now. I got him when he was 3 years-old.TANGO IS DIPPY, PLAYFUL LOVEABLE.hE IS FRESH! He likes his water from the faucet directly. TANGO IS QUITE GOOD LOOKING. LET ME KNOW ABOUT YOUR TANGO. Tango is orange in color!
Arya
Our ginger cat is called Pickles. After Pickles the drummer.
Aa Ron
Dude SAME hahahahaha epic \m/
Catherine
Cute name
Branon
We’re thinking Maggie- because magenta is a shade of red.
Elise
Wow, this is a great list!
My favourites that I’ve heard others call their cats are: Oliver, Pepper, and the all-too-common-yet-great, “Max.” I feel like I might call my next male cat Humphrey. I like that name for a kitty a lot.
Rupert
Our first ginger tom was called biscuit
The second two who were brothers were cheese ‘n’ cracker
Kittens Magoo
My ginger Cats name is Penny, I’ve had her and her siblings since birth.
Tasha Ms SweetTea S.
Mine is named Cinnamon
Tab
I l<3ve the names. I like Fiona and Opie…Tigger too. Mine is a stray.
Melissa Hoy
My ginger cat’s name is Colby Jack, from the cheese
Judy Moller
Love it! I have 2 kittens: one is Colby and the other is Jack
Stephanie Kate
Going to name my new little fella Tigger!! He was born yesterday!
Robert Mars
My big fat orange persian is named Apollo cause he’s the color of the Sun.
Tommy
My orange little boys name is cheeto
Amy Schuett
My boy is named Rufus, meaning red; red haired.
Micah
I named one of my orange kittens Richard Parker.
maria mcguire
my one is called nemo
Scotty
My ginger color cat is called “Peanut”!
M. Cat lover
My ginger kitten’s name is…. Ginger :)
Alice
Is Ginger name ok for a male cat just rescue two identical ginger kittens?
Alice
Are your Ginger kittens that you named Ginger males?
Fiona Ashton
My daughter named our ginger boy Flame. A year on, I still think that’s really inventive for an 8yr old.
Roger the Alien
We named are female ginger kitten .. Pumpkin pudding
V
About 10 years ago SPCA adoptions. Ging&white named Aria.
Mahogany & tan named Shiraz
Susannah
I love this!! My adorable, lovable orange tabby boy cat is named Saffron Cinnamon. He’s called Saffy but he knows his full name is Saffron. I give all my cats middle names! My other 3 cats are all brown tabby girls: Licorice Lilac, Kandie Allysum, and Pixy Rose. See the pattern? (Candy-related first name, flower middle name!!). I went with spices for both of Saffy’s names.
Mary Baldwin
My adopted 8year old senior citizen ginger cat was already named….Oscar (but I call him Ossie)
Kelly Bladon-Melling
Wife just got me a ginger kitten I’ve named her marmite lol
caylee
Idk why but I named my cat bacon when I was little. I guess I had a obsession with it i guess xD
Nancy Davis
We have a wonderful tabby cat named “George the Ginger”. He was a stray who adopted us!
Leisa
I have a very ginger tortoishell girl named Tilly Till, she was a rescue cat. She was adopted by our two 15 yr old staff’s, so we call her our pink nose potty cat 😸
Charné
What about Mantoo? Like, you know, Catmantoo…? :)
naomi potts
I got my kitten yesterday. He’s 12-13 weeks old and we’ve named him Tigger
Tanya Coombs
My ginger boy is perkin, suits him very friendly boy and so handsome
Amber Gardiner
Our Ginger boy was called Rupert! Suited him perfectly:)
Aimee
My ginger tom cat is called Chester and he is 17 years old 😥 but I think her will have a long time left. My other cat is a tortoishell called lynx and he is coming upto 2 years old. I am getting a new kitten and is going to be ginger and white. Any name suggestions?
Shannon E Johnson
Pretty cool list. I adopted two light ginger kittens and named them Sammie Pumpkin (darker one) and Houdini “Deanie” Spice. They are very energetic. Houdini hid for the first 3 days that’s how he got his name.
The ginger cringer
A good name for an energetic cat would be cat nip which makes them go crazy
Nurma
Nice..
My ginger cat name is Bruni (From Brownie lol ) because his fur is a bit darker than the usual ginger cat
sorry for my bad English ;)
maya
i named mine henry the 8th
Marcia
Have a big boy named Axel Rose, since he is a red head.
Lilly
EDdie or EDward Like ed sheeran because he is a ginger
Jona Guerrero
I like Ora (Aura) as in “ORA”nge.
Zoe
We just name are two kittens Goldie & Tilly
Sabrina
I just rescue a kitten from SPCA and I didn’t know what its name is going to be but the shop already called the cat Ron weasley. He’s my man
Sian
I had a handsome boy called Colonel Mustard… best cat I ever had 😢
Madelyn
We are getting a kitten soon and the kitten we are thinking of is named Cotton. We probably won’t keep her name but I think it is cute. I am thinking of naming her Ginger if I get her
Shawn
One name is spelled wrong. It’s Sherbet, not Sherbert. If you want to name your cat that.
Kyle Larson
Thanks!
Rosie Rochford
We are getting a ginger kitten, naming him Ninja ! Ginger Ninja lol
Star
Mine are pixar and disney :)
Shelley
Our Lucy Maud just delivered 5 ginger kittens. Not sexed yet. Oh how lucky we are!
Maureen Bartlett
My ginger kitten is going to be called Barley, just like my last ginger cat.
Steve
We called our Ferris after the red/orange-colored iron compound known as Ferrous Oxide. Most people think he is named after Ferris Bueller however.
John Cummings
Mines called cooking fat.
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what about simin
Mary Samuels
I am trying to come up with a name for an orange kitty I’m getting. He is going to have an eye removed from a dog attack and has to recover from an infection before the eye removal and neutering. My last orange boy was Butterbean.
Ginger
My name is Ginger and i’m a actually person!!!!
Huda
I don’t know what to call our first ginger cat we might get. We are thinking Tango, Tabby or just a simple ginger.😺😺😸😸😸🐱
Emily
We named our kitten Carrot. Looks just like a little orange carrot running amuck…getting into everything. Love every minute of it. ♥️🥕😼
I young
What about jaffa.
Leah
I got my got 4 days ago I named my Ginger cat Luna for the moon. My step son got me her.
Jimmy Worth
My cat is named banana.
Beth
My cats name is ginger simba
Susan Hamouda
We named our lovely ginger cat Leo, because he is Brave and has a heart of a lion
just nobody lol
another name that i just thought of:
Autumnal
just nobody lol
or java kittie
Chloe batley
They are lovely name
Chloe
What are brilliant 🐱name
Chloe
Nemo the fish
Ginger biscuit
Charlotte
My cats name is Leo to and also he is so grumpy all the time does anyone want to adopt him
Anessa Sanford
my cat is scrarlet ohara she is a but
Juniper
These names are great but I should have seen this before I named my Ginger ” Tippy ”
He is the best!
Twinkle Tan
All of the names are so so cute😺.I also have two Ginger kittens and they are stray.The big sister named Butter and the little sister named Lemon.They were just 3 moths old.And they have s little brother is a Tabby cat called Milo.And their mother is also a Tabby cat called Choco and the father is a Bombay cat called Nighty.Sadly the kittens were all gone:(.Then another kitten who was not Choco child went into my apartment.It was a Bombay cat just like Nigthy,so I called him Inky.Lukily Inky was still right here but Choco and Nighty won’t accept him.But they ate together.My neighbour always give them cat food every day.And I hope they live in a happy life:)🐱
Athena
Mine is Goldie
archie's owner
i have a cat called archie!!! he is a long haired ginger cat
Jeannie
We named our kitty Teddy Marmalade she is so spunky and so cute, and her purrs like a machine 😄 love her to bits 💘
Jeannie
Sorry I meant to say she purrs like a machine. Loved all the cat names suggested and reading everyones ginger names.
i not saying my name
i have a cat named ernie
Unknown
I have a cat called Felix getting another kitten on Sunday and suggestions?
Getting a kitten :)
What should I name my new kitten? I’m thinking Simba if it’s a boy but if it’s a girl.. I need some ideas, if it’s a girl she looks white with some orange fur I don’t really know, I need some ideas.
hello
mine was called cheerios
Amy
Hey guys might be getting a kitten myself it will probably be ginger any possible suggestions pls let me know
K. Dohm
My ginger boy is now 15. His name is Julius…after a favorite treat Orange Julius. He is a huge boy and can outrun our Jack Russell.