Gandalf
How many real pets are named Gandalf, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Gandalf as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 35 pets are named Gandalf: 17 dogs, 16 cats, 1 other, 1 rabbit. Where sex was recorded, 8% are female and 92% male. It ranks #3,213 among dog names and #699 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Gandalf
Dogs
Cats
Others
- Californian: 1
Rabbits
- Rabbit Sh: 1
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Gandalf
- New York City: 14licensed
- Austin shelter: 12shelter
- Seattle: 5licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 3shelter
- Richmond, VA: 1licensed
Gandalf as a human name
This is the meaning of Gandalf as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A male given name from the Germanic languages known in history, and in the books of Tolkien, but not usually bestowed on children. Root meaning: “elf familiar”.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Dog names about as popular as Gandalf
Gandalf FAQ
How many pets are named Gandalf?
In the public pet records we track, 35 pets are named Gandalf: 17 dogs, 16 cats, 1 other, 1 rabbit. Where sex was recorded, 8% are female and 92% male. It ranks #3,213 among dog names and #699 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Gandalf?
Among dogs named Gandalf in these records, the most common breed is Terrier.
Counts come from public open data: NYC Dog Licensing Dataset (NYC Open Data); Seattle Pet Licenses (public domain); 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.