106 Clever and Perfect Harry Potter Cat Names

For the “muggle who lived” just dying to give their cat a cool, clever Harry Potter name, you have a lot of great choices. From Hermoine’s cat’s own name — Crookshanks — to Minerva, the first name of the shape-shifting Professor McGonagall, there are literally hundreds of names to choose from.

Based on your cat’s personality and your love of the magical world of Harry Potter, discover over 100 unique, clever, and perfect Harry Potter cat names below.

Female Harry Potter Cat Names

1. Bathilda, after Bathilda Bagshot, a famous author and historian.
2. Susan, after Susan Bones, a Hufflepuff the same year as Harry, Ron, and Hermoine.
3. Lavender, after Lavender Brown, Ron’s girlfriend and a member of Dumbledore’s Army.
4. Winky, after the house elf of the same name who served Barty Crouch Sr. and then Hogwarts’ kitchens.
5. Muriel, after the Weasley family’s great aunt. 
6. Cho, after Cho Chang, a Ravenclaw student who dated both Cedric Diggory and Harry Potter.
7. Millie, after Millicent Bulstrode, the Slytherin student whose cat Hermione turned herself into after accidentally including her cat’s hair in the Polyjuice Potion.
8. Missy, a variation on the name of Mrs. Norris, Argus Filch’s beloved cat.
9. Minerva, the first name of the transfiguration Professor McGonagall, who shifts into a cat. 
10. Fleur, after Fleur Delacour, Ron’s sister-in-law and a Triwizard Tournament contestant.
11. Alecto, the Carrow sister who takes over Hogwarts with her brother when Snape is headmaster.
12. Petunia, after Petunia Dursley, Harry’s aunt.
13. Ariana, after Ariana Dumbledore, the late headmaster’s sister.
14. Hermoine, after Hermione Granger.
15. Mina, after substitute professor Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank who served as the Care of Magical Creatures professor in the trio’s fourth and fifth years at Hogwarts.
16. Mafalda, after Mafalda Hopkirk, the Ministry of Magic employee Hermione impersonates.
17. Helga, after Helga Hufflepuff, one of the four founders of Hogwarts.
18. Alice, after Alice Longbottom, Neville Longbottom’s late mother.
19. Bella, after Bellatrix Lestrange, a dark witch and loyal follower of Voldemort.
20. Luna, after Luna Lovegood, a quirky and brave Ravenclaw.
21. Narcissa, after Narcissa Malfoy, Draco’s mother. 
22. Pansy, after Pansy Parkinson, a Slytherin student the same year as Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
23. Irma, after Irma Pince, the librarian at Hogwarts.
24. Poppy, after Madam Poppy Pomfrey, the school nurse. 
25. Lily, after Lily Potter, Harry’s mother.
26. Padma, half of a pair of twins in Harry’s year. She’s a Ravenclaw while her twin is a Gryffindor.

Male Harry Potter Cat Names

1. Crookshanks, Hermione’s intelligent male cat.
2. Fang, after the scaredy-cat dog of the same name owned by Hagrid.
3. Buck, after Buckbeak, Hagrid’s beloved hippogriff.
4. Fluffy, the three-headed dog protecting the entrance to the maze that keeps the Philosopher’s Stone safe.
5. Firenze, a powerful centaur that protects Harry from Voldemort in the Forbidden Forest and teaches Divination at Hogwarts in the trio’s later years.
6. Argus, after Argus Filch, the squib with a beloved cat.
7. James, after James Potter, Harry’s father.
8. Thomas, after Thomas Riddle, a name passed down in the Riddle family and given to Lord Voldemort as a child.
9. Newt, after Newt Scamander, a magizoologist and the author of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a textbook used at Hogwarts.
10. Horace, after Horace Slughorn, a gifted potions professor and head of the Slytherin house when Tom Riddle went to Hogwarts.
11. Sal, after Salazar Slytherin, one of the founders of Hogwarts.
12. Dean, after Dean Thomas, a Gryffindor in Harry’s year and member of Dumbledore’s Army.
13. Ted, after Ted Tonks, Nymphadora Tonks’s father.
14. Arthur, after Ron Weasley’s father.
15. Bill, after one of the Weasley boys.
16. Charlie, after one of the Weasley boys.
17. George, one of the Weasley boys and Fred’s twin.
18. Fred, one of the Weasley boys and George’s twin.
19. Percy, one of the Weasley boys.
20. Oliver, after Oliver Wood, the Gryffindor who taught Harry how to play Quidditch.
21. Errol, after the owl of the same name that belonged to the Weasleys. 
22. Gellert, after Gellert Grindelwald, a dark wizard from the 1940s.
23. Godric, after Godric Gryffindor, one of the four founders of Hogwarts.
24. Greg, after Gregory Goyle, a Slytherin the same year as Harry, Ron, and Hermione and Gregorovitch, a famous wandmaker. 
25. Mungy, a shortened version of Mundungus Fletcher’s name or a variation on St. Mungo’s Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.
26. Vernon, after Vernon Dursley, Harry’s muggle uncle.
27. Kreach, after Kreacher, a house elf that loyally served the Black family.
28. Dudley, after Dudley Dursley, Harry’s cousin.

Unisex Harry Potter Cat Names

1. Pig, after the nickname Ron gave his owl, Pigwidgeon.
2. Norris, after Mrs. Norris.
3. Rowan, after Rowena Ravenclaw, one of the four founders of Hogwarts.
4. Tonks, the surname of Nymphadora Tonks, a gifted witch and member of the Order of the Phoenix.
5. Fawkes, after the pet phoenix of Albus Dumbledore by the same name.
6. Nagini, the snake Lord Voldemort trusts and turns into a horcrux. She’s revealed to have been a human Maledictus earlier in her life.
7. Ronan, a centaur in the Forbidden Forest.
8. Peeves, the mischievous poltergeist that roams Hogwarts’ halls.
9. Norbert, the female baby dragon Hagrid hatched from an egg he got at a pub.
10. Scabbers, the name of the Weasley family rat that’s actually Peter Pettigrew.
11. Grawp, Hagrid’s giant half-brother.
12. Kneaz, after the magical creature called a “kneazle.”
13. Zouwu, after the magical creature of the same name.
14. Bunty, an assistant of Newt Scamander.
15. Shaw, the surname of a family affected by Credence Barebone’s Obscurus.
16. Carrow, a follower of Gellert Grindelwald and the surname of the dark wizard twins who take over Hogwarts.
17. Kama, the surname of a French-Senegalese wizarding family from Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. 
18. Hicks, after Lally Hicks, a professor at Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. 
19. Ilver, after Ilvermorny, the North American school of witchcraft and wizardry.
20. Travers, after Torquill Travers, the Head of Magical Law Enforcement at the Ministry of Magic. 
21. Tao, after Liu Tao, the Minister of Magic in China.
22. Zab, after Zabini, a wizard acolyte of Gellert Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.
23. Doyle, an American wizard featured in the movie Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.
24. Hel, after Helmut, a German Auror from Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.
25. Fischer, after Henrietta Fischer, a German witch in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.
26. Flamel, after Nicholas Flamel, the creator of the Philosopher’s Stone.

Clever Harry Potter Cat Names

1. Tabby, after a type of feline patronus cast by Dolores Umbridge and Minerva McGonagall.
2. Lynx, after the type of feline patronus cast by Auror Kingsley Shacklebolt.
3. Manx, after the type of feline patronus able to be cast.
4. Reggie, after Reginald Cattermore.
5. Aberto, after the spell of the same name that opens doors.
6. Avis, after the spell of the same name that conjures birds toward a target.
7. Crinus, after the spell crinus muto that transfigures the color and style of the witch or wizard’s hair. Great for a cat with a mackerel or spotted pattern.
8. Episkey, after the spell of the same name that can heal injuries like a broken nose.
9. Geminio, after the spell of the same name that doubles something.
10. Lumos, after the spell of the same name that creates a flashlight on the tip of a wizard’s wand. Great for a white cat.
11. Nox, after the spell of the same name that extinguishes lumos. Great for a black cat.
12. Moher, after the Cliffs of Moher, which production used in the cave scene of Half Blood Prince.
13. Pancras, after the St. Pancras railway station which production used for an exterior shot of King’s Cross Station in the movie.
14. Paul, after St. Paul’s Cathedral which production used for a spiral staircase in Hogwarts. 
15. Harrow, after the Harrow School, which production used for the interior of Professor Flitwick’s classroom.
16. Leta, after Leta Lestrange from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. 
17. Vinda, after Vinda Rosier, a French witch who held loyalty to Gellert Grindelwald.
18. Pica, after Piccadilly Circus, where the production crew shot Harry, Ron, and Hermione running through the West End in London.
19. Virginia, after Virginia Beach and Virginia Water Lake — both were used as stock footage for many of the Harry Potter films.
20. Finnan, after the Glenfinnan Viaduct in Scotland that the Hogwarts Express travels across.
21. Clare, after the real-life home production based 12 Grimmauld Place on.
22. Grimmy, after the street address of the Black family home and the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix — 12 Grimmauld Place.
23. King, for King’s Cross Station, the railway terminal that holds Platform 9¾. 
24. Queenie, after both the character in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and the Queensway Tunnel, where the chase in the first Deathly Hallows movie was shot.
25. Hal, a variation of the word hallows. 
26. Cyri, for the real-life St. Cyriac’s Church of England, used in scenes of Godric’s Hollow.  

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