Mariska Hargitay Adopts a Cat and Gives it Taylor Swift-Inspired Name

59-year-old actress Mariska Hargitay has added a beautiful new Siamese cat to her home and for those of you familiar with the history of Taylor Swift's own cat Olivia you will be absolutely enchanted by the name the Law and Order: Special Victim's Unit star chose for her own kitty.

Check out this Instagram post because it's absolutely iconic.

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The 'Law and Order: Special Victim's Unit' star posted the adorable photo on Instagram and revealed the little cat's name is 'Karma,' after Swift's song Karma. The post reads: Karma is a Cat @taylorswift Meet Karma. My Cat. #MeAndKarmaVibeLikeThat #AndIKeepMySideOfMyPawClean #KarmaIsACat

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The best part is that on December 3 Taylor herself commented on the post with " Are you serious?!!!! Nothing has ever come more full circle. LOVE THIS SO MUCH!!"

Awwww!

TheTodayShow hilariously commented, "Karma is my meowfriend." The official Law and Order Instagram account added, "No we’re obsessed." @Therealalliewentworth responded, "My furry niece!" Another user sweetly said, "Mariska, I can’t even begin to express how happy this post made me. I hope you and Karma get to have lots and lots of love and cuddles and purring in your lap because he / she / it loves you!!"

Hargitay isn't the only person naming their fur babies after Swiftmania, because in a survey conducted by Rover in 2023 Swift inspired a lot of pet names, along with Barbie.

Other Cute Taylor Swift Inspired Cat Names

If you are looking for your own Taylor Swift inspired name for your own precious purr-baby, there are a lot of choices out there! You could go with 'Willow,' 'Este,' 'Cowboy' or 'Marjorie' from Evermore, or even Evermore itself!

For you Reputation fans, 'Bonnie,' 'Clyde,' ' Gatsby' or 'Whiskey' are all cute choices.

Two great ideas from 1989 are 'Storm' and 'Ghost.'

From Fearless, 'Romeo,' 'Juliet,' 'Rain, ' or 'Star.'

Folklore can give you a whole lot of inspiration, with names like 'Betty,' Inez,' ' James,' 'Saturn' or 'August.'

If you are completely in your Midnights era, some picks include 'Lavender,' 'Hero,' 'Snow, ' 'Rain, ' 'Poppy,' 'Scarlet,' or 'Daisy.'

There are no shortage of Swiftie inspired named for your cat!

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Swift has three cats of her own, and in 2015 Swift shared a darling video of Olivia meeting Hargitay for the first time. Hargitay and Swift, 33, have been pals for a long time, with Hargitay appearing in Swift's video for Bad Blood in 2015. Hargitay penned an essay about Swift for Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in 2015.

Taylor Swift's other two cats are named Benjamin Button and Meredith Grey.

A vocal cat lover, in 2019, Swift told TIME, "I have cats. I'm obsessed with them. I love my cats so much that when a role came up in a movie called Cats, I just thought, like, I gotta do this."

Here's hoping we get to see some more adorable snaps of little Karma in the future! Maybe Karma can have her very own playdate with Taylor's cat the Scottish Fold named Olivia Benson!

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