Gretchen
How many real pets are named Gretchen, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Gretchen as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 58 pets are named Gretchen: 46 dogs, 11 cats, 1 guinea pig. Where sex was recorded, 98% are female and 2% male. It ranks #1,543 among dog names and #1,013 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Gretchen
Dogs
Cats
Guinea Pigs
- Guinea Pig: 1
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Gretchen
- New York City: 31licensed
- Austin shelter: 21shelter
- Seattle: 3licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 2shelter
- Richmond, VA: 1licensed
Gretchen as a human name
This is the meaning of Gretchen as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A female given name from German origin; a pet form of Margaret.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Gretchen
Dog names about as popular as Gretchen
Gretchen FAQ
How many pets are named Gretchen?
In the public pet records we track, 58 pets are named Gretchen: 46 dogs, 11 cats, 1 guinea pig. Where sex was recorded, 98% are female and 2% male. It ranks #1,543 among dog names and #1,013 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Gretchen?
Among dogs named Gretchen in these records, the most common breed is German Shepherd.
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.