Puma Name Generator

Cougar and mountain lion names, Yukon to Patagonia

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Generate names for a puma, the cat also called cougar, mountain lion and catamount: tawny coat names like Fawn and Sandstone, places of its range such as Teton and Aconcagua, Spanish words like Sombra, and stealth, leap, cub and mascot names.

About puma names

Puma, cougar, mountain lion and catamount are four names for one cat, Puma concolor, which lives from the Yukon to Patagonia, the widest range of any large wild land mammal in the Americas. Puma is a Quechua word. Cougar reached English through French from a Tupi-derived name that Brazilians still use as suçuarana, and catamount is short for cat of the mountain. The list also has miztli (Nahuatl), pangui (Mapudungun) and león, the everyday word in much of Spanish America.

The 1,000 names follow the animal. Concolor means of one color, so coat names stay with tawny, sand and ash: Fawn, Dune, Sandstone, Buckskin. Cubs are born spotted and blue-eyed, hence Speckles and Blue Eyes. Places come only from puma country, from Teton, Sawtooth and Chiricahua to Aconcagua and Paine. Stealth names (Whisper, Rarely Seen) suit a cat few people ever see, leap names (Longleap, Springheel) its powerful hind legs, and voice names (Purr, Whistle, No Roar) a cat that purrs and screams but cannot roar.

Spanish words (Sombra, Montaña, Huella), plants and neighbors of the range (Lenga, Calafate, Guanaco), weather, bynames such as Old One-Ear, mascot names and short game-pet names fill the rest. No black puma has ever been confirmed, so night-coat names are few here; the panther page holds those.

How to choose puma names

  • Let the coat lead for an adult: Tawny, Fawn, Sandstone and Buckskin all fit a plain, one-color cat. Keep Spots and Speckles for cubs, whose spots fade as they grow.
  • Match the place to the animal's story: a Rocky Mountain cat suits Teton, Sawtooth or Bitterroot, and a Patagonian one suits Paine, Chaltén or Aysén.
  • Say the name aloud. A keeper or a child will use it every day, so Mesa, Sombra or Rumi will outlast a long name such as Sangre de Cristo.
  • For a litter or a pair, take two names from one group: Lenga and Ñire, Sunup and Sundown, or Zonda and Pampero.
  • A word from a living Indigenous language deserves care: before you put one on a mascot or a brand, ask speakers or a community organization how it is used.

Frequently asked questions

Are puma, cougar, mountain lion and catamount the same animal?

Yes: all four are common names for Puma concolor, and which one people use depends mostly on the region. The list has each of them as a name, along with Concolor and Painter, an old word for the cat in the southern Appalachians. Mountain Screamer, Deer Tiger, Red Tiger and Mexican Lion are older regional names for it too. In Florida the same species is called the Florida panther.

What is a puma called in the languages of its range?

Puma itself is Quechua. Miztli is the Nahuatl word, Pangui and Trapial are Mapudungun (the Mapuche language), Koj is K'iche' Maya, and Igmu Tanka is Lakota for mountain lion, literally big cat. Brazilians say Suçuarana, Onça-Parda or, in the south, Leão-Baio, and in much of Spanish America the cat is simply León. Couguar is the French spelling.

What do the Quechua words in the list mean?

Rumi is stone, Wayra wind, Chaska star, Qori gold, Mayu river, Qocha lake, Nina fire, Yaku water and Rit'i snow. Urqu, also spelled Orqo, is mountain, Sacha is forest, Kuntur is condor and Sonqo is heart. Puka means red, Hatun big and Sumaq beautiful, so Puka Puma, Hatun Puma and Sumaq Puma read as red, big and beautiful puma.

Are any of these names from real pumas?

One is: P-22 was the study number of the mountain lion that lived for about ten years in Griffith Park in Los Angeles. Everything else is a word, a place or a character-style name, though a zoo or a sanctuary may well have used some of them.

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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: 43 names

  • Absaroka
  • Acechador
  • Aconcagua
  • Acorn
  • Acorn Cap
  • Adobe
  • After Dark
  • Agave
  • Agile
  • Airborne
  • Alerce
  • Algarrobo
  • Alkali
  • All Paws
  • Alma
  • Alpamayo
  • Alpenglow
  • Altiplano
  • Altitude Al
  • Amaya
  • Amber Eyes
  • American Lion
  • Amos
  • Andariego
  • Andean Lion
  • Andes
  • Andrés
  • Annie
  • Antisana
  • Anvil Cloud
  • Apurímac
  • Araceli
  • Araucaria
  • Arena
  • Arrayán
  • Arrow
  • Arroyo Seco
  • Ash
  • Ashen
  • Atacama
  • Ausangate
  • Avellana
  • Aysén

B: 70 names

  • Baby Blues
  • Badlands
  • Baja
  • Bajada
  • Balanced Rock
  • Bandurria
  • Banff
  • Bariloche
  • Barley
  • Baron of the Badlands
  • Barranco
  • Bautista
  • Bayo
  • Beacon
  • Bean
  • Bear Grass
  • Beartooth
  • Before Dawn
  • Belle
  • Belly Crawl
  • Benjamín
  • Big Bend
  • Big Cheer
  • Big Feet
  • Big Sky
  • Big Sur
  • Big Tawny
  • Big Tom
  • Big Track
  • Bighorn
  • Biobío
  • Bitterbrush
  • Bitterroot
  • Black Hills
  • Blacktail

B, continued

  • Bleacher Bea
  • Blink
  • Blue Dawn
  • Blue Eyes
  • Blue Mountains
  • Bluff
  • Bodkin
  • Boldo
  • Boone
  • Booties
  • Borrego
  • Boulder Bill
  • Boulder Hopper
  • Bound
  • Bounding Bonnie
  • Box Canyon
  • Bramble
  • Bridger
  • Brinco
  • Bristle
  • Bristlecone
  • Broad Jump
  • Broken Tooth
  • Brown Sugar
  • Bruma
  • Bryce
  • Buck
  • Buckskin
  • Bunchgrass
  • Burr
  • Burst
  • Butte
  • Buttercup
  • Button
  • Buzzer Beater

C: 118 names

  • Cache
  • Cactus
  • Cafayate
  • Cairn
  • Cajas
  • Calafate
  • Caldera
  • Callado
  • Camila
  • Caminante
  • Camouflage
  • Campfire Story
  • Cañada
  • Canelo
  • Cañón
  • Cantuta
  • Canyon
  • Canyon Carl
  • Canyon Echo
  • Canyon Lion
  • Canyon Pride
  • Canyon Wind
  • Canyon Wren
  • Caprock
  • Captain Longleap
  • Caramel
  • Carancho
  • Cardón
  • Carmen
  • Cascade Crest
  • Cascajo
  • Castaño
  • Cat of One Color
  • Cat of the Mountain
  • Catamount
  • Catapult
  • Caterwaul
  • Cayambe
  • Ceanothus
  • Cerro
  • Cerro Torre
  • Chaltén
  • Chamise
  • Chamois
  • Chañar
  • Chaparral
  • Char
  • Chaska
  • Chert
  • Chestnut
  • Chilco
  • Chilcotin Plateau
  • Chimango
  • Chimborazo
  • Chimney Rock
  • Chiricahua
  • Chirp
  • Chirripó
  • Chirrup

C, continued

  • Chisos
  • Chokecherry
  • Chubut
  • Chucao
  • Cinder
  • Cinder Cone
  • Cinnamon
  • Cipher
  • Circle Back
  • Ciro
  • Cirque
  • Cirrus
  • Citrine
  • Clawsome
  • Clay
  • Cleft
  • Clem
  • Cliff
  • Cliff Jumper
  • Cliffrose
  • Cloud Shadow
  • Clover
  • Coach Catamount
  • Cocuy
  • Coihue
  • Coil
  • Coirón
  • Colca
  • Colonel Canyon
  • Colt
  • Columbine
  • Concolor
  • Cóndor
  • Cool Ledge
  • Copihue
  • Copper
  • Cordillera
  • Cordillera Blanca
  • Cotopaxi
  • Cottonwood
  • Cougar
  • Couguar
  • Coulee
  • Counterweight
  • Covert
  • Crag
  • Cream Belly
  • Creek Jumper
  • Creosote
  • Crescent
  • Crest
  • Cricket
  • Crooked Tail
  • Crowd Roar
  • Cruz del Sur
  • Cubby
  • Culpeo
  • Cusco
  • Cypress Hills

D: 39 names

  • Dandelion
  • Dark Tip
  • Dash
  • Dawn Patrol
  • Deep Track
  • Deer Brown
  • Deer Path
  • Deer Tiger
  • Deputy Dash
  • Desert Lion
  • Desierto
  • Dipper
  • Divide
  • Doctor Dune
  • Doeskin
  • Domino
  • Doña Puma
  • Dorado
  • Dot
  • Dotty
  • Double Take
  • Douglas Fir
  • Downslope
  • Drifter of the Dunes
  • Dry Grass
  • Dry Lightning
  • Dry Thunder
  • Dry Wash
  • Duchess of Dry Creek
  • Duke of the Divide
  • Dumpling
  • Dun
  • Dune
  • Dusk Watcher
  • Dusky
  • Dust
  • Dust Storm
  • Dustup
  • Dusty Trails

E: 16 names

  • Early Snow
  • Elías
  • Elk Hide
  • Elk Trail
  • Elqui
  • Endurance
  • Escalante
  • Escarcha
  • Espino
  • Estepa
  • Estrella del Sur
  • Etta
  • Evening Shade
  • Eyes in the Aspens
  • Eyes on the Ridge
  • Ezra

F: 31 names

  • Facundo
  • Fade
  • Faint Track
  • Far Thunder
  • Fawn
  • Featherstep
  • Felina
  • Felino
  • Felis
  • Fell
  • First Frost
  • First Shadow
  • First Tooth
  • First Tracks
  • Fissure
  • Fitz Roy
  • Flapjack
  • Flash Flood
  • Flax
  • Fleetfoot
  • Fletch
  • Flicker
  • Florencia
  • Fluff
  • Foothill
  • Four Peaks
  • Freckles
  • Front Range
  • Full Tilt
  • Futaleufú
  • Fuzz

G: 33 names

  • Gallatin
  • Gallop
  • Gambel Oak
  • Game Day
  • Game Path
  • Gata Brava
  • Gato Grande
  • Gila
  • Golden Paw
  • Goldenrod
  • Gone Again
  • Gooseberry
  • Gorge
  • Graciela
  • Grandmother Tawny
  • Gravel
  • Gray Dawn
  • Gray Ghost of the Rim
  • Gray Whiskers
  • Graystone
  • Great Basin
  • Great Divide
  • Green Mountain
  • Green-Gold Eyes
  • Grit
  • Growl
  • Grumble
  • Guadalupe
  • Guanaco
  • Guardian of the Gorge
  • Gulch
  • Gus
  • Gust

H: 42 names

  • Haboob
  • Hackle
  • Hailstone
  • Half Pint
  • Half-Seen
  • Halftime Hank
  • Hangtime
  • Hank
  • Harvest Moon
  • Hatchet
  • Hattie
  • Hatun
  • Hatun Puma
  • Haunch
  • Hearsay
  • Heat Shimmer
  • Hermit of the Hogback
  • Hickory
  • Hideaway
  • High Country Hal
  • High Jump
  • High Lonesome
  • High Ridge
  • Hiss
  • Hogback
  • Home Range
  • Home Run Hazel
  • Honeybun
  • Hoodoo
  • Hopper
  • Huachuca
  • Huascarán
  • Huayna Potosí
  • Huckleberry
  • Huella
  • Huemul
  • Humahuaca
  • Humo
  • Hundred Miles
  • Hunter's Moon
  • Hurdle
  • Hustle Cat

I: 6 names

  • Ichu
  • Igmu Tanka
  • Illimani
  • Incognito
  • Inkling
  • Ironwood

J: 15 names

  • Jackrabbit
  • Jarilla
  • Jasper
  • Javelin
  • Javelina
  • Jeb
  • Jed
  • Jesse
  • Jolt
  • Joshua
  • Josie
  • Julián
  • Junebug
  • Juniper Berry
  • Just Missed

K: 19 names

  • Kaibab
  • Kananaskis
  • Keeper of the High Trail
  • Keeper of the Pass
  • Kestrel
  • Kex
  • Khaki
  • Kickoff Kit
  • Kid Cougar
  • Kindle
  • King of the Rim
  • Kinked Tail
  • Kinnikinnick
  • Kit
  • Kitten
  • Klamath
  • Koj
  • Kootenay
  • Kuntur

L: 65 names

  • La Payunia
  • La Sal
  • Lady Catamount
  • Lady of the Ledge
  • Lady of the Rimrock
  • Lago Grey
  • Laguna Amarga
  • Lamar
  • Lance
  • Lanín
  • Laramie
  • Larkspur
  • Lassen
  • Latigo
  • Lauca
  • Launch
  • Lautaro
  • Leão-Baio
  • Leap
  • Leaping Larry
  • Leather
  • Ledge
  • Ledge Hopper
  • Lenga
  • Lenticular
  • León
  • León Americano
  • León de Montaña
  • Leona
  • Leonada
  • Leonado
  • Leoncita

L, continued

  • Leoncito
  • Licancabur
  • Liftoff
  • Lightstep
  • Limay
  • Limber
  • Limber Pine
  • Lion of the Andes
  • Lion of the Rockies
  • Lithe
  • Little Paw
  • Little Puma
  • Little Thunder
  • Live Oak
  • Llullaillaco
  • Lodgepole
  • Loica
  • Loma
  • Loner of the Lava Beds
  • Long Gone
  • Long Jump
  • Long Shadow
  • Long Wait
  • Longbow
  • Longleap
  • Lord of the Switchbacks
  • Los Glaciares
  • Loud and Proud
  • Low Crouch
  • Low Profile
  • Lucero del Alba
  • Lupine
  • Luz

M: 54 names

  • Madam Mountain
  • Madrone
  • Madrugador
  • Magallanes
  • Magpie
  • Maite
  • Maitén
  • Major Mesa
  • Malpais
  • Manzanita
  • Maple Sugar
  • Marathon
  • Mare's Tail
  • Marmot
  • Martina
  • Mateo
  • Matías
  • Mayor of the Mesa
  • Mayu
  • Medicine Bow
  • Mesa
  • Mesa Maggie
  • Mesquite
  • Mettle
  • Mew
  • Mexican Lion
  • Mighty
  • Milagros
  • Mile High Max
  • Milk Tooth
  • Mirage
  • Miss Mesa
  • Mister Rimrock
  • Misti
  • Mitten
  • Miztli
  • Moab
  • Mogollon
  • Mojave
  • Molasses
  • Molle
  • Monsoon Season
  • Montaña
  • Montañés
  • Moonset
  • Moraine
  • Morning Frost
  • Mother of Three
  • Mountain Lion
  • Mountain Pride
  • Mountain Screamer
  • Muffin
  • Muley
  • Mutisia

N: 20 names

  • Nahuel Huapi
  • Ñandú
  • Neneo
  • Nettle
  • Neuquén
  • Nevado
  • Never There
  • Night Call
  • Nighthawk
  • Nimble
  • Nina
  • Ñire
  • No Roar
  • No Trace
  • Nock
  • Noemí
  • Notch
  • Notro
  • Nugget
  • Nutcracker

O: 20 names

  • Oatmeal
  • Ochre
  • Ocotillo
  • Ojos del Salado
  • Okanagan
  • Old Graymuzzle
  • Old Honey
  • Old Longtail
  • Old Notch Ear
  • Old One-Ear
  • Old Puma
  • Old Tom of the Ridge
  • Onça-Parda
  • One Eye
  • Opal
  • Orqo Puma
  • Osorno
  • Outcrop
  • Overlook
  • Overtime Ollie

P: 67 names

  • P-22
  • Paine
  • Paintbrush
  • Painted Desert
  • Painter
  • Pale Gold
  • Palisade
  • Palo Verde
  • Palomino
  • Pampa
  • Pampas Lion
  • Pampero
  • Panamint
  • Pangui
  • Páramo
  • Parinacota
  • Patagonia
  • Patient One
  • Paz
  • Peak
  • Peak Spirit
  • Peanut
  • Pearl
  • Pecan
  • Pedregal
  • Peep
  • Pehuén
  • Peña
  • Peñasco
  • Penstemon
  • Perito Moreno
  • Pewter
  • Phantom Track

P, continued

  • Piedra
  • Pika
  • Pike
  • Pikes Peak
  • Pine Nut
  • Pinnacle
  • Piñon
  • Pipsqueak
  • Pistachio
  • Playa
  • Polka Dot
  • Polvo
  • Ponderosa
  • Poorwill
  • Pouncer
  • Pradera
  • Prairie Gold
  • Praline
  • Prickle
  • Prickly Pear
  • Prince of the Pines
  • Professor Pinecone
  • Pronghorn
  • Pudú
  • Puelche
  • Puka
  • Puka Puma
  • Puma
  • Pumita
  • Puna
  • Purple Dusk
  • Purr
  • Purrfect Ten
  • Puya

Q: 15 names

  • Qocha
  • Qori
  • Quaking Aspen
  • Quartz
  • Quebrada
  • Queen of the High Country
  • Queen of the Scree
  • Queñua
  • Quickstep
  • Quiet Company
  • Quietfoot
  • Quillay
  • Quilotoa
  • Quirquincho
  • Quiver

R: 45 names

  • Rabbitbrush
  • Rake
  • Rambler of the Ranges
  • Rampart
  • Ranger Ridge
  • Rangy
  • Rarely Seen
  • Rasp
  • Rastro
  • Ravine
  • Rawhide
  • Raze
  • Razorback Ridge
  • Recluse of Red Rock
  • Red Clay
  • Red Rock
  • Red Tiger
  • Redwood
  • Rend
  • Riddle
  • Ridge
  • Ridgeline
  • Riff
  • Rift
  • Rim Walker
  • Rimrock
  • Ringtail
  • Río Baker
  • Risco
  • Rit'i
  • Roadrunner
  • Roarless Rex
  • Roca
  • Rock Lion
  • Rook
  • Ruby
  • Ruby Range
  • Rudder
  • Rumbler
  • Rumi
  • Rune
  • Runt
  • Rush
  • Russet
  • Rusty

S: 147 names

  • Sacha
  • Saddle
  • Saddleback
  • Sagebrush
  • Saguaro
  • Sajama
  • Salkantay
  • Salt Flat
  • Salto Largo
  • San Gabriel
  • San Jacinto
  • San Pedro Mártir
  • Sandblast
  • Sandia
  • Sandstone
  • Sandstorm
  • Sandy
  • Sandy Bottom
  • Sandy Claws
  • Sangre de Cristo
  • Santa Ana
  • Santa Catalina
  • Santa Lucia
  • Santa Monica
  • Santiago
  • Sawatch
  • Sawtooth
  • Sawyer
  • Scamper
  • School Spirit
  • Scoot
  • Scorcher
  • Scrap
  • Screamer
  • Scree
  • Scrub Oak
  • Scruff
  • Scuffle
  • Second Glance
  • Secret
  • Selkirk
  • Señor Puma
  • Sentinel of the Sierra
  • Sequoia
  • Sergeant Sandstone
  • Serrana
  • Serrano
  • Serviceberry
  • Seven Ridges

S, continued

  • Shade Seeker
  • Shale
  • Shasta
  • Sheriff Sagebrush
  • Shimmer
  • Side Canyon
  • Sidestep
  • Sienna
  • Sierra
  • Sierra Lion
  • Sierra Nevada
  • Sierra Sue
  • Siesta Rock
  • Sighting
  • Sigilosa
  • Sigiloso
  • Silas
  • Silencio
  • Silent Partner
  • Silvertip
  • Simón
  • Sinew
  • Singe
  • Siskiyou
  • Sister Sage
  • Skyward
  • Slam Dunk Sandy
  • Slickrock
  • Slim
  • Slingshot
  • Slipaway
  • Slot Canyon
  • Small Hours
  • Smalls
  • Smoke Gray
  • Smolder
  • Snag
  • Snarl
  • Snow Track
  • Snowmelt
  • Soft Landing
  • Soft Tread
  • Solitaria
  • Sombra
  • Something in the Brush
  • Sonora
  • Sonqo
  • Sorrel
  • Sotol

S, continued

  • Spark
  • Speck
  • Speckles
  • Spire
  • Split Ear
  • Spots
  • Spring
  • Spring Thaw
  • Springheel
  • Sprint
  • Sprout
  • Spud
  • Spur
  • Squall
  • Squeak
  • Stadium Sam
  • Starlight
  • Starshine
  • Steens
  • Still Hunter
  • Stillness
  • Stone Still
  • Stormwatch
  • Straw
  • Streak
  • Strongback
  • Suçuarana
  • Sumaq
  • Sumaq Puma
  • Summer Storm
  • Summit
  • Summit Sam
  • Sun-Bleached
  • Sunbaked
  • Sundown
  • Sundowner
  • Sunning Rock
  • Sunup
  • Superstition
  • Supple
  • Sure Paw
  • Sure Step
  • Surge
  • Susurro
  • Sweet Pea
  • Swift
  • Swipe
  • Switchback
  • Switchback Jack

T: 59 names

  • Tadpole
  • Tailgate Tom
  • Tall Tale
  • Tall Tom
  • Talus
  • Tan
  • Tarn
  • Tawny
  • Tawny Pride
  • Tawny Tom
  • Team Captain
  • Tehachapi
  • Tenacity
  • Tenant of the Talus
  • Terracotta
  • Teton
  • Tex
  • The Deer Shepherd
  • The Last Catamount
  • The Long Walker
  • The Matron of the Mesa
  • The Mountain's Secret
  • The Night Warden
  • The Quiet Neighbor
  • The Tawny Rumor
  • The Wide Wanderer
  • Thermal
  • Thimbleberry
  • Thin Moon
  • Thistle
  • Three Toes
  • Thunderclap
  • Tightrope
  • Timberline Tim
  • Tinder
  • Tiny
  • Titicaca
  • Toasted
  • Tomcat
  • Topaz Eye
  • Tor
  • Torn Ear
  • Torres
  • Touchdown Tess
  • Toyon
  • Trace
  • Trailhead Ted
  • Trapial
  • Trigo
  • Trigueña
  • Trill
  • Trinity Alps
  • Tronador
  • Tucked Away
  • Tucúquere
  • Tumble
  • Tumbleweed
  • Tupungato
  • Tussle

U: 11 names

  • Uinta
  • Última Esperanza
  • Umber
  • Uncle Rimrock
  • Unconfirmed
  • Undercover
  • Updraft
  • Urqu
  • Urubamba
  • Uspallata
  • Uyuni

V: 19 names

  • Vagabundo
  • Valentina
  • Vancouver Island
  • Vapor
  • Varsity
  • Vault
  • Velvet Step
  • Ventisca
  • Ventisquero
  • Vermilion
  • Vertex
  • Vex
  • Vicuña
  • Viento
  • Vigilante
  • Vilcabamba
  • Villarrica
  • Virga
  • Vizcacha

W: 33 names

  • Wade
  • Waffle
  • Wallowa
  • Walnut
  • Wapiti
  • Warble
  • Warden of the Ridge
  • Wasatch
  • Watcher on the Ledge
  • Waterton
  • Waypoint
  • Wayra
  • Wheat
  • Whetstone
  • Whip Tail
  • Whirlwind
  • Whisper
  • Whistle
  • Whistler
  • White Chin
  • White Whiskers
  • Whitebark
  • Wide Ranger
  • Wide Track
  • Wiggle
  • Wild Rose
  • Wildland
  • Williwaw
  • Wind River
  • Windswept
  • Wisp
  • Wobble
  • Wyatt

Y: 8 names

  • Yaku
  • Yareta
  • Yarrow
  • Yellowstone
  • Young Tom
  • Yowl
  • Yucca
  • Yukon

Z: 5 names

  • Zap
  • Zarpazo
  • Zion
  • Zonda
  • Zoomer