Holmes
How many real pets are named Holmes, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Holmes as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 13 pets are named Holmes: 7 dogs, 6 cats. Where sex was recorded, 0% are female and 100% male. It ranks #5,729 among dog names and #1,914 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Holmes
Dogs
Cats
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Holmes
- Austin shelter: 7shelter
- New York City: 3licensed
- Seattle: 1licensed
- Richmond, VA: 1licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 1shelter
Holmes as a human name
This is the meaning of Holmes as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A male given name transferred from the surname. Root meaning: “islet”.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Holmes
Dog names about as popular as Holmes
Holmes FAQ
How many pets are named Holmes?
In the public pet records we track, 13 pets are named Holmes: 7 dogs, 6 cats. Where sex was recorded, 0% are female and 100% male. It ranks #5,729 among dog names and #1,914 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Holmes?
Among dogs named Holmes in these records, the most common breed is Yorkshire 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.