There’s no point in denying it: all cats are royalty, or at the very least, they believe they are. And who can blame them? When you’ve got a crew of humans to feed you, clean your litter box, pet you, keep you comfortable at all hours of the day, and more or less cater to your every whim, you’re pretty much living the royal experience! Naturally, this means that your cat doesn’t need to have a royal name to claim their throne as supreme ruler of your household. But if you really want to drive the point home for friends and family, we’re here to help with 150 regal cat names to highlight your feline’s noble status!

After all, you cat is the king or queen of their castle. So no matter if you just adopted one from the shelter and need to come up with something to call them or if you’re dreaming of a majestic name to call a cat you’re thinking about getting one day, you’ll love our roundup. The best part is, these cat names are great for any feline, from Maine Coons to Ragdolls to Siamese cats, Persians and more.

Read on to see all of our noble cat names. Trust us, you’ll love them all so much you’ll wish you had more cats to use them on.

Majestic Cat Names for Boys

Give your feline companion a name that will make its subjects quake with fear…or at least get a move on with filling up its food bowl. These majestic cat names take the crown in our opinion and are great for your male cat if you’re trying to fgure out what you should call him.

• Canute: A Viking emperor who ruled over England, Denmark, and Norway in the 11th century.

• Qin Shi Huang: The first Emperor of China.

• Albert: For Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria.

• Caesar: A title once held by Roman emperors.

• Julius: The name of Julius Caesar, a famous Roman emperor and military leader who was eventually betrayed by his friends.

• Zeus: The king of the Ancient Greek pantheon of gods.

• Rex: Latin for “king.”

• Menes: The Ancient Egyptian pharaoh who united Upper and Lower Egypt into one kingdom.

• Mansa Musa: A king of the Mali Empire, considered by many to have been the richest person of all time.

• Pharaoh: The rulers of Ancient Egypt.

• Regulus: A Latin name meaning “little king” or “prince.”

• Sultan: The king or sovereign of a Muslim state.

• Wenceslaus: A Prince of Bohemia and a Christian saint who inspired the Christmas carol “Good King Wenceslaus.”

• Shaka Zulu: One of the greatest leaders of the Zulu Kingdom.

• Ingonyama: A Zulu word for “lion” that also refers to the might of a king, used in “The Circle of Life” from The Lion King.

• Jabari: A Swahili name derived from Arabic, it means “great” or “ruler.”

• Faisal: “Judge” in Arabic, the name of a famous former Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.

• Rajesh: “Ruler of kings” in Hindi.

• Kaiser: The old title held by German and Austrian emperors.

• Jarl: A high-ranking Scandinavian chief or sovereign prince in the Viking Age.

• Raja: The Sanskrit word for “king, ruler.”

• Sheikh: The Arabic title for a tribal leader.

• Alexander: For Alexander the Great, a Greek ruler and conqueror who founded one of the world’s largest empires by the time he was 30.

• Taj: Arabic for “crown.”

• Odin: The divine leader of the Norse pantheon.

• Darius: For the historic Persian ruler Darius the Great.

• Gusti: A Balinese title meaning “leader.”

• Genghis: For Genghis Khan, one of the most infamous warlords of the Mongolian Empire.

• Justinian: A late Roman Emperor who ruled over the Byzantine Empire from Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul).

• Ade: A Yoruba name meaning “crown” (can be unisex, commonly used as an element in larger names).

• Duke: The highest hereditary rank of British nobleman.

• Leroy: From French, meaning “the king.”

• Emyr: Welsh for “king, ruler.”

• Arthur: The legendary king who formed and led the Knights of the Round Table.

• Datu: Tagalog for “chief.”

• Tutankhamun: The name of the “Boy King” of Egypt, aka King Tut.

• Amir: Arabic for “commander, prince.”

• Kamehameha: For King Kamehameha the Great, the first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaii.

• Fitzroy: An English name derived from French, meaning “son of the king.”

• Montezuma: One of the final emperors of the Aztec Empire.

• Tokugawa: Tokugawa Ieyasu was a powerful samurai who took over Japan and founded the Tokugawa Shogunate.

• Charlemagne: The founder of the Holy Roman Empire.

• Khan: The title of the rulers of the Mongolian Empire.

• Tigranes: An ancient Armenian king who expanded his kingdom into modern-day Syria.

• Prabhu: A Sanskrit word meaning “master” or “prince.”

• Napoleon: The historic French general and founder of the Napoleonic Empire.

• Prince: The son of a king or ruler.

• Laird: A Scottish term for a lord.

• Jupiter: The Roman equivalent of Zeus, king of the gods.

• Henry: The name of several historic kings of England, including the infamous Henry VIII.

• Vercingetorix: An Ancient Gaulish chieftain, his name meant “supreme king of warriors.”

• Cyrus: The founder of the Persian Empire.

• David: The Biblical first king of Israel.

• Tudor: An (in)famous family of English monarchs—Henry VIII was a Tudor.

• Ramses: A name belonging to several famous pharaohs of Ancient Egypt.

• Saladin: A 12th-century sultan who founded the Ayyubid Empire, known for his military prowess and generosity.

• Malik: “King” in Arabic.

• Gilgamesh: A legendary hero and ancient Mesopotamian king.

• Xerxes: The name of the ancient king of Persia who tried (ultimately unsuccessfully) to conquer Greece.

• Leonidas: The Spartan king who thwarted the Persian Empire’s attempts to invade Greece with his army at the Battle of Thermopylae.

• Ashoka: A great emperor from modern-day India who helped spread Buddhism across Asia.

• Shogun: The military leaders of feudal Japan.

• Baron: A member of the lowest rung of British nobility, is referred to as the title “Lord” when directly addressed.

• Rais: Arabic for “chief” or “leader.”

• Tecumseh: The Shawnee chief who united many tribes to fight against American expansion.

• King: This one speaks for itself!

• Augustus: A Latin name and a former Roman imperial title meaning “venerable.”

• Louis: A name held by well over a dozen French kings.

• Chief: The ruler of a tribe or clan.

• Maximilian: A Roman name meaning “greatest.”

• Nkosana: Xhosa for “prince.”

• Haile: An Amharic name meaning “power, strength,” also the name of Haile Selassie, the last emperor of Ethiopia.

• Tsar: The title of the former emperors of Russia.

• Shah: A Persian royal title for kings.

• Hammurabi: The Babylonian king who issued the famous Code of Hammurabi.

Regal Cat Names for Ladies

Announce your pretty little princess to the world with one of these purr-fect regal names for femal cats. You’ll fall in love with them all.

• Regina: The Latin word for queen.

• Lili’uokalani: The last reigning monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii before its annexation by the US.

• Victoria: The former Queen of England and ruler of the Victorian Empire.

• Rajni: Sanskrit for “queen.”

• Eleanor: For Eleanor of Aquitaine, the beloved 12th-century Queen of France and England.

• Gitarja: A powerful Javanese monarch who greatly expanded her empire.

• Majesty: The power held by royalty.

• Hera: Wife of Zeus, the Queen of the Greek pantheon.

• Tamar: The powerful queen of Georgia who ruled over her kingdom’s Golden Age.

• Taguhi: An Armenian name meaning “queen.”

• Marie: For Marie Antoinette, the Queen of France who lost her life in the French Revolution.

• Theodora: A powerful Byzantine empress and wife of Justinian I, she used her power to enact laws protecting women in her kingdom.

• Hatshepset: A famous female pharaoh who oversaw the construction of the historic Karnak Temple Complex.

• Arasi: “Queen” in Tamil.

• Titania: The Queen of the Fairies from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

• Empress: A female emperor.

• Christina: A powerful and independent-minded Queen of Sweden.

• Reagan: From an old Irish word meaning “king.”

• Wu Zhao: The only sovereign female empress of China.

• Catherine: For Catherine the Great, the powerful 18th-century Empress of Russia.

• Atarah: A Hebrew name meaning “crown.”

• Scheherazade: The legendary king’s consort and narrator of One Thousand and One Nights.

• Royal: To be part of nobility.

• Dido: The founder and first queen of Carthage.

• Jezebel: A rebellious Biblical queen of Israel.

• Tomryis: A Scythian warrior queen who killed Emperor Cyrus the Great in battle.

• Basilissa: A Greek name meaning “queen.”

• Jasmine: The Arabian princess from Aladdin.

• Tsarina: The female form of “tsar.”

• Batari: An Indonesian name meaning “goddess.”

• Folasade: A Yoruba name meaning “rule with nobility” and the given name of sultry singer Sade.

• Bathsheba: The wife of the Biblical King David and the mother of Solomon the Wise.

• Anne: For Anne Boleyn, the ill-fated second wife of Henry VIII.

• Razia: The first female Sultan of the Indian subcontinent.

• Shri: A title of respect in India, meaning “bright, radiant.”

• Josephine: The wife of Napoleon Bonaparte.

• Sammuramat: A powerful military leader and queen of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.

• Rani: For Queen Rani Lakshmibai, a daring Indian queen who resisted the British Empire’s occupation of India.

• Durga: The Great Goddess of Hinduism.

• Ethel: An Old English name meaning “noble.”

• Leilani: A Hawaiian name meaning “royal child.”

• Zenobia: The queen of Palmyra in modern-day Syria, who revolted and kicked out the kingdom’s Roman occupiers.

• Nefertiti: A powerful Ancient Egyptian queen.

• Cleopatra: The last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt.

• Hippolyta: The mythological Queen of the Amazons.

• Suiko: The first female Emperor of Japan.

• Sarah: A Hebrew name meaning “princess, noblewoman.”

• Diana: For Princess Diana, the late beloved “People’s Princess.”

• Stephanie: The feminine form of Stephen, meaning “crown, wreath.”

• Reina: Spanish for “queen.”

• Morrigan: An Irish name meaning either “phantom queen” or “great queen.”

• Himiko: An ancient shamaness-queen who ruled over a kingdom in what is now modern-day Japan.

• Seondeok: An ancient queen of Korea, described as “generous, benevolent, wise, and smart.”

• Indira: In honor of Indira Gandhi, India’s first (and so far, only) female prime minister.

• Orlaith: Irish for “golden ruler” (pronounced Or-la).

• Amina: The warrior queen of Zazzau, a kingdom in modern-day Nigeria.

• Boudica: The Celtic tribal queen who waged war against the invading Roman Empire.

• Jadwiga: The first queen of the kingdom of Poland.

• Isis: The Queen of the Egyptian gods.

• Juno: The Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess-queen Hera.

• Bastet: The Egyptian goddess of cats.

• Mary: For Mary, Queen of Scots.

• Candace: A name derived from the ancient Cushite word for “queen mother.”

• Queen: The female equivalent of a king, essentially.

• Rapunzel: The lost princess with magical hair from Tangled.

• Livia: The first Roman empress and wife of Augustus.

• Dauphine: The wife of a Dauphin, the heir apparent to the throne of France.

• Elizabeth: A name held by two very powerful and famous Queens of England.

• Inanna: The great goddess and “Queen of Heaven” in Mesopotamian mythology.

• Ratu: A Malay word meaning “queen.”

• Nandi Zulu: The powerful queen mother of Shaka Zulu.

• Myat: Burmese for “noble, excellent.”

• Devi: A Hindi name meaning “goddess.”

• Princess: The daughter of royalty.

• Adelaide: A German name meaning “nobility.”

This story was originally published by PetHelpful on Mar 12, 2026, where it first appeared in the Cats section. Add PetHelpful as a Preferred Source by clicking here.