Abigail
How many real pets are named Abigail, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Abigail as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 139 pets are named Abigail: 113 dogs, 25 cats, 1 other. Where sex was recorded, 98% are female and 2% male. It ranks #681 among dog names and #417 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Abigail
Dogs
- Labrador Retriever: 11
- Chihuahua: 9
- Pit Bull: 6
- Cocker Spaniel: 3
- Shih Tzu: 3
Cats
Others
- Peafowl: 1
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Abigail
- New York City: 80licensed
- Austin shelter: 23shelter
- Toronto: 14licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 7shelter
- Seattle: 6licensed
- Richmond, VA: 6licensed
- Burnside (SA): 2licensed
- Cambridge, MA: 1licensed
Abigail as a human name
This is the meaning of Abigail as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A female given name from Hebrew, used since the 16th century, and currently quite popular.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Abigail
Dog names about as popular as Abigail
Abigail FAQ
How many pets are named Abigail?
In the public pet records we track, 139 pets are named Abigail: 113 dogs, 25 cats, 1 other. Where sex was recorded, 98% are female and 2% male. It ranks #681 among dog names and #417 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Abigail?
Among dogs named Abigail in these records, the most common breed is Labrador Retriever.
Counts come from public open data: NYC Dog Licensing Dataset (NYC Open Data); Seattle Pet Licenses (public domain); Dogs of Cambridge (ODC PDDL); Licensed Dog and Cat Names, City of Toronto (Open Government Licence – Toronto); Burnside Dog Registrations (CC BY 3.0 AU); Pet Licenses, City of Richmond; Animal Shelter Intake and Outcome, County of Sonoma; Austin Animal Center Outcomes (public domain). License records count registered pets; shelter records count animals that passed through a shelter (some names are given by staff). Pets that appear in several years of one dataset are counted once. Names are counted as written, so spelling variants are separate.