Rat Name Generator

Pet rat names, five a press: by coat and marking, by show color, or in pairs.

Rat Name Generator

Small PrintRead it carefully.
WhitNot a bit bigger.
Wood ShavingsPale curls from a carpenter's plane.
Hook & EyeA small fastening in two parts.
MinkMink is one of the solid colors a rat may be shown in.

How it works

Press for five names for a pet rat, sorted the way rats are shown: by marking, coat, ear type and color. One group holds small names, and one prints two names on a card for a pair of rats.

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Names that fit the marking

A hooded rat has a white body with a colored hood over its head, neck, chest and shoulders, so Hoodie fits. A berkshire rat has a white belly and white feet: Spats. A rex has curly hair and curly whiskers: Bedspring.

Names from the show colors

Mink, Lilac, Cocoa, Russian Blue and Amber are real colors a rat may be shown in, as a national fancy rat society lists them.

Questions and answers

What is a good name for a pet rat?

A good rat name comes from the coat. Hoodie and Balaclava suit a hooded rat, Spats and Shirtfront a berkshire, Rice Grain a white rat and Barn Brown an agouti, whose hairs are banded with more than one color.

What are good names for two pet rats?

The pairs group prints two names on one card: Nook & Cranny, Odds & Ends, Scurry & Scamper, Needle & Thread, Dilly & Dally. Press again for five more pairs.

What do you name a white rat?

Try Rice Grain, Cotton Swab, Polar Cap or Flour Bag. Pink-Eyed White is on the list too: it is one of the recognized show colors, an all-white rat with pink eyes.

Are these the names of rats from films and books?

Not on purpose. We wrote the names, cut any that stand in Wikipedia's list of fictional rodents, and left out the rats and mice of well-known films and books by hand.

All 167 rat names

For a hooded, capped or masked rat 15

Balaclava Covers the head and neck and stops.
Bareback A bareback rat has the colored hood on a white body.
Capped A capped rat is white with a colored cap that stops at the ears.
Domino Mask The small black mask of a costume party.
Drawstring Pulls the hood tight.
Half Mast Color at the top, white the rest of the way down.
Hat Hair Whatever is under the cap.
Headscarf Tied on neatly at the neck.
Hooded A hooded rat has a white body with a colored hood over its head, neck, chest and shoulders.
Hoodie Wears one, and never takes it off.
Masked A masked rat is white with a colored mask across the face and around the eyes.
Shoulder Cape The color stops where a short cape would.
Skullcap Fits close and stops at the ears.
Sleeping Cap For a capped rat that naps all day.
Spine Stripe On a hooded rat an unbroken stripe runs down the spine from the hood to the tail.

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For a berkshire rat 20

Ankle Socks White, and all four match.
Blaze A blaze is a white wedge on the face from the muzzle to the ears.
Bobby Socks Short white socks, neatly turned down.
Chalk Tip For the white end of the tail.
Chest Badge A white mark worn over the heart.
Cummerbund A band of white around the middle.
Dinner Jacket Dressed for the evening.
Dipped Tail As if the tip went into white paint.
Equilateral English Irish is the show name for a white equilateral triangle on the chest.
Essex Essex is a show marking like the berkshire, with the color fading.
Head Spot A berkshire rat carries a small white spot between its ears.
Head Waiter Dark jacket, white front.
Irish Irish is the show name for a white marking on the belly with four white feet and a white tail tip.
Milk Belly White underneath, color on top.
Shirtfront White from chin to belly.
Spats White covers over the feet, as worn with a good suit.
Starched Collar A crisp white front.
Tennis Shoes White on every foot.
Undershirt The white only shows from below.
Yield Sign A white triangle, point down.

For a white rat 12

Coconut Ice Pink and white together.
Cotton Swab White, soft and slightly fuzzy at the ends.
Egg White The pale part.
Flour Bag Leaves white pawprints, or looks as if it should.
Garlic Clove White, curved and about the right size.
Odd-Eye An odd-eye rat has one pink eye and one dark ruby or black eye.
Pink-Eyed White Pink-eyed white is one of the recognized show colors: an all-white rat with pink eyes.
Polar Cap White from top to bottom.
Rice Grain Small, white and smooth.
Ruby Eye Ruby is one of the eye colors a show rat may have.
Table Salt Plain white, in small grains.
White Pepper Pale, with a little bite.

For an agouti rat 13

Agouti Agouti is the dark brown color of most wild brown rats.
Banded In an agouti coat the single hairs are banded with two or more colors.
Barley Sack Brown cloth with something good inside.
Barn Brown The color of an old wooden door.
Bran Flake Small, brown and crisp.
Field Coat Brown, practical and good outdoors.
Norvegicus The second half of Rattus norvegicus, the scientific name of the brown rat.
Sparrow Brown The brown of a small common bird.
Stubble The color of a field after harvest.
Teabag Small, brown and found in the kitchen.
Three-Tone An agouti coat has three tones on each hair.
Ticked Every hair tipped a different shade.
Wild Coat Some pet rats keep the agouti coloring of the wild brown rat.

For a rex or satin rat 19

Astrakhan A tightly curled fleece.
Bedspring Coiled, and bounces back.
Bent Whisker Not one of them is straight.
Bristle Coat Bristle coat is a show variety with a stiff, coarse coat.
Crimp For a coat pressed into small waves.
Crinkle Every hair has a bend in it.
Curly Kale Frilled at every edge.
Curly Whiskers On a rex rat even the whiskers are curly.
Finger Wave An old-fashioned set of curls.
Hair Roller Slept in them.
Harley Harley is one of the standardized coat types.
Kinked Hose A bend where you least expect one.
Rex A rex rat has curly hair and curly whiskers.
Satin A satin coat is thinner and longer, with a lustrous sheen.
Shearling A curly coat, worn year-round.
Steel Wool A wiry gray tangle.
Telephone Cord The curly kind, from an old phone.
Velveteen Velveteen is a softer variation of the rex coat.
Wood Shavings Pale curls from a carpenter's plane.

For big ears set on the side 18

Air Brakes Stick out to slow it down.
Cabbage Leaf Round, soft and slightly crinkled.
Clamshell Round and open.
Ear Trumpet Hears the treat bag from three rooms away.
Loving Cup A trophy with a handle on each side.
Low and Round The variety has large, low, round ears on the sides of its head.
Pancake Ears Flat, round and warm.
Parasol Open, round and delicate.
Petal Ears Soft, round and thin.
Radar Dish Turns toward every sound.
Round Rudders Steers by ear.
Saucers Round, wide and one on each side.
Side Ears In this variety the ears are larger and set on the side of the head.
Side Mirrors One each side, angled out.
Soup Bowls Two of them, facing forward.
Taxi Doors Like a small car with both doors open.
Teacup Handles Something to lift it by, in theory.
Wingnut Two flat wings on a small round body.

Names from the show colors 22

Amber Amber is a silvered show color: the coat is sprinkled evenly with white hairs.
Blue Point Blue point Siamese is one of the patterned show colors.
Blue-Beige Blue-beige is one of the solid show colors.
Burmese Burmese is one of the patterned show colors.
Chinchilla Chinchilla is a show color in which each hair is banded.
Cinnamon Pearl Cinnamon pearl is a show color in which each hair is banded.
Cocoa Cocoa is one of the solid show colors.
Fawn Fawn is a show color in which each hair is banded.
Himalayan Himalayan is a show pattern: white, shading into color at the nose and feet.
Lilac Lilac is one of the solid show colors.
Lynx Lynx is a show color in which each hair is banded.
Manx The Manx rat has no tail and is named for the Manx cat.
Merle Merle is one of the patterned show colors.
Mink Mink is one of the solid colors a rat may be shown in.
Platinum Platinum is one of the solid show colors.
Russian Blue Russian blue is one of the solid show colors.
Russian Dove Russian dove is one of the solid show colors.
Seal Point Seal point Siamese is one of the patterned show colors.
Silver Fawn Silver fawn is a silvered show color, sprinkled evenly with white hairs.
Silver Lilac Silver lilac is a silvered show color, sprinkled evenly with white hairs.
Silver Mink Silver mink is a silvered show color, sprinkled evenly with white hairs.
Variegated A variegated rat has a colored head and shoulders and small splashes of color down its back.

Small names for a small animal 22

Aglet The tip on the end of a shoelace.
Decimal Point The smallest mark that matters.
Demitasse A cup half the usual size.
Eyelet The little ring a shoelace goes through.
Grace Note A tiny note before the real one.
Grain of Rice The size of a newborn's paw.
Half Ounce Hardly registers on the scale.
Jot The smallest mark a pen can make.
Lowercase Small letters only.
Matchstick Thin, short and light.
Mote A speck of dust in a sunbeam.
Pint-Size Small, and not sorry.
Pocket Edition The whole animal, in a smaller format.
Pocket Lint Found in every coat it has ridden in.
Seed Pearl A very small pearl.
Sesame Seed Small, pale and found in the bottom of the bag.
Sliver A thin little piece.
Small Print Read it carefully.
Thumbnail About that big.
Tittle The dot on an i.
Travel Size Fits in a coat pocket.
Whit Not a bit bigger.

Names in twos, for a pair of rats 26

Bits & Bobs One of each.
Chit & Chat Always talking.
Criss & Cross Their paths meet in the middle.
Dilly & Dally Never in a hurry.
Ebb & Flow One out, one in.
Hem & Haw Neither can decide.
Hide & Seek One is always missing.
Hodge & Podge A mixed pair.
Hook & Eye A small fastening in two parts.
Knick & Knack They collect things.
Mish & Mash A bit of everything.
Needle & Thread One leads, one follows.
Nook & Cranny For two rats that fit into anything.
Nuts & Bolts They hold the place together.
Oat & Barley Two grains from the same bowl.
Odds & Ends A pair made of leftovers.
Over & Under How they get past each other in the tube.
Part & Parcel They come together.
Rough & Tumble For a pair of wrestlers.
Safe & Sound Asleep in the same hammock.
Scurry & Scamper Two speeds: fast and faster.
Shoulder & Sleeve Where each one likes to ride.
Teeny & Weeny The two smallest of the litter.
Thimble & Thread A sewing box pair.
To & Fro Back and forth all evening.
Wax & Wane One grows as the other shrinks.

How this list was compiled: Own list of 167 names for a pet rat, made on 3 October 2026. The groups follow the varieties rats are shown in: the markings, coats, ear type and colors are described from the American Fancy Rat and Mouse Association's page of rat varieties (https://www.afrma.org/fancyrm.htm) and from English Wikipedia's article Fancy rat (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fancy_rat, CC BY-SA 4.0), both read on 3 October 2026. The other names and every line are ours. In the last group one card holds two names, for a pair of rats. A name we wrote was left out when it stands on this site's lists of pet, dog, cat, horse, fish or teddy bear names or on another animal's name page, or appears in Wikipedia's List of fictional rodents as read that day; the rats and mice of well-known films and books were also left out by hand. 45 of the 167 names (27 in 100) also stand on another list of this site, most of them show colors. Licence: The names we wrote and the line under every name are our own work. Meanings of real names and words draw on English Wiktionary, and facts about the animal and its folklore on English Wikipedia, both under CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).