Ian
How many real pets are named Ian, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Ian as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 31 pets are named Ian: 21 dogs, 10 cats. Where sex was recorded, 0% are female and 100% male. It ranks #2,794 among dog names and #1,151 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Ian
Dogs
Cats
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Ian
- New York City: 12licensed
- Austin shelter: 11shelter
- Sonoma County shelter: 5shelter
- Seattle: 2licensed
- Richmond, VA: 1licensed
Ian as a human name
This is the meaning of Ian as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A male given name from Scottish Gaelic Eòin, equivalent to English John.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Dog names about as popular as Ian
Ian FAQ
How many pets are named Ian?
In the public pet records we track, 31 pets are named Ian: 21 dogs, 10 cats. Where sex was recorded, 0% are female and 100% male. It ranks #2,794 among dog names and #1,151 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Ian?
Among dogs named Ian 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.