370 Italian Cat Names That Will Make Your Kitty Say ‘Ciao’

Italy is beautiful in many ways; the country, culture, people, and the language, which is, along with French, considered to be the language of love.

So, if you’re a cat owner who is in love with Italy, then what could be better than giving your feline friend a lovely Italian name?

If you like how that sounds, check out this article, as it provides you with over 300 names for your furry friend and their meanings.

I’ve got you covered no matter whether your cat is male or female, but not only that; I will also provide you with the cutest and most unique Italian cat names, as well as funny ones, so that your kitty will have the perfect name to suit its personality.

Once again, check them out, enjoy the pictures I made for you and may you choose the best one for your gattito!

#1 Female Italian Cat Names

Check out some best Italian words and names that can be used as female cat names. Keep reading and pick the perfect one for your sweet feline friend!

🐾 Pia – pious

🐾 Olympia – Olympus

🐾 Callisto

🐾 Milu

🐾 Italia – Italy

🐾 Pallina – a little ball

🐾 Mia

🐾 Aurelia

🐾 Zoe

🐾 Lulu

🐾 Francesca

🐾 Florentina – flower

🐾 Alessandra

🐾 Adrina

🐾 Lilla – lilac

🐾 Nana – midget

🐾 Angelina – from angel

🐾 Rosa – rose

🐾 Dea – goddess

🐾 Zena

🐾 Puffetta – little Smurf

🐾 Lia

🐾 Ottavia – from otto, meaning eight

🐾 Minu

🐾 Donatella

🐾 Donna

🐾 Batuffollina – little cotton

🐾 Dada

🐾 Beba

🐾 Giuliana

🐾 Campanellina – little bell

🐾 Felicità – happiness

🐾 Stella – star

🐾 Alba – dawn

🐾 Camilla

🐾 Chiara

🐾 Kika

🐾 Cleopatra

🐾 Sissi

🐾 Olivia

🐾 Cenerentola – Cinderella

🐾 Cicci

🐾 Tula

🐾 Bianchaneve – Snowhite

🐾 Lucia – from luce, meaning light

🐾 Cucciola – female puppy

🐾 Alda

🐾 Carlotta

🐾 Pepita – nugget

🐾 Bella – beautiful

🐾 Bimba – female baby

🐾 Vittoria

🐾 Chicca

🐾 Viola – violet

🐾 Farfalle – butterflies

🐾 Regina – queen

🐾 Cuore – heart

🐾 Virgola – comma

🐾 Camomilla – chamomile

🐾 Valentina

🐾 Fifì

🐾 Evangelina

🐾 Liu

🐾 Diva

🐾 Allegra – cheerful

🐾 Olimpia

🐾 Camelia

🐾 Vera

🐾 Gisella

🐾 Trina

🐾 Titti

🐾 Mistica – mystical

🐾 Numa

🐾 Lilli

🐾 Dana

🐾 Albina – white skinned

🐾 Micia – cat

🐾 Prima – the first one (great name idea for your first feline friend!)

🐾 Sofia

🐾 Bea

🐾 Bellissima

🐾 Amara

🐾 Ninì

🐾 Trottolina

🐾 Lea

#2 Male Italian Cat Names

If you have a tomcat and you’re looking for the perfect Italian cat name for him, then I’ve got you covered. Read on and check out some of the best male cat names that will make everyone think your cat is Italian.

🐾 Giove – Zeus

🐾 Ciccio – chubby

🐾 Leonardo or Leo – name or lion

🐾 Tenero – tender

🐾 Bacco – Bacchus

🐾 Rufus

🐾 Tobia

🐾 Milo

🐾 Ruvido – rough

🐾 Guido – guide

🐾 Mattone – brick, solid

🐾 Mario

🐾 Salvatore – savior

🐾 Briciola – crumb

🐾 Scricciolo

🐾 Fabian

🐾 Orazio

🐾 Adamo

🐾 Bobo

🐾 Aldo

🐾 Noce – nut

🐾 Anatolio

🐾 Zitto – quiet and silent

🐾 Nuvolino – little cloud

🐾 Birillo – skittle

🐾 Neo

🐾 Gabriel

🐾 Alessandro

🐾 Pablo

🐾 Dinamite

🐾 Bruno

🐾 Cucciolo – puppy

🐾 Matteo

🐾 Bilbo

🐾 Alberto

🐾 Luigi

🐾 Zebra

🐾 Lupo – wolf

🐾 Macchia – stain

🐾 Giovanni

🐾 Salice – willow

🐾 Ringhio – snarl

🐾 Massimo

🐾 Blu – blue

🐾 Biagio

🐾 Spinacino – little spinach

🐾 Zampa – paw

🐾 Cappuccino

🐾 Byron

🐾 Galileo

🐾 Furia – rush

🐾 Bimbo – baby, child

🐾 Barone – baron

🐾 Rocco

🐾 Amadeus – a famous musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

🐾 Baffo – whisker

🐾 Ruggiero

🐾 Dante – Dante Alighieri

🐾 Draco

🐾 Leonardo – Leonardo Da Vinci

🐾 Saturnino – little Saturn

🐾 Campanellino – little bell

🐾 Dominico

🐾 Freccia – arrow

🐾 Arturo

🐾 Marco

🐾 Largo

🐾 Sonno – sleep

🐾 Pazzo – crazy

🐾 Chico

🐾 Silvestro

🐾 Giorgio

🐾 Pastello

🐾 Horace

🐾 Bartolomeo

🐾 Angelo

🐾 Benito

🐾 Cesarino

🐾 Sergio

🐾 Iris – the flower

🐾 Pulce – flea

🐾 Elmo – helmet

🐾 Attila

🐾 Rodolfo

🐾 Stefano

🐾 Romolo

🐾 Aristotele

🐾 Adolfo

🐾 Augusto

🐾 Gus

🐾 Esatto – exact

🐾 Ulisse – the main character in Odissea

🐾 Quasimodo

🐾 Stregatto

🐾 Bacio – kiss

🐾 Volpe – fox

🐾 Pelo – hair or fur

🐾 Grigino – grayish

#3 Cute & Unique Italian Cat Names

Still, if you want your cat friend to stand out with cute or unique names popular in Italy, here are the name ideas you should reconsider.

🐾 Paperino/Paperina – duckling

🐾 Bacino – little kiss

🐾 Piccolo/Piccola

🐾 Bambola – doll

🐾 Bambi – a cartoon character

🐾 Diavolina – little devil

🐾 Bambina/Bambino

🐾 Caro/Cara – dear

🐾 Occhiolino – little eye

🐾 Gioia

🐾 Omino – little human

🐾 Bosco – forest

🐾 Oliva – olive

🐾 Principe/Principessa – prince and princess

🐾 Copertina – blanket

🐾 Batuffolo

🐾 Rugiada – dew

🐾 Patata – potato

🐾 Peperino

🐾 Timido – shy

🐾 Margherita

🐾 Tesoro – treasure

🐾 Punto – full stop

🐾 Sabbia – sand

🐾 Signore/Signora/Signorina

🐾 Erba – grass

🐾 Pera – pear

🐾 Angelo – angel

🐾 Sorella – sister

🐾 Frangolina – little strawberry

🐾 Vita – life

🐾 Ladro – thief

#4 Funny Italian Cat Names

If you want to name your cat something funny or something that will suit it perfectly, then I suggest you take a look at these funny Italian cat names that I’ve prepared for you.

🐾 Ninnolo – a toy

🐾 Paffuto/Paffuta – chubby

🐾 Brontolone – grumpy

🐾 Romeo – from Romeo & Juliet

🐾 Pisa – the leaning tower of Pisa

🐾 Limoncello – a famous Italian lemon liqueur

🐾 Tribbiani – Joey Tribbiani from “Friends”, the 90s sitcom.

🐾 Fifone – scaredy cat

🐾 Pinocchio – a puppet who wanted to be a real boy

🐾 Vespa – Italian scooter that is symbolic of Italy

🐾 Penna – a pen

#5 Italian Food Cat Names

Do you like food, eating, cooking, decorating, and similar? If the answer is yes, and if your kitty loves food as much as you do and begs you for a piece of everything you eat, then I have a perfect idea for you.

Why don’t you check out these Italian food cat names as they may turn out to be perfect for your furry food lover.

🐾 Margherita

🐾 Capriciossa

🐾 Amaretti

🐾 Tiramisu

🐾 Spaghetti

🐾 Gnocchi

🐾 Pene

🐾 Salami

🐾 Pasta

🐾 Panzanella

🐾 Caramella

🐾 Fettuccine

🐾 Zucchero

🐾 Risotto

🐾 Focaccia

🐾 Caprese

🐾 Pesto

🐾 Aceto

🐾 Lasagna

🐾 Pizza

🐾 Polpetta

🐾 Birra

🐾 Orzo

🐾 Ziti

🐾 Pomodoro

🐾 Polenta

🐾 Cannoli

🐾 Truffle

🐾 Alfredo

🐾 Bombolino

🐾 Macaroni

🐾 Arancini

🐾 Gelato

🐾 Biscotti

🐾 Calamari

🐾 Torta

#6 Italian Names For White Felines

White cats are special and deserve a unique name that suits them best. So, if you have a snowy white feline friend, here are some of the best Italian cat names that will perfectly fit a white cat.

🐾 Zolletta – sugar cube

🐾 Cocco – coconut

🐾 Luce- light

🐾 Nuvolone – big cloud

🐾 Bianchina – little white

🐾 Rugiada – dew

🐾 Vaniglia – vanilla

🐾 Nuvola – cloud

🐾 Maionese – mayonnaise

🐾 Biancospino – hawthorn

🐾 Piumino – little feather

🐾 Nebbia – fog

🐾 Panna – cream

🐾 Palla di neve – snow ball

🐾 Bianca – white

🐾 Fiocco – bow

🐾 Gardenia – gardenia

🐾 Fiocco di neve – snowflake

🐾 Astro – orb

🐾 Perla – pearl

🐾 Neve – snow

🐾 Luna – moon

🐾 Feta – a type of white cheese

🐾 Bianco – white

🐾 Nuvolina – little cloud

🐾 Avorio – ivory

🐾 Piuma – feather

🐾 Lana – wool

🐾 Diamante – diamond

🐾 Neon

#7 Italian Names For Ginger Felines

Ginger or orange cats are usually male cats. If you’re an Italian culture lover, then you’re lucky because there are many perfect name ideas for your ginger cat. So, check them out!

🐾 Isidoro

🐾 Zafferano – saffron

🐾 Canella – cinnamon

🐾 Garfield

🐾 Nemo

🐾 Biscotto – cookie

🐾 Caramello – caramel

🐾 Albicocca – apricot

🐾 Miele – honey

🐾 Rame – copper

🐾 Pesca – peach

🐾 Ambra – amber

🐾 Fiamma – flame

🐾 Clementina – clementine

🐾 Albicocco – apricot- tree

🐾 Aperol – Italian drink

🐾 Biondo – blonde

🐾 Cipria – powder

🐾 Cotechino – pork chop

🐾 Sole – sun

🐾 Fiammetta – little flame

🐾 Carotino – little carrot

🐾 Senape – mustard

🐾 Spritz – Italian cocktail

🐾 Groviera – a name of a cheese

🐾 Zenzero – ginger

🐾 Zucca – pumpkin

🐾 Simba – a cartoon lion

🐾 Brioche – croissant

🐾 Pepita – gold nugget

🐾 Ruggine – rust

#8 Italian Names For Black Felines

There are always many good names for black cats. So, if you’re looking for an Italian name for your black cat, worry not, as I have provided you with some of the best ideas!

🐾 Mora – blackberry

🐾 Topina – little mouse

🐾 Calimero – a cartoon character

🐾 Mistico – mystical

🐾 Mikado

🐾 Tartufo – Truffle

🐾 Drago – dragon

🐾 Bruno – dark

🐾 Uranio – uranium

🐾 Merlino – the name of the magician

🐾 Lucifero

🐾 Alieno – alien

🐾 Asso – ace

🐾 Bandito – bandit

🐾 Morgana

🐾 Pantera – panther

🐾 Cacao – cocoa

🐾 Nero – black

🐾 Nerina – from Nero, meaning black

🐾 Zorro

🐾 Carbone – coal

🐾 Pietra – stone

🐾 Talpa – mole

🐾 Cioccolato – chocolate

🐾 Moky

🐾 Picche – spades

🐾 Plutone – Pluto

🐾 Caffè – coffee

🐾 Pirata – pirate

🐾 Cenerino – little ash

🐾 Eclissi – eclipse

🐾 Liquirizia – licorice

🐾 Corsaro

🐾 Ombra – shadow

🐾 Nerone – big black/name of a Roman emperor

🐾 Espresso

🐾 Notte – night

🐾 Vulcano – volcano

🐾 Nerino – little black

🐾 Mirtillo – blueberry

🐾 Jazz

🐾 Nettuno – Neptun

🐾 Cosmo – cosmos

🐾 Pepe – pepper

🐾 Nerito – a bit black

🐾 Gufetta – little owl

Wrapping It Up

When you get a new cat friend, choosing the right name for it is the most interesting part. Now, if you want to escape from the standard and familiar names, which have become boring and common, why don’t you think outside the box a bit?

For example, if you’re a fan of Italian culture, language, country, cuisine, and similar, then this article is perfect for you as it provides you with 370 of the best Italian cat names.

This article offers many special names for your female or male kitty, unique and funny names, food names, and special names for your black, white, or orange cat.

So, you can choose a name based on the cat’s coat colors, your favorite food, or your cat’s personality.

I hope this article will help you with your final name decision and that you’ll choose one that will sound good and suit your cat the best!