Lafayette
How many real pets are named Lafayette, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Lafayette as a pet name?
■ dogs ■ cats ■ other animals
In the public pet records we track, 10 pets are named Lafayette: 9 dogs, 1 bird. Where sex was recorded, 30% are female and 70% male. It ranks #5,031 among dog names.
Breeds most often named Lafayette
Dogs
- Shih Tzu: 1
- Bouvier Des Flandres: 1
- Australian Shepherd: 1
- Labradoodle: 1
- Dachshund, Long Haired Miniature: 1
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Lafayette
- New York City: 8licensed
- Austin shelter: 2shelter
Lafayette as a human name
This is the meaning of Lafayette as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A male given name transferred from the surname, originally in honor of the Marquis.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Dog names about as popular as Lafayette
Lafayette FAQ
How many pets are named Lafayette?
In the public pet records we track, 10 pets are named Lafayette: 9 dogs, 1 bird. Where sex was recorded, 30% are female and 70% male. It ranks #5,031 among dog names.
What breed is most often named Lafayette?
Among dogs named Lafayette in these records, the most common breed is Shih Tzu.
Counts come from public open data: NYC Dog Licensing Dataset (NYC Open Data); 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.