270 Gray Cat Names for Silver, Blue, and Charcoal Coats

A silver kitten arrives and suddenly the pressure is on. The best gray cat names do two jobs at once: they suit the coat, whether yours is stormy charcoal, soft slate, or misty blue, and they survive being called across a garden.

That second job matters more than it sounds. In a study of 77 cats, researchers found that cats can pick their own name out of a run of similar sounding words ⁽¹⁾. Coming when called is a separate question. “Cats interact with us when they want,” says Atsuko Saito, the Sophia University researcher who led the study.

Below are 270 names split into male, female, and unisex, each with its meaning. Eighteen of them still sit inside the top 100 for U.S. babies in 2025 according to Social Security Administration data, and the rest belong to cats alone.

90 Strong Male Gray Cat Names

Tough, traditional picks for a sturdy silver boy, each with its meaning and, where the federal name data records it, how common the name still is.

1. Andy – Andrew shortened to something that fits on a food bowl. It has been on the U.S. books for more than a century and remains an uncommon pick today.
2. Artie – Short for Arthur, and tied to the Celtic word for bear. It suits a stocky gray tom with a slow, deliberate walk.
3. Ash – Straight from the fireplace. It is a color word that still reads as a real name.
4. Asher – Hebrew for happy or blessed. It is genuinely popular right now, #28 for U.S. boys in 2025, so expect a human head to turn at the park.
5. Bailey – An Old English word for the bailiff, the man who kept the household in order. Fitting for a cat who supervises.
6. Billy – From William, resolute protector. It was once one of the most popular names for U.S. boys, in the early twentieth century, which makes it a proper old-man name for a serious gray cat.
7. Bobby – Bright fame, and it sounds like the name of a cat who greets guests at the door instead of hiding.
8. Bruce – A blunt Scottish surname meaning the willowlands. It has never fully gone away, even if it never tops the charts.
9. Bullet – For the gray blur that goes wall to wall at three in the morning. Two syllables, easy to shout at speed.
10. Casey – Gaelic for vigilant. Give it to the cat who runs window patrol from first light onward.
11. Cat Damon – A pun that earns its keep every time you say it out loud at the vet’s office.
12. Checkers – A board game name for a coat with contrast. It fits gray on white or gray on black equally well.
13. Chex – Cereal box shorthand, and a neat fit for a tabby with a repeating pattern across his sides.
14. Christopher – Bearer of Christ, and a former giant of a name: #2 in 1972, still #68 today. Chris and Topher come free.
15. Comet – A dirty snowball with a tail, gray until sunlight hits it. Also a fair description of a kitten at full speed.
16. Cosmo – Order and the universe in one short word. It has stayed in circulation for cats and humans alike without ever fully disappearing.
17. Dagger – Short, sharp, and metallic. Best on a cat who plays rougher than he looks.
18. Dennis – Greek, from a follower of Dionysus. Once a common pick for boys, it has faded into the kind of quiet obscurity that makes a great cat name.
19. Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde’s man who never ages, for the cat who has looked identical for nine years.
20. Drew – A trimmed-down Andrew. One syllable, blunt at both ends.
21. Duke – A title rather than a name, which is the point. Use it on the cat who claims the best chair.
22. Dustin – Old Norse, tied to Thor’s stone. It peaked at #41 in 1984 and reads slightly retro now.
23. Dusty – A plain description of a matte gray coat with no shine in it at all.
24. Earl – Earl Grey does the work here: the tea and a British title in four letters. It reads short and easy to call across a yard.
25. Einstein – For the cat with wild fur and unsettling problem-solving skills. It appears in the federal data for only one year, 2006.
26. Elder – A quiet, respectful pick for a senior cat whose muzzle has gone silver.
27. Elvis – Swagger, sideburns, and a hip swivel. It is still charting, at #1,328 in 2025.
28. Ethan – Hebrew for strong and long-lasting. It hit #2 in 2009 and remains a top 25 name, so it is a human name first.
29. Freddy – Peaceful ruler is the meaning. Whether that reads as accurate or a joke depends entirely on your cat.
30. Gainsboro – A real named shade of pale gray, and rare enough that nobody else at the shelter will have it.
31. Gandalf – The gray wizard. U.S. birth records logged it once, in 1970, and never again.
32. George – A farmer’s name, plain and steady. It was a top 10 pick back in 1913.
33. Gerry – From Gerald, ruling spear. It has the soft ending of a name that gets talked back to.
34. Goose – Gray feathers, loud opinions, and a habit of following you around. Also a Top Gun callsign.
35. Grady – Irish for noble, and it carries the gray sound without spelling the color out.
36. Greyson – Son of the gray-haired man, which is about as on the nose as this list gets. It ranked #149 in 2025.
37. Harvey – Breton for battle worthy. Good for a small cat with a large opinion of himself.
38. Hex – Three letters, faintly witchy. Easy to shout down a hallway.
39. Hulk – For the gray cat built like a footstool who refuses to be moved off one.
40. Ivan – Slavic for God is gracious. It sits well against a Russian Blue’s coat.
41. Jude Paw – The pun writes itself for a handsome gray tom who already knows it.
42. Keegan – Irish for son of fire. It suits a smoke-colored cat with a temper to match.
43. Kylo – The Star Wars villain in charcoal and black. It is the fastest riser on this list, up roughly 3,400 percent when the last ten years of U.S. births are set against the ten before them.
44. Lance – Lancelot cut down to something you can actually call at dinner time.
45. Leo – Latin for lion, and #19 for U.S. boys in 2025. On a four-pound gray kitten it is very funny.
46. Levi – The most popular name on this entire list, ranked #12 in the U.S. in 2025 according to Social Security Administration data. It means joined in harmony.
47. Lloyd – Welsh, and it translates literally as gray. If you want the color in the name without saying Smokey, this is it.
48. Luke – Light-giving, short, and still inside the top 40 for U.S. boys.
49. Mason – A worker in stone, which is a fair image for a solid slate-colored cat. It was the #2 boys’ name in 2011.
50. Max – Short for Maximilian, the greatest. Blunt enough for a cat who answers to one syllable.
51. Maxwell – A Scottish surname meaning great stream, and it hands you Max on the busy days.
52. Midnight – For the charcoal cat who is only really visible when he blinks. Two syllables, dark as the coat itself.
53. Mikey – Michael, meaning who is like God, with the collar loosened. Casual, friendly, and almost impossible to say sternly.
54. Myles – Tied to the Latin word for soldier. It sat at exactly #100 in the U.S. in 2025.
55. Nathaniel – Gift of God, a long formal name that collapses to Nate the moment you are in a hurry.
56. Neptune – The Roman sea god. Storm-churned water is about as gray as the world gets.
57. Nero – Latin for black, which covers the darkest end of the gray range without saying charcoal.
58. Nico – Two syllables ending on a vowel, which makes it carry across a room. It means people of victory.
59. Nimbus – The cloud that actually rains on you. Thick, low, and unmistakably gray.
60. Odie – Wealthy defender. It has been recorded since 1880 and now sits far down at #5,547, which makes it pleasantly uncommon.
61. Oscar – Gaelic, either deer lover or champion warrior, and a name with a long history of ending up on cats.
62. Ozzy – Rock and roll on the surface, divine power underneath. It reached its own best rank, #549, in 2025.
63. Parker – The keeper of the park. Fitting for a cat who patrols a fixed territory every evening without fail.
64. Patch – For the gray cat with one white shape on his chest that you keep pointing out to visitors.
65. River – Moving water runs silver in the right light. The name suits a long, flowing coat.
66. Romeo – For the tom who climbs into every lap in the room, invited or otherwise.
67. Rusty – An ironic pick for a blue-gray coat. It is an honest one for a gray cat with warm brown undertones.
68. Scott – A wanderer. It reached #10 in 1971 and has drifted to #534, which is prime cat-name territory.
69. Seymour – Marshy land near the sea. Old, faintly silly, and perfect on a dignified gray cat.
70. Shadow – The name for a cat who is behind you every single time you turn around.
71. Silverton – A place name with silver built into it. It sounds like somewhere a gray cat would own property.
72. Simba – Swahili for lion. On a gray kitten with oversized ears it is an act of faith.
73. Smokey – A common name for gray cats. As a human name it has faded out, last recorded in 2024.
74. Spike – For the cat with an attitude. His fur will not lie flat no matter what you do.
75. Steve – A grown man’s name on a cat is a reliable joke that never wears out.
76. Sylvester – The cartoon cat handed this one its whole personality. It was also a top 200 human name back in 1913.
77. Taylor – An occupational name for a tailor. It was #6 in 1994 and now reads unisex and easy.
78. Thor – The Norse god of thunder, which puts him in charge of the gray sky.
79. Thumper – Bambi’s rabbit, gray-brown and loud. Give it to the cat who kicks litter across the room.
80. Tiger – For the gray tabby whose stripes only really show when the sun hits him. Blunt, familiar, and always fits.
81. Tigger – Better suited to the cat who bounces off the back of the sofa than the one who naps on it.
82. Tinley – An English name tied to a hedge or fence. Uncommon enough to still feel fresh.
83. Titan – Big, mythic, and funniest when used on a very small gray cat.
84. Tucker – A fabric pleater by trade. It sounds friendly, which most one-word cat names do not.
85. Vince – Vincent trimmed to a single syllable. It means conqueror, and it fits a cat who fights the vacuum.
86. Wes – Wesley with the ending shaved off. Breezy, quick to say, hard to mishear.
87. Westley – Western meadow is the meaning, a soft outdoorsy image. It suits a gray cat who watches birds through glass.
88. Wolf – For the gray cat who behaves like a pack animal and follows you from room to room.
89. Zane – A form of John meaning God is gracious. The Z gives it a snap most cat names lack.
90. Ziggy – David Bowie’s alter ego Ziggy Stardust, glam and strange by design. It is a good fit for an odd cat with odd habits.

90 Pretty Grey Female Cat Names

Elegant, vintage, and mythological picks for a female gray cat, with her current U.S. ranking noted wherever the federal name data still tracks it.

1. Agnes – Pure and holy, and properly Victorian. It was #41 in 1913 and sits at #1,016 now, which makes it vintage rather than common.
2. Anastasia – Greek for resurrection. Long, formal, and it shortens to Ana, Stacy, or Sia depending on your mood.
3. Artemis – The Greek goddess of the moon and the hunt, which covers both halves of a cat’s day.
4. Ashley – From the ash tree clearing, so the gray is built in. It was the #1 girls’ name in 1991 and has settled at #164.
5. Baloo – The gray bear from The Jungle Book. Best on a heavy cat who sprawls rather than sits.
6. Belle – French for beautiful, and the biggest comeback on this list. It ranked #276 in 1914; births are now about fifty times the 1986 low.
7. Bianca – Italian for white, which works for a pale silver coat or a gray and white mix.
8. Bluebell – A flower name for the cat whose gray reads distinctly blue in daylight. Soft on the ear, easy to say twice.
9. Callie – From Calisto, most beautiful. Short, it sings well.
10. Cami – A soft nickname for Camille, easy to say quietly at six in the morning.
11. Celeste – Latin for heavenly. It reached its own best rank, #188, in 2025.
12. Cleo – Cleopatra without the ceremony. Good for a cat who expects to be carried places.
13. Crystal – For clear, pale eyes. The name was #9 in 1982 and now sits near #1,145, so it has swung fully into cat territory.
14. Daisy – A cheerful flower name. It sits at its best rank ever, #75 for U.S. girls in 2025.
15. Dakota – A Sioux word meaning friend, and it works on a cat who actually behaves like one.
16. Dawn – The gray light before the sun clears the roofline. The name was a top 20 pick in 1971.
17. Dixie – Southern and spirited. Short enough to shout across a garden.
18. Dot – A single round mark is the whole name, precise and easy to picture on a solid gray coat.
19. Edith – Old English for prosperous in war. It ranked #28 in 1916 and sits at #499 in 2025.
20. Eloise – French for famous warrior. It is currently at its highest rank ever, #49 in 2025.
21. Elsa – The ice queen, and a natural on a pale gray cat with a cold stare.
22. Em – A short nickname for Emily. One syllable, no fuss.
23. Esme – French for esteemed or loved. It hit its best rank, #298, in 2025.
24. Fae – Small and mystical, for the slight gray cat who appears in a room without a sound.
25. Fenrir – The giant wolf of Norse myth, handed to a house cat. That contrast is the whole joke.
26. Flower – Soft and gentle, and an honest name for a gray cat who genuinely is both.
27. Fox – Sleek and clever. Silver around the edges, too.
28. Galena – The lead ore, metallic gray with a dull shine. A geology name almost nobody has used.
29. Gertrude – German, spear of strength. It was #32 in 1914 and has fallen to #6,632, so it is now firmly a cat name.
30. Ginger – Usually reserved for orange cats, which is exactly why it lands on a gray one.
31. Gracie – Grace with a gray sound folded into the middle of it. Warm, familiar, and easy on a collar tag.
32. Heather – The purple-gray flower that covers Scottish moorland. As a name it reached #3 in 1975.
33. Henna – Arabic for blessed, and a warm choice for a gray coat with reddish light in it.
34. Hyacinth – A spring flower that comes in soft blue-gray shades. It carries real weight as a name, too.
35. Iris – The rainbow goddess, and also the colored ring of the eye itself. It sits at its best rank, #61 in 2025.
36. Judy – Praised. It was a top 15 name in 1946, which is precisely the era great cat names come from.
37. Juno – Roman queen of the gods, and at #1,252 in 2025 the name is at its own high point.
38. Katana – The Japanese sword, folded steel with a cool gray sheen along the blade. Sharp sound, sharp meaning.
39. Katniss – The Hunger Games heroine, for a cat who hunts everything that moves.
40. Katya – A Russian short form of Katherine, meaning pure. It is a natural beside a Russian Blue.
41. Lady Jane – After Lady Jane Grey. The color is right there in the name, with a queen attached to it.
42. Lalli – A rare name meaning darling, for anyone who would rather not meet a second cat with the same one.
43. Lavender – A soft purple herb that sits beautifully against gray fur. The color pairing is the whole point.
44. Lilac – The pale violet shade that many blue-gray coats throw in bright light.
45. Lulu – Pearl, doubled up and playful. It already sounds like a call, which helps.
46. Luna – Latin for moon, and the obvious choice for a silver cat. It is genuinely popular with people too, ranked #27 for U.S. girls in 2025.
47. Maple – Sweet, natural, and matched to gray bark. It reached its best rank, #1,092, in 2025.
48. Margot – French for pearl, at its highest rank ever at #102 in 2025. It sounds expensive, too.
49. Medusa – The gorgon whose stare turned people to stone, for the gray cat who stares.
50. Melody – For the cat who narrates her whole day. The name is at its best rank, #79 in 2025.
51. Meredith – Welsh for great ruler. Most cats treat that as a job description, not a compliment.
52. Mila – Slavic for gracious or dear. Short, warm, and currently #43 for U.S. girls.
53. Misha – A Russian nickname with a bear behind it, which suits a round gray cat.
54. Misty – Fog and light rain in one word. The name was #40 in 1977 and has drifted to #4,140.
55. Moana – Hawaiian for ocean. The ocean itself runs deep gray-blue on most days of the year.
56. Morticia – The Addams family matriarch, for a gray cat with gothic tendencies and good posture.
57. Moxie – Nerve and fight, packed into five letters. Short enough to say in one breath.
58. Mystique – The shapeshifter from X-Men, for a cat whose coat changes color as she moves through light.
59. Nessie – The Loch Ness monster, hidden in gray water. It is the rarest of the names federal birth data still ranks, at #16,583 in 2025, or about one in every 333,000 births.
60. Nola – From Fionnuala, fair shoulder. Short and southern-sounding, ranked #822 in 2025 after a peak of #325 back in 1918.
61. Nova – A star that suddenly brightens, and #46 for U.S. girls in 2025.
62. Opal – The stone that flashes gray, blue, and pink depending on the angle. A blue coat does much the same in changing light.
63. Pearl – The obvious pick for a pale gray or silver-white cat. It was a top 60 name in 1913.
64. Pepper – For a coat that looks like it came out of a mill, gray flecked through with darker grit.
65. Petal – Small and delicate. It suits the cat who stays kitten-sized her whole life.
66. Rain – Plain, gray, and calm. It suits a quiet cat with no interest in drama.
67. Raya – Hebrew for friend, and a good fit for a cat who follows you between rooms.
68. Sable – A dark-furred animal whose pelt was prized for centuries. Right for a charcoal coat.
69. Sadie – Princess. It ranks #50 for U.S. girls in 2025.
70. Sasha – A Russian short form meaning defender of mankind. Unisex and soft, currently ranked #684 for U.S. girls.
71. Shelby – From a willow grove. It peaked at #33 in 1991 and now sounds pleasantly ordinary.
72. Skye – For the Isle of Skye, which spends most of the year under gray cloud.
73. Skylar – Scholar or protection, depending on the source. Either way, the sky sound does the color work for you.
74. Star – Simple and bright, and a good match for a cat with a white mark on her forehead.
75. Stella – Latin for star, and still a top 60 name for U.S. girls.
76. Stormy – For a dark gray coat with movement in it. It often fits the temperament underneath, too.
77. Susie – From Susan, lily. It was a top 150 name in 1914 and now reads sweetly old-fashioned.
78. Sylvie – French for from the forest, and it carries the sound of silver. The name is at its best rank ever, #282.
79. Tabitha – Aramaic for gazelle, and it happens to open with tab, which is convenient for a tabby.
80. Talia – Hebrew for dew from God. That is about as gray-morning as a meaning gets.
81. Tallulah – Leaping water. A name with rhythm, for a cat who does not walk anywhere she can jump.
82. Tasmin – She who fulfills. Rare enough that U.S. birth records stopped listing it after 2004.
83. Tawny – Golden-brown by definition, so save it for a warm gray coat rather than a blue one.
84. Trudy – Germanic, spear of strength. A compact old name that suits a small, tough cat.
85. Tyra – Related to Thor. It is the steepest faller on this list, down about 68 percent when the last ten years of U.S. births are compared with the ten before them.
86. Ursula – Latin for little female bear. Good for a gray cat with a heavy build and a low voice.
87. Vee – One letter, one sound. It was last logged in federal birth data in 2022.
88. Venus – The Roman goddess of love and beauty, for the cat who knows she is being admired.
89. Willow – The tree with silver-green leaves that never stop moving. It is #44 for U.S. girls in 2025.
90. Zelda – A vintage name carrying the sense of gray fighting maid. That is a lot of personality for five letters.

90 Cool Unisex Gray Cat Names

Food, weather, metals, and minerals. These gender-neutral names describe the coat rather than the cat wearing it, so any of them fits either sex.

1. Alloy – Two metals mixed into something harder than either one, which fits a scrappy gray cat.
2. Anchovy – A small silver fish. Your cat already holds strong opinions about the smell.
3. Anise – The gray-brown spice with the licorice note, good for a warm-toned coat.
4. Asteroid – Gray rock tumbling through space. It is a fair description of a cat crossing a kitchen counter, too.
5. Bandit – For the gray face with darker markings ringing the eyes.
6. Blade – Metal, thin, and sharp. Much like the claws already ruining your sofa.
7. Bolt – Lightning or hardware. Both are gray, both are fast, and the word lands hard when you shout it.
8. Brick – Solid and blunt, best on a cat you struggle to lift with one arm.
9. Carbon – The element behind both charcoal and diamond. That is a lot of range for one gray coat.
10. Catzilla – For the kitten who is small, gray, and completely out of control.
11. Chai – Spiced tea, warm and slightly gray-brown once the milk goes in. Short, easy, and a little unexpected.
12. Charcoal – The darkest useful word for a gray coat, and it names the color without saying gray.
13. Chrome – Shiny, hard, and reflective. It only started appearing in U.S. birth records in 2023, so it is genuinely new.
14. Cinder – What is left when a fire burns down. Gray, light, and still faintly warm.
15. Cirrus – The thin high clouds that streak a gray sky, and a neat fit for a cat with wispy fur.
16. Cloud – Soft and gray. It has a habit of settling in exactly the spot you wanted.
17. Clove – An earthy spice name with a dark, dried-out color to match.
18. Coal – Blunt and black-gray. It suits a cat sitting at the darkest end of the range.
19. Cobalt – A hard blue-gray metal, and the closest word in English to what breeders mean when they say blue.
20. Disco – A mirror ball throws silver light in every direction. A cat rolling in a sunbeam does much the same.
21. Dove – The gray bird everyone associates with calm. The name reached its highest rank ever, #1,487, in 2025.
22. Drizzle – Light rain on a gray afternoon, and a good name for a fine, misty coat.
23. Echo – A sound coming back at you, or the nymph from Greek myth. For the cat who answers when you talk.
24. Eeyore – The gloomy gray donkey. Right for a cat with a permanently disappointed face.
25. Ember – A glowing scrap left in the ash, warm against all that gray.
26. Flint – The hard gray stone people struck to make fire. Short, and it lands well.
27. Flipper – The dolphin: sleek and gray. Most people smile at the name before you finish saying it.
28. Foggy – For a coat that looks slightly out of focus, soft gray with no clean edges anywhere.
29. Ghost – For the cat who is never in the room you last saw him in. One syllable, and it fits every time.
30. Glitter – For the cat with a sparkling personality rather than a sparkling coat.
31. Granite – Speckled gray stone. It is close to what a ticked tabby coat looks like up close.
32. Haze – The soft blur that sits over everything on a still day, gray and quiet.
33. Loki – The Norse trickster god. That is the correct mythology for almost every cat.
34. Mackerel – A silver fish and a tabby pattern in one word, so the name does double duty.
35. Manta – The gray ray that glides rather than swims. It fits a cat who moves without any visible effort.
36. Marble – Gray stone with swirls running through it, exactly what a marbled tabby wears.
37. Meatball – For the round gray cat who has never once skipped a meal. Warm, funny, and impossible to take too seriously.
38. Mercury – The liquid metal and the fast messenger god. Both silver, both hard to hold on to.
39. Mittens – The old reliable for a gray cat with white paws.
40. Moby – After the great whale. Best saved for a cat with real bulk to him.
41. Monsoon – A season of heavy rain under low gray skies, for a cat who does nothing quietly.
42. Moo – For the black and gray patched cat. It also works for the one who will not stop talking.
43. Moon – The obvious silver-gray object in the sky, and short enough to call from a doorstep.
44. Moonshine – Either moonlight or something considerably stronger. Both suit a cat with a wild streak.
45. Mouse – Small, gray, and deeply ironic on an animal that hunts them.
46. Mushroom – Earthy, soft gray, and slightly funny. That is a good combination for a cat.
47. Nebula – A vast cloud of dust and gas, for a cat with a smoky, uneven coat.
48. Nickel – A silvery-white metal. Also the coin you will eventually find under the sofa.
49. Obsidian – Volcanic glass, dark gray to black, with a genuine shine on it.
50. Orca – Black and white, and built for hunting. It suits a bicolor cat who takes the job just as seriously.
51. Oyster – A rough gray shell with something better inside, which describes most rescue cats.
52. Pale – A plain word for a light gray coat, and it works better as a name than it has any right to.
53. Pebbles – Smooth gray stones off a beach, small and rounded like a kitten.
54. Periwinkle – The color between blue and violet, and the best word available for a coat that photographs blue.
55. Pewter – A dull gray alloy with no shine to it, which is the exact tone of a lot of gray cats.
56. Phantom – A ghost with better manners, for the cat who watches from a doorway.
57. Possum – A gray nocturnal marsupial, and a nod to the cat who plays dead the moment the carrier appears.
58. Puff – A small burst of smoke, and a natural for a fluffy gray kitten.
59. Raccoon – The gray animal with the mask and the criminal record.
60. Razor – Sharp steel, and short enough to say fast when something goes over the edge of a shelf.
61. Rhino – Short for rhinoceros, the gray tank of the animal world, for a cat built low and wide.
62. Rocket – Metal, fast, and pointed upward, which is where your cat is heading anyway.
63. Sage – The gray-green herb. Calm, and it sounds faintly wise.
64. Salem – The famous television cat, and a name with a witchy edge to it.
65. Sapphire – A blue gemstone that reads gray in low light, much like a blue coat does.
66. Senior – For an older gray cat who has earned both the title and the warm spot.
67. Sharkie – A small gray predator with a cute suffix stuck on the end, which is the whole joke.
68. Shimmer – For a coat that changes tone every time the cat turns.
69. Silk – Smooth, cool, and expensive, which is how a short-haired gray cat feels under your hand.
70. Silver – The metal, the color, and the most direct name on this entire list.
71. Slate – The fine-grained gray rock used for roof tiles, and one of the best color words going.
72. Smudge – Softer than a spot, more like an edge that never quite got wiped clean. It suits a coat with a blurred marking.
73. Socks – Practical and literal, for the cat whose paws stayed white while the rest of the coat went gray.
74. Soot – Black powder left behind by smoke, for a cat who looks like she has been up a chimney.
75. Speckles – For a ticked or spotted coat where the gray is broken up with lighter hairs.
76. Spots – A classic descriptive name for a patterned coat, plain, cheerful, and accurate, which is all a cat name really has to be.
77. Sprinkle – Small scattered particles, for a coat flecked through with a lighter shade.
78. Stardust – Cosmic particles catching the light, and a soft name for a silver cat.
79. Steel – Iron and carbon, cold gray and strong, for a cat who is denser than he looks.
80. Sterling – High-grade silver, and a name that sounds like the cat arrived with paperwork.
81. Suede – Soft napped leather, close to how a plush gray coat feels under your fingers.
82. Tabs – Short for tabby, and it works as a call because it ends hard.
83. Thunder – The sound that arrives with a gray sky, for a cat with unusually heavy feet.
84. Tin – A dull silvery metal. Cheap, useful, and blunt as a name gets.
85. Tinsel – Thin metallic strips that catch every bit of light, for a cat with some sparkle to her.
86. Torbie – The actual term for a tortoiseshell carrying tabby stripes, so it is a name and a description at once.
87. Windy – For the cat who moves through the house at speed and leaves things knocked over behind her.
88. Winter – Ice, snow, and gray skies in one word, and it suits a pale coat.
89. Zebra – Black and white stripes, for a cat whose markings are impossible to ignore.
90. Zinc – A bluish-silver metal, and one of the few element names that sounds friendly.

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