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How many real pets are named Dot, which animals and breeds have it, and where.

86 real pets#1,106 dog name#640 cat name8 places

How popular is Dot as a pet name?

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In the public pet records we track, 86 pets are named Dot: 68 dogs, 17 cats, 1 rabbit. Where sex was recorded, 93% are female and 7% male. It ranks #1,106 among dog names and #640 among cat names.

Breeds most often named Dot

Dogs

Cats

Rabbits

  • Rabbit Sh: 1

Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.

Where pets are named Dot

Dot as a human name

This is the meaning of Dot as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.

A diminutive of the female given name Dorothy.

Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Names similar to Dot

Dog names about as popular as Dot

Dot FAQ

How many pets are named Dot?

In the public pet records we track, 86 pets are named Dot: 68 dogs, 17 cats, 1 rabbit. Where sex was recorded, 93% are female and 7% male. It ranks #1,106 among dog names and #640 among cat names.

What breed is most often named Dot?

Among dogs named Dot in these records, the most common breed is Pit Bull.

Counts come from public open data: NYC Dog Licensing Dataset (NYC Open Data); Seattle Pet Licenses (public domain); 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.