Grey Cat Name Generator

Funny and smoky names for grey cats

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Generate names for grey and silver cats: funny ones like Dust Bunny, Lint Trap and Grey Poupon, smoke and weather names like Smokey and Nimbus, stone and metal names like Slate and Pewter, and breed nods for Russian Blues and British Shorthairs such as Dmitri and Pea Souper.

About grey cat names

A grey cat is named after things that share its coat, so nearly every name here is something grey, silver or blue-grey, and the rest are nods to the grey breeds. The straight choices come from smoke and weather (Smokey, Ash, Cinder, Nimbus, Drizzle, Mizzle) and from stone and metal (Slate, Flint, Graphite, Pewter, Sterling).

A large share of the list is there to make people laugh. Some names are dull grey household things said with a straight face: Dust Bunny, Lint Trap, Wet Cement, Office Carpet, Hold Music. Some are grey foods (Earl Grey, Oyster, Cold Porridge, Gefilte Fish), some are puns on the word itself (Greyt Scott, The Greyt Catsby, Gneiss Kitty), and some are famous greys from stories, such as Gandalf, Dorian Gray, Eeyore and Graymalkin, the witches' cat in Macbeth.

Cat fanciers call a solid grey coat blue, which is where the Russian Blue and the British Blue get their names. That is why you will also find Bleu, True Blue and Blue Smoke, plus breed nods: Dmitri and Samovar for a Russian Blue, Jeeves and Pea Souper for a British Shorthair, Gris-Gris for a Chartreux and Si-Sawat, the Thai name of the Korat. Grey is the usual British spelling and gray the usual American one, and the list uses both.

How to choose grey cat names

  • Match the shade. A pale silver cat suits Sterling, Moon Dust or Pearl Grey, a dark one suits Graphite, Cinder or Wet Cement, and a blue-grey coat suits Bleu, Blue Smoke or Slate Blue.
  • Say the funny ones out loud before you commit. A joke name has to survive the vet's waiting room, so try "Lint Trap, get off the counter" and see if it still makes you smile.
  • Plan the short form. The Greyt Catsby becomes Catsby and Number Two Pencil becomes Pencil within a week, so make sure you like the nickname too.
  • Let the personality pick the group. Quiet cats wear Wisp, Shade and Misty well, while a cat that thunders down the hallway at night has earned Thunderhead, Rumble or Cement Mixer.
  • Naming two grey cats? Pair names from the same group: Earl Grey and London Fog, Nimbus and Cirrus, or Gneiss Guy and Gneiss Kitty.

Frequently asked questions

What are some funny names for a grey cat?

The deadpan household names get the biggest laughs: Dust Bunny, Lint Trap, Pocket Lint, Wet Cement, Office Carpet and Hold Music. For wordplay try Greyt Scott, Gneiss Kitty or Taken for Granite, and for food jokes Grey Poupon, Cold Porridge or Gefilte Fish.

Is it a grey cat or a gray cat?

Both are correct. Grey is the usual spelling in British English and gray in American English, and the names work the same either way. The list has both spellings, and borrowed names keep their own: Dorian Gray, Gray Matter and Graymalkin on one side, Earl Grey and Grey Poupon on the other.

Why are grey cats called blue?

In the cat fancy a solid grey coat is called blue, because the color is a diluted form of black with a bluish cast. That is why the breeds are named Russian Blue and British Blue, and why names like Bleu, British Blue, True Blue and Blue Smoke suit a grey cat.

What are good names for a Russian Blue or a British Shorthair?

For a Russian Blue the list has Dmitri, Nikolai, Anya, Archangel and Samovar. A British Shorthair suits Winston, Jeeves, Piccadilly or Pea Souper, a Chartreux suits Bleu, Colette or Gris-Gris, and a Korat can be Si-Sawat or Chokdee.

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All 500 grey cat names

This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 15 names

  • Abu-Abu
  • Airport Carpet
  • Akela
  • Anchovy
  • Anya
  • Apparition
  • April Showers
  • Archangel
  • Ardoise
  • Ash
  • Ashby
  • Asher
  • Ashton
  • Asphalt
  • Auld Reekie

B: 37 names

  • Babar
  • Babette
  • Baikal
  • Baltic
  • Balto
  • Basalt
  • Battleship Grey
  • Behind the Fridge
  • Berlioz
  • Big Smoke
  • Bisou
  • Black Sesame
  • Bleu
  • Blimp
  • Blue
  • Blue Cheese
  • Blue Haze
  • Blue Jeans
  • Blue Mist
  • Blue Monday
  • Blue Moon
  • Blue Note
  • Blue Smoke
  • Blue Steel
  • Bluebell
  • Blueberry Muffin
  • Blustery
  • Boris
  • Boulder
  • Boz
  • Breakwater
  • Briquette
  • British Blue
  • Brolly
  • Brunhilde
  • Bushbaby
  • Button Mushroom

C: 42 names

  • Cadet Grey
  • Cairn
  • Campfire Smoke
  • Canned Tuna
  • Captain Gray
  • Catbird
  • Catmint
  • Cement
  • Cement Mixer
  • Chalk Dust
  • Chance of Rain
  • Charcoal Grey
  • Cheese Grater
  • Chekhov
  • Chia Pudding
  • Chimney
  • Chimney Pot
  • Chimney Sweep
  • Chokdee
  • Church Mouse
  • Cinder
  • Cinder Block
  • Cinderfella
  • Cinereous
  • Cinza
  • Cirrus
  • Clam Chowder
  • Cloudy
  • Cobble
  • Cobweb
  • Cold Front
  • Cold Porridge
  • Colette
  • Concrete
  • Cookie Sheet
  • Cool Grey
  • Cracked Pepper
  • Cream of Mushroom
  • Crescent
  • Cubicle
  • Cumulus
  • Cygnet

D: 25 names

  • Dandelion Fluff
  • Davy's Grey
  • Day-Old Oatmeal
  • Dishrag
  • Dmitri
  • Donkey
  • Dorian Gray
  • Dove
  • Dove Grey
  • Drainpipe
  • Dreadnought
  • Dreary
  • Driftwood
  • Drizzle
  • Dryer Fluff
  • Duchess of Grey
  • Dusky
  • Dust Bunny
  • Dust Mop
  • Dust Storm
  • Dustin
  • Dustpan
  • Dusty Blue
  • Dym
  • Dymka

E: 10 names

  • Earl Grey
  • Earl Grey Macaron
  • Earl of Grey
  • Eeyore
  • Elephant Grey
  • Elephant Seal
  • Eminence Grise
  • Ennui
  • Eraser Smudge
  • Evenfall

F: 14 names

  • Film Noir
  • Fitzwilliam
  • Fjord
  • Flagstone
  • Flannel Suit
  • Flint
  • Florin
  • Fogbank
  • Foggy
  • Foil Ball
  • Forecast
  • French Grey
  • Fumo
  • Fyodor

G: 72 names

  • Galet
  • Gandalf
  • Gargoyle
  • Gefilte Fish
  • Ghost Ship
  • Gibbous
  • Gin
  • Glaucous
  • Gloaming
  • Gloomy
  • Gneiss
  • Gneiss Guy
  • Gneiss Kitty
  • Gorgonzola
  • Gort
  • Gosling
  • Grå
  • Granite City
  • Graphite
  • Grau
  • Gravel
  • Gray Catbird
  • Gray Day
  • Gray Flannel
  • Gray Matter
  • Graycie
  • Graydon
  • Grayling
  • Graymalkin
  • Grayson
  • Great Grey Owl
  • Greige
  • Greige Against the Machine
  • Grey Agate
  • Grey Crayon
  • Grey Dawn

G, continued

  • Grey Fox
  • Grey Ghost
  • Grey Jedi
  • Grey Knight
  • Grey Pilgrim
  • Grey Poupon
  • Grey Seal
  • Grey Squirrel
  • Grey Warden
  • Grey Whale
  • Grey Wolf
  • Grey Worm
  • Greyfriars Bobby
  • Greyjoy
  • Greyt Balls of Fur
  • Greyt Dane
  • Greyt Expectations
  • Greyt Pumpkin
  • Greyt Scott
  • Greytness
  • Greyzilla
  • Gri
  • Grigio
  • Grimalkin
  • Gris
  • Gris-Gris
  • Grisaille
  • Grisette
  • Grisou
  • Grizabella
  • Grizzle
  • Gruel
  • Gull Wing
  • Gunmetal
  • Guv'nor
  • Gym Sock

H: 20 names

  • Haar
  • Haiiro
  • Hailstone
  • Half Crown
  • Half Moon
  • Harbor Fog
  • Heather Grey
  • Hematite
  • Herring
  • Herringbone
  • Hippo
  • Hold Music
  • Holy Smoke
  • Hoodie
  • Hopea
  • Horton
  • Houndstooth
  • Hui
  • Humdrum
  • Husky

I: 2 names

  • Incense
  • Ironsides

J: 2 names

  • Jean Grey
  • Jeeves

K: 6 names

  • Kasumi
  • Kettle Steam
  • Kijivu
  • Koala
  • Korat
  • Kumo

L: 22 names

  • Lady Greyling
  • Lamb's Ear
  • Liath
  • Lichen
  • Lighthouse
  • Lilac
  • Limestone
  • Lint
  • Lint Roller
  • Lint Trap
  • Little Boy Blue
  • Lloyd
  • Llwyd
  • London Fog
  • Long John Silver
  • Loose Change
  • Lord Greyington
  • Low Battery
  • Low Tide
  • Lug Nut
  • Lukewarm
  • Lunar

M: 29 names

  • Mackintosh
  • Madame Grise
  • Major Grey
  • Manhole Cover
  • Meh
  • Mercury
  • Minette
  • Minou
  • Misha
  • Mistral
  • Misty
  • Mizzle
  • Moley
  • Monolith
  • Monotone
  • Monsieur Gris
  • Monsoon
  • Moon Dust
  • Mop Water
  • Mostly Cloudy
  • Moth
  • Mouse
  • Mouse Grey
  • Munkustrap
  • Murky
  • Mushroom
  • Mushroom Gravy
  • Mussel
  • Myshka

N: 12 names

  • Narwhal
  • Nebelung
  • Neva
  • Newspaper
  • Nezumi
  • Niebla
  • Nikolai
  • Nimbus
  • Nor'easter
  • North Sea
  • Nuage
  • Number Two Pencil

O: 8 names

  • Oatmeal
  • Of Quartz
  • Office Carpet
  • Old Smoky
  • Old Sock
  • Owlet
  • Oyster
  • Oyster Cracker

P: 38 names

  • Paperclip
  • Parking Lot
  • Pavement
  • Payne's Grey
  • Pea Souper
  • Pearl Grey
  • Pebble
  • Pencil Shavings
  • Penumbra
  • Pepel
  • Pepper Mill
  • Peppercorn
  • Pet Rock
  • Petit Gris
  • Pewter
  • Phimai
  • Photocopy
  • Piccadilly
  • Pigeon
  • Pillbug
  • Pinstripe
  • Pioggia
  • Platinum
  • Plume
  • Pocket Lint
  • Poppy Seed
  • Porridge
  • Portobello
  • Possum
  • Pothole
  • Powder Blue
  • Professor Grey
  • Puff of Smoke
  • Pumice
  • Purrl Grey
  • Pushkin
  • Pussy Willow
  • Putty

Q: 2 names

  • Quarry
  • Quicksilver

R: 13 names

  • Radiator Dust
  • Rain Check
  • Rain Delay
  • Rain Gutter
  • Raindrop
  • Rainy
  • Rauch
  • Rivet
  • Rock Bottom
  • Rolling Stone
  • Roly Poly
  • Rubble
  • Rumble

S: 82 names

  • Salt and Pepper
  • Samovar
  • Sandpaper
  • Sardine
  • Sardine Tin
  • Sasha
  • Scattered Showers
  • Schist
  • Sea Fret
  • Sea Glass
  • Sea of Tranquility
  • Seal Pup
  • Sel Gris
  • Selkie
  • Seriy
  • Shade
  • Shadowfax
  • Shale
  • Sharky
  • Sheffield Steel
  • Shiitake
  • Shilling
  • Shingle
  • Shrew
  • Si-Sawat
  • Sidewalk
  • Siegfried
  • Silent Film
  • Silhouette
  • Silver
  • Silver Birch
  • Silver Sage
  • Silverfish
  • Sir Clanks-a-Lot
  • Sir Greysalot
  • Skerry
  • Skipping Stone
  • Slate
  • Slate Blue
  • Slater
  • Sleet

S, continued

  • Slush
  • Smog
  • Smoke Detector
  • Smoke Ring
  • Smokescreen
  • Smokestack
  • Smokey
  • Smoky Mountain
  • Smoky Quartz
  • Smolder
  • Smudge
  • Soapstone
  • Soba
  • Sock Fluff
  • Souris
  • Spare Change
  • Specter
  • Speed Bump
  • Spindrift
  • Splinter
  • Sprocket
  • Sputnik
  • Squirrel
  • Srebro
  • Steam
  • Steel Blue
  • Steel-Cut Oats
  • Steely
  • Stepping Stone
  • Sterling
  • Stilton
  • Stone Cold
  • Stone Soup
  • Stonehenge
  • Stonewall
  • Stoney
  • Storm Drain
  • Stormy
  • Stratus
  • Sumu
  • Sweatpants

T: 23 names

  • Taken for Granite
  • Taupe
  • Teaspoon
  • Templeton
  • The Gray Lady
  • The Greyt Catsby
  • Thistledown
  • Thunderhead
  • Tin Man
  • Tin Roof
  • Tin Whistle
  • Titmouse
  • Toaster
  • Tolstoy
  • Totoro
  • Trawler
  • True Blue
  • Truffle
  • Tsarina
  • Tuchka
  • Tuman
  • TV Static
  • Tweed

U: 1 name

  • Under the Couch

V: 5 names

  • Vacuum Bag
  • Vapor
  • Volcanic Ash
  • Vole
  • Volga

W: 19 names

  • Waiting Room
  • Walrus
  • Waning Moon
  • Wellies
  • Wellington
  • Wet Cement
  • Whalesong
  • Where There's Smoke
  • Whetstone
  • Wing Nut
  • Winston
  • Wisp
  • Wolfie
  • Wolfram
  • Wombat
  • Woodsmoke
  • Wooster
  • Wraith
  • Wuthering

Z: 1 name

  • Zhivago