Calvin
How many real pets are named Calvin, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Calvin as a pet name?
■ dogs ■ cats ■ other animals
In the public pet records we track, 176 pets are named Calvin: 128 dogs, 45 cats, 1 pig, 1 guinea pig, 1 rabbit. Where sex was recorded, 1% are female and 99% male. It ranks #602 among dog names and #246 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Calvin
Dogs
- Labrador Retriever: 7
- Miniature Poodle: 6
- Beagle: 5
- Dachshund: 5
- Pit Bull: 5
Cats
Pigs
- Pot-Bellied: 1
Guinea Pigs
- Guinea Pig: 1
Rabbits
- Rabbit Sh: 1
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Calvin
- New York City: 89licensed
- Austin shelter: 33shelter
- Seattle: 26licensed
- Toronto: 14licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 8shelter
- Cambridge, MA: 4licensed
- Adelaide: 1licensed
- Burnside (SA): 1licensed
Calvin as a human name
This is the meaning of Calvin as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A male given name transferred from the surname. Root meaning: “bald”.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Calvin
Dog names about as popular as Calvin
Calvin FAQ
How many pets are named Calvin?
In the public pet records we track, 176 pets are named Calvin: 128 dogs, 45 cats, 1 pig, 1 guinea pig, 1 rabbit. Where sex was recorded, 1% are female and 99% male. It ranks #602 among dog names and #246 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Calvin?
Among dogs named Calvin 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); Dog Registrations, City of Adelaide (CC BY 3.0 AU); Burnside Dog Registrations (CC BY 3.0 AU); 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.