Hamlet
How many real pets are named Hamlet, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Hamlet as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 52 pets are named Hamlet: 46 dogs, 4 cats, 1 guinea pig, 1 hamster. Where sex was recorded, 2% are female and 98% male. It ranks #1,551 among dog names and #2,388 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Hamlet
Dogs
- French Bulldog: 4
- Great Dane: 4
- Chihuahua: 4
- Pomeranian: 3
- Goldendoodle: 2
Cats
Guinea Pigs
- Guinea Pig: 1
Hamsters
- Hamster: 1
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Hamlet
- New York City: 38licensed
- Austin shelter: 6shelter
- Sonoma County shelter: 4shelter
- Seattle: 3licensed
- Burnside (SA): 1licensed
Hamlet as a human name
This is the meaning of Hamlet as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A male given name. Root meaning: “fool”.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Hamlet
Dog names about as popular as Hamlet
Hamlet FAQ
How many pets are named Hamlet?
In the public pet records we track, 52 pets are named Hamlet: 46 dogs, 4 cats, 1 guinea pig, 1 hamster. Where sex was recorded, 2% are female and 98% male. It ranks #1,551 among dog names and #2,388 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Hamlet?
Among dogs named Hamlet in these records, the most common breed is French Bulldog.
Counts come from public open data: NYC Dog Licensing Dataset (NYC Open Data); Seattle Pet Licenses (public domain); Burnside 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.