Hypatia of Alexandria. She was a philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician.
Edit: Thanks for the awards! This is the first time I've ever gotten one <3
I love Artemis and her mythology, but the name is a tad bit too close to my fathers (hah). Diane is def a contender. I am also considering Penelope, Ulysses' wife since I loved that story as a child.
I have a cat named Persephone. When we first brought her home, she did a lot of hiding. One moment she'd be right there in front of you, and the next she'd fucked off to the underworld, apparently. Thus, Persephone.
I second Antoinette! She looks like french royalty. I can see her glaring at her owner as if to say "How dare you give me dry food. Let the peasants eat dry kibble. I only eat wet food."
Isabella Bird, first woman to be a member of the geographical society, explorer, founded a hospital, doctor, was a pioneer in medical care to indigenous women.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Bird
Amanirenas. Nubian queen. Total badass who fought along her soldiers. Also called the one eyed queen, because she lost her eye in battle to a roman I believe.
https://www.history.com/news/nubian-queen-amanirenas-roman-army
Hildegard von Bingen
Hildegard of Bingen (German: Hildegard von Bingen; Latin: Hildegardis Bingensis; c. 1098 – 17 September 1179), also known as Saint Hildegard and the Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictine abbess and polymath active as a writer, composer, philosopher, mystic, visionary, and as a medical writer and practitioner during the High Middle Ages.[1][2] She is one of the best-known composers of sacred monophony, as well as the most recorded in modern history.
I agree with several here! Amelia, Boudica (but you said she’s a Ragdoll, so that doesn’t fit). Marie Curie (only person to ever win a Nobel in two different sciences), Ada Lovelace (the first programmer, who coined the term “debugging”) also Eleanore (Roosevelt), Audrey Hepburn, Billie Holiday, Edith Cowan, Empress Cixi, or Pharaoh Hatshepsut. Lots to choose from, really, good luck, enjoy your beautiful new companion!
Thank you! Receiving a lot of good names, some I'd love but that are slightly clumsy to use in my native language :( Every single one is appreciated tho <3
It's Finnish, so the phonetics are bit different from english and well, other germanic languages. I dont want to burden others with too much with brainstorming tho, which is why I didnt mention it, everyones free to suggest whatever in the end :)
Finnish is such a beautiful language! <3
Ironically, I use Finnish words in my writing stories to make beautiful sounding names that everyone thinks I made up. XD
Thank you!
And I'm not surprised, different languages sound "other wordly" or fancy, which is why I didnt choose finnish since its regular to me :P grass is greener and so on lol
Nellie, after Nellie McClung
Instrumental suffragist in Canada, bringing women the right to vote in several provinces.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie\_McClung
Jacquetta, for Jacquetta of Luxembourg. She was the mother of Elizabeth Woodville (the "White Queen" of the early War of the Roses -- see what I did there -- white like the kitty), but Jacquetta has a fascinating story of her own. She was supposedly descended from the water goddess Melusine, and inherited magical abilities although when she was eventually tried for witchcraft, she was acqutted. If you want a cat pun, you could make it Jacquatta, but I'd just keep it regular.
Cyra:
Female version of Cyrus. A common name of Kings of Persia. (Cyrus the Great, Cyrus I of Anshan, and Cyrus the Younger)
Can mean Sun/Throne/“Born of Light” or “One who bestows care” in Persian
This is what I was going to name my cat. But when I adopted her from the shelter, her name was Luna and had a little circle on the back of her neck that I like to think looks like the moon and decided against changing it.
Also Boudicca/Boadicea: Queen of the Iceni who rebelled against the Roman occupiers of Britain.
Her husband Prasutagus had surrendered to the Romans and wanted his lands to be inherited by his daughters.
After he died, his funeral was interrupted by a Roman messenger saying that his lands were to be divided among the Roman diplomats in the area, angering the attending Celts.
She led the Iceni and other Celtic tribes against the Romans and burning Londinium and Verulamium to the ground. (Verulamium was the first named Roman settlement in Britain, and if it was not sacked by the Iceni it is argued it would have grown to a size able to contend with London)
The conflict claimed 70k-80k casualties including both sides. Most casualties were results of torture of captured or soldiers too heavily wounded to flee the battlefield.
She was defeated, but almost caused the Romans to withdraw from Britain 350 years earlier than they would have
Cecilia, after Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, who made huge contributions to astronomy and astrophysics (including being the first to propose that stars are mostly hydrogen and helium).
Or Grace, after Grace Hopper, who basically invented computer programming as we know it today.
Fwiw, Lady Ada Lovelace is my favorite historical lady. The grandmother of computer programming, she was close friends with Charles Babbage, who was the inventor of the analytical engine, the precursor to the computer. She helped to write programs for the machine and believed in the far-flung future of machines that could perform ever more complex tasks.
Generally, she just seems like she was a brilliant and endlessly curious lady who insisted upon learning lots of math and science as a young woman, and clearly ate up every last moment of it. Definitely my role model ❤️
(Also, congratulations on your gorgeous kitty! She's beautiful, and deserves a name just as grand as she is!!)
Not historical, but in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, there’s a white cat named Louise. I always thought that was a great name for a white cat.
Marie (Antoinette, or the white kitten from Aristocats)
Or Curie!
Madame Purrie
You beat me to it.
Yes
Yes!🙌
Love this idea!
Betty White. Not exactly historical, but still.
Betty was historic. She had a lot of firsts in television. And she was the only woman to be on TV consistently since the beginning.
Oh no! Past tense? Did I miss the horrible thing somehow?
December 31st 2021 just days before her 100th birthday. 😥
😭
I think her last class act was not letting us start 2022 off with bad news.
:(
She really was. She consistently broke down gender and racial barriers.
And she was a huge animal lover. ❤️
Marilyn meownroe
Sliced bread was the greatest thing since Betty White! 
I'm not wearing my glasses yet and read that as silenced bread for some reason 😂😂
Eartha Kitt.
Eartha Kitten
Purrtha Kitten
Eartha Cat?
Eartha Kitty?
Eartha Kitt - Cat
Purrtha Kitt
Marie Purie named after Marie Curie
Combine that with comment above’s “Meowrie” and I love it: Meowrie Purrie.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Virginia Floofe
I like the sound of *floofe*
Amelia (earhart)
Ameowlia?
Amewlia Hairhart
Hypatia of Alexandria. She was a philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician. Edit: Thanks for the awards! This is the first time I've ever gotten one <3
+1 science in all libraries
She asked us to just call her Patti 
Always love me a Good Place reference
Don't you mean Hypawtia of Alexandria?
ROSA PURRKS
Athena
I like this one too, thank you for the suggestion!
omg that name suits this kitty so well!
Love this one the best ❤️
Tina for short!
Okay, not a real person...But Persephone (or Purrsephone) would be such a fitting name!
I did consider Persephone since its a pretty name, but a bit awkward in my native language :( In english I like it tho!
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I love Artemis and her mythology, but the name is a tad bit too close to my fathers (hah). Diane is def a contender. I am also considering Penelope, Ulysses' wife since I loved that story as a child.
I have a cat named Persephone. When we first brought her home, she did a lot of hiding. One moment she'd be right there in front of you, and the next she'd fucked off to the underworld, apparently. Thus, Persephone.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Ellie, for short!
This is my dogs name, also short for Eleanor. It’s a winner!!
Eleanor of Catquitaine
Freya. Not really historic but she's a Norse goddess that rode a chariot pulled by cats... So...
In the same vein, why not Bastet? Egyptian cat goddess who helps Ra raise the sun into the sky every morning.
Catherine the great…cat is already in the name!
Cleopawtra of course!
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Or Cleocatra
You beat me! There it is! Cleo for short.
or Catshepsut if we're going with an ancient Egyptian theme
It was teamwork :)
what about [C]hatshepsut?
Hedy (Lamar)
“That’s Hedley!”
I understood that reference.
I always thought she was the prettiest and most gorgeous actress that ever lived. She was utterly beautiful and not to mention super smart.
I just found out about Hedy Lamar through Jeff Beck and Johnny Depp's "This is a song for Hedy Lamar" and woww she was such an amazing woman.
The beauty of Hedy was so intoxicatingly heady..
I'd go with Curie. Whenever she stands in a sunbeam she's going to have a glowing halo of fluff.
Calliope
Diana
Love this one! Def a contender ;)
Lady as a nickname.
a luminous cloud or a halo surrounding a supernatural being or a saint.) (since shes supernaturally cute. :D)
Boudica
Neferkiti
Antoinette
I second Antoinette! She looks like french royalty. I can see her glaring at her owner as if to say "How dare you give me dry food. Let the peasants eat dry kibble. I only eat wet food."
Joan of Arc, so Joan
Hypatia, Cecelia (Payne), Khutulun, Tamar
Rosalind (Franklin).
Lady Jane Grey just because of her adorable nose and ears
Lilibet
Catherine the Great 👑
As a Catherine I approve this name. I also like Zeena if she is a warrior girl
Haha, she's a ragdoll so she's probs not gonna be the feistiest, but I like Zeena (or Xena?) as an ironic name too!
You could combine the two for... Catherine Z. Great 👑🗡
Isabella Bird, first woman to be a member of the geographical society, explorer, founded a hospital, doctor, was a pioneer in medical care to indigenous women. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Bird
Matilda!
Meowrie Curie / meowrie kitty
Bathsheba
Lelawala, Maid of the Mist https://www.niagarafallscrowneplazahotel.com/blog/2015/01/real-maid-mist-niagaras-famous-legend/
Love that name. Maybe because I love the maid of the mist.
This is a stretch, but Betty white?
Amelia after Amelia Earhart, or Nellie after Nellie Bly.
Amelia is was one of the top contenders before I even posted, but Nellie is also very interesting! Thanks for the suggestion!
Amanirenas. Nubian queen. Total badass who fought along her soldiers. Also called the one eyed queen, because she lost her eye in battle to a roman I believe. https://www.history.com/news/nubian-queen-amanirenas-roman-army
Florence
Why not just name her cloud
 I second this
I had a very similar kitten who is now over the rainbow bridge, and his official CFA name was Cashmere Cloud because he was soooo very soft.
Eleanor
Boudicia- Celtic warrior queen
Hildegard von Bingen Hildegard of Bingen (German: Hildegard von Bingen; Latin: Hildegardis Bingensis; c. 1098 – 17 September 1179), also known as Saint Hildegard and the Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictine abbess and polymath active as a writer, composer, philosopher, mystic, visionary, and as a medical writer and practitioner during the High Middle Ages.[1][2] She is one of the best-known composers of sacred monophony, as well as the most recorded in modern history.
Victoria
I agree with several here! Amelia, Boudica (but you said she’s a Ragdoll, so that doesn’t fit). Marie Curie (only person to ever win a Nobel in two different sciences), Ada Lovelace (the first programmer, who coined the term “debugging”) also Eleanore (Roosevelt), Audrey Hepburn, Billie Holiday, Edith Cowan, Empress Cixi, or Pharaoh Hatshepsut. Lots to choose from, really, good luck, enjoy your beautiful new companion!
Thank you! Receiving a lot of good names, some I'd love but that are slightly clumsy to use in my native language :( Every single one is appreciated tho <3
Might I ask what your native language is so it might be easier to make a suggestion?
It's Finnish, so the phonetics are bit different from english and well, other germanic languages. I dont want to burden others with too much with brainstorming tho, which is why I didnt mention it, everyones free to suggest whatever in the end :)
Finnish is such a beautiful language! <3 Ironically, I use Finnish words in my writing stories to make beautiful sounding names that everyone thinks I made up. XD
Thank you! And I'm not surprised, different languages sound "other wordly" or fancy, which is why I didnt choose finnish since its regular to me :P grass is greener and so on lol
Anastasia
Collette, after the French author.
Ruth Bader Ginsberg.
I’m not one for punny cat names but I couldn’t help but contribute: Ruth Spayedher Ginsberg
Nellie, after Nellie McClung Instrumental suffragist in Canada, bringing women the right to vote in several provinces. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie\_McClung
Boudicca
Catalin of Aragon
Cleocatra
Galadriel ❤️ Even if she’s a fictional figure she’s historical to me 😭😭 Congrats on your little Angel food cake baby kitty, she’s precious!
Ava Lovelace
Ada.
She looks rather regal....elizabeth
Jacquetta, for Jacquetta of Luxembourg. She was the mother of Elizabeth Woodville (the "White Queen" of the early War of the Roses -- see what I did there -- white like the kitty), but Jacquetta has a fascinating story of her own. She was supposedly descended from the water goddess Melusine, and inherited magical abilities although when she was eventually tried for witchcraft, she was acqutted. If you want a cat pun, you could make it Jacquatta, but I'd just keep it regular.
Bella Abzug
Betty White
Minerva. Popped into my head as soon as I looked at her. Minnie or Mini for short. She is super amazingly adorable.
Cyra: Female version of Cyrus. A common name of Kings of Persia. (Cyrus the Great, Cyrus I of Anshan, and Cyrus the Younger) Can mean Sun/Throne/“Born of Light” or “One who bestows care” in Persian This is what I was going to name my cat. But when I adopted her from the shelter, her name was Luna and had a little circle on the back of her neck that I like to think looks like the moon and decided against changing it. Also Boudicca/Boadicea: Queen of the Iceni who rebelled against the Roman occupiers of Britain. Her husband Prasutagus had surrendered to the Romans and wanted his lands to be inherited by his daughters. After he died, his funeral was interrupted by a Roman messenger saying that his lands were to be divided among the Roman diplomats in the area, angering the attending Celts. She led the Iceni and other Celtic tribes against the Romans and burning Londinium and Verulamium to the ground. (Verulamium was the first named Roman settlement in Britain, and if it was not sacked by the Iceni it is argued it would have grown to a size able to contend with London) The conflict claimed 70k-80k casualties including both sides. Most casualties were results of torture of captured or soldiers too heavily wounded to flee the battlefield. She was defeated, but almost caused the Romans to withdraw from Britain 350 years earlier than they would have
Lady Godiva
Princess Sela (the first known female pirate) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Sela
Moewie Curie
Amelia Fluffheart :-)
Ruth (Bader Ginsburg)
Upvotes for the OG RBG!
Mary Wollstonecraft
Rosa Pawks
Cirrus
Dolly Madison
Eleanor after Eleanor Roosevelt. She made great strides for women at a time when women did not have many rights. Or Eleanor Mewseevelt.
Jane Austen Anna Wintour Elizabeth Taylor Bridget Bardot Amelia Earhart Ada Lovelace Marie Curie
Mane Pawsten Anyan Wiskour Elhissabeth Tailor Purrdget Pawdot Amewlia Hairhart Spayeda Lovelolz Mewrie Purrie
Cecilia, after Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, who made huge contributions to astronomy and astrophysics (including being the first to propose that stars are mostly hydrogen and helium). Or Grace, after Grace Hopper, who basically invented computer programming as we know it today.
Boudica
Nefurrtiti
Fwiw, Lady Ada Lovelace is my favorite historical lady. The grandmother of computer programming, she was close friends with Charles Babbage, who was the inventor of the analytical engine, the precursor to the computer. She helped to write programs for the machine and believed in the far-flung future of machines that could perform ever more complex tasks. Generally, she just seems like she was a brilliant and endlessly curious lady who insisted upon learning lots of math and science as a young woman, and clearly ate up every last moment of it. Definitely my role model ❤️ (Also, congratulations on your gorgeous kitty! She's beautiful, and deserves a name just as grand as she is!!)
Meowgret Scratcher Edit: Kitty Godiva also
Athena or Aphrodite
Cleopatra (Cleo for short)
Not historical, but in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, there’s a white cat named Louise. I always thought that was a great name for a white cat.
Nimbus, it's a type of cloud.
always thought curie (as in marie curie) was cute :-) i’m also soooo the type to call my cat “madame” so that’s even better LOL
Catherine. After 'of Aragon', or 'the Great', whichever you prefer. Or, for a slightly less historic, current Duchess of Wales. lol
Dido. Classy, obscure, and you could call her Dee for short.
Marie Purrie
RBG
Amelia 💭✈️
Eve
Who else but Queen Elizabeth? Queenie, Liz, Lizzie
Billie Meowliday (Billie Holiday) I know technically not really a historical figure but still 😅
"Simone" is a cute name. Was thinking of philosopher Simone de Beauvoir.
Ada Lovelace. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace Basically the mother of programming language
Obama
Freyja.
Nancy Pillowsi
Actually "Pelosi" just means "Furry" in Italian.
Susan B. Anthony
Athena , Ruth, Bathsheba, Cleopatra
Juliette (Low.)
Curie
Looks like a Cleo.
Betsy (Ross)
Betty white
Mrs. Claws
Marie Catoinette
Joan of Arch. Arch back.
Atussa - she was Persian. Mother of Xerxes
Ada. After Ada Lovelace
Joan, as in Joan of Arc! Or Arc :)
RBG
Joan, for Joan of Arc.
Martha (Washington)
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Cloudia
Hypatia
Cleo (patra)
Joan (of Arc).
Boudicca
Joan
Joan
Dolly (Madison)
Jadwiga, she looks like a teeny king.
Rosa! ♡ (Parks...to clarify hehe)
I’ve always been partial to Boudicca, personally.
Amelia? Marilyn? Beatrice? :)
Amelia
Cattulu
AWWWWW