Basil
How many real pets are named Basil, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Basil as a pet name?
■ dogs ■ cats ■ other animals
In the public pet records we track, 272 pets are named Basil: 208 dogs, 60 cats, 2 rabbits, 1 bird, 1 other. Where sex was recorded, 34% are female and 66% male. It ranks #378 among dog names and #171 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Basil
Dogs
- Chihuahua: 11
- Pit Bull: 10
- Terrier: 8
- Beagle: 7
- Labrador Retriever: 7
Cats
Birds
- Parrot: 1
Others
- Californian: 1
Rabbits
- Rabbit Sh: 2
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Basil
- New York City: 145licensed
- Austin shelter: 53shelter
- Seattle: 27licensed
- Toronto: 15licensed
- Cambridge, MA: 11licensed
- Burnside (SA): 10licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 5shelter
- Zurich: 2licensed
- Prospect (SA): 2licensed
- Adelaide: 1licensed
- Richmond, VA: 1licensed
Basil as a human name
This is the meaning of Basil as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A male given name from Ancient Greek, in quiet but steady use in the UK.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Basil
Dog names about as popular as Basil
Basil FAQ
How many pets are named Basil?
In the public pet records we track, 272 pets are named Basil: 208 dogs, 60 cats, 2 rabbits, 1 bird, 1 other. Where sex was recorded, 34% are female and 66% male. It ranks #378 among dog names and #171 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Basil?
Among dogs named Basil in these records, the most common breed is Chihuahua.
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); Hundenamen, Stadt Zürich (Open Data Zürich); Dog Registrations, City of Adelaide (CC BY 3.0 AU); Burnside Dog Registrations (CC BY 3.0 AU); City of Prospect 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.