Alexander
How many real pets are named Alexander, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Alexander as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 72 pets are named Alexander: 62 dogs, 10 cats. Where sex was recorded, 6% are female and 94% male. It ranks #1,189 among dog names and #1,110 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Alexander
Dogs
- Yorkshire Terrier: 7
- Shih Tzu: 7
- Dachshund: 5
- Bichon Frise: 4
- Maltese: 3
Cats
- Domestic Shorthair: 9
- Laperm: 1
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Alexander
- New York City: 54licensed
- Austin shelter: 14shelter
- Seattle: 3licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 1shelter
Alexander as a human name
This is the meaning of Alexander as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A male given name from Ancient Greek, most famously held by Alexander the Great.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Alexander
Dog names about as popular as Alexander
Alexander FAQ
How many pets are named Alexander?
In the public pet records we track, 72 pets are named Alexander: 62 dogs, 10 cats. Where sex was recorded, 6% are female and 94% male. It ranks #1,189 among dog names and #1,110 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Alexander?
Among dogs named Alexander in these records, the most common breed is Yorkshire Terrier.
Counts come from public open data: NYC Dog Licensing Dataset (NYC Open Data); Seattle Pet Licenses (public domain); 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.