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Black and White Cat Names

Did you know that there are two original primary colors in cats - black and red? White is only a masking gene, so it actually hides - or masks - all other color.

So a dark black and white cat is really a black cat with white spotting because the white only hides some of a cat's color instead of all of it.

Cats with beautiful white markings might have larger or smaller areas of white. If you want to describe your cat's color more precisely, there are different names for the different amounts of white no matter if your feline kitty has long or short hair:

A "mitted" cat just has white paws.
A pet with a white spot found on its chest has a "locket."
A cat with one or more little white belly spots has "buttons."
A "bi-color" is about half white.
A "harlequin" is mostly white with several large patches of color.
A "van" is almost all white with color patches only on the head and tail.
A "tuxedo cat" is a black and white cat with white paws, chest, and belly. It might have some white on the face as well.
Some people call black and white cats "jellicle cats" (after T.S.Eliot)

With those terms now in mind, search through the numerous black and white cat names we have assembled for you, so that your distinctive, and sometimes rather formal looking white and black cat, gets that perfect name that suits his or her style. Like a tuxedo, make it a perfect fit!

List of Cat Names For Black and White Cats

Ace (of spades)	Almond Joy	Argyle	Bald Eagle	Bowtie
Bullseye	Charlie Chaplan	Checkerboard	Chickadee	Chip
Chocolate Swirl	Crossword Puzzle	Dapple	Dice	Domino
Dot	Éclair	Eskimo Pie	Freckles	Half Moon
Holstein (Cow)	Ice Cream Sandwich	Ink Spot	James Bond	Jeeves
Junior Mint	Keyboard	Magpie	Mannikin (Bird)	Marble
Mounds Bar	Nun	Orca	Oreo	Panda Bear
Patches	Penguin	Pepe el Pew	Peppermint Patty	Pinstripe
Pinto (Bean)	Pinto (Horse)	Pinwheel	Pirate	Polka Dot
Priest	Puffin	Rabbi	Raccoon	Racing Flag
Referee	Rootbeer Float	Saddle Oxfords (Shoes)	Saddleback (Pig)	Skunk
Soccer Ball	Spot	Starlight Mint	Storm Trooper	Sylvester
Tuxedo	White Tiger	Yin and Yang	Zebra
More names sent in by web visitors:
Bandit *	Blackboard	Checkers *	Chessboard	Chocolate Chip
Crescent	Dapper	50/50 Bar	Harlequin (Harlie, Harley)	Jester
Joker	Moo *	Stripes
* Asterisk means that Black and White Cat Name was sent in with a picture or neat story to go with it as listed here:
* Checkers Bandit: My black and white tuxedo looks like he's wearing an old fashioned bank robber mask. His whole story goes like this: His first name is Checkers so he is Checkers Bandit. He was found in a dumpster in Brooklyn by a very kind vet on the upper east side of Manhattan named Cara Bunning (Loving Hands Veterinary, great vet and so kind to all animals and strays). Checkers has half an ear and is super cute and rambunctious.Thanks for your fun site! Elizabeth
* Moo: My black and white guy who I love so much is called "Moo" as in for a cow. Krystin Kiley
* Moo: We named our cat Moo too! The picture to the right is my cat MOO. When he was little, he was very little - then he just started growing and didn’t stop. He weighed 26 lbs in this picture and to me he looks like a dairy cow. Renee Moore
Thank you for helping!
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