Finlay
How many real pets are named Finlay, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Finlay as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 17 pets are named Finlay: 16 dogs, 1 cat. Where sex was recorded, 27% are female and 73% male. It ranks #3,414 among dog names and #5,834 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Finlay
Dogs
- Golden Retriever: 2
- Shepard: 2
- Terrier, West Highland White: 2
- Yorkshire Terrier: 1
- West High White Terrier: 1
Cats
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Finlay
- New York City: 9licensed
- Seattle: 4licensed
- Zurich: 1licensed
- Burnside (SA): 1licensed
- Richmond, VA: 1licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 1shelter
Finlay as a human name
This is the meaning of Finlay as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A male given name transferred from the surname. Root meaning: “fair warrior/hero”.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Finlay
Dog names about as popular as Finlay
Finlay FAQ
How many pets are named Finlay?
In the public pet records we track, 17 pets are named Finlay: 16 dogs, 1 cat. Where sex was recorded, 27% are female and 73% male. It ranks #3,414 among dog names and #5,834 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Finlay?
Among dogs named Finlay in these records, the most common breed is Golden Retriever.
Counts come from public open data: NYC Dog Licensing Dataset (NYC Open Data); Seattle Pet Licenses (public domain); Hundenamen, Stadt Zürich (Open Data Zürich); Burnside Dog Registrations (CC BY 3.0 AU); Pet Licenses, City of Richmond; Animal Shelter Intake and Outcome, County of Sonoma. 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.