Naming Your Furless Feline: A Creative Collection
Drew Bailey

Picking a name for a pet can be a lighthearted and entertaining pastime, particularly if that pet has distinctive traits. Hairless breeds now exist among dogs, cats, rats, mice, hamsters, rabbits, guinea pigs, and possibly other species too. If you are among those who appreciate these animals instead of finding them odd, a collection of witty names might come in handy.
Playful Options for Sphynx Cats
While this list is aimed mainly at hairless cats, it works just as well for any of the other animals mentioned above. Keep reading to discover a fitting name for your furless pet. Much like potato chips, stopping at just one is hard!
Names for Females
Bikini | Hair-e-ette | Perm |
Botox | Lady Schick | Scarlet No Haira |
Electra (short for Electrolysis) | Lady Godiva | Venus di Milo |
Godiva | Lucille Bald | Vo5 |
Gillette | Nair | Wax |
Hair-a | Pantene | Weave |

A sphynx cat, Sloopy, singing for a more punderful name
Names for Males
Alopecia | Hairold | Propecia |
Bacchus (Only a drunk god could create a creature like that.) | Hairy | Razor |
Balderdash | Magnun (For the prince who was cursed to wander the desert naked for all of eternity pining for his lost love.) | Rip Van Wrinkle |
Baldwin | Monthy (As in bare the full monty!) | Rogaine |
Calvin (It means bald.) | Mr. Clean | Samson |
Fabio | Osbald | Toupee |
Goatee | Picard |

Izzie the sphynx rat
Misja Klimov, CC-BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr
Names That Work for Any Gender
Barber | Placebo | Whiskers |
Folicle | Raison (for the wrinkles) | Wrinkles |
Lunch (as in "Naked Lunch") | Streaker | |
Moon | Truth (Nothin' but the naked truth!) |

An adult skinny pig
Wikimedia Commons
We'd Love to Hear From You!
If any punny names slipped my mind, feel free to share them and I will happily include them.
Sources
- Naming Your Furless Feline: A Creative Collection — pethelpful



