Gretel
How many real pets are named Gretel, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Gretel as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 51 pets are named Gretel: 40 dogs, 11 cats. Where sex was recorded, 98% are female and 2% male. It ranks #1,704 among dog names and #1,023 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Gretel
Dogs
Cats
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Gretel
- Austin shelter: 26shelter
- New York City: 17licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 5shelter
- Burnside (SA): 2licensed
- Prospect (SA): 1licensed
Gretel as a human name
This is the meaning of Gretel as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A diminutive of the female given name Margarete, from German.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Gretel
Dog names about as popular as Gretel
Gretel FAQ
How many pets are named Gretel?
In the public pet records we track, 51 pets are named Gretel: 40 dogs, 11 cats. Where sex was recorded, 98% are female and 2% male. It ranks #1,704 among dog names and #1,023 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Gretel?
Among dogs named Gretel in these records, the most common breed is German Shepherd.
Counts come from public open data: NYC Dog Licensing Dataset (NYC Open Data); Burnside Dog Registrations (CC BY 3.0 AU); City of Prospect 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.