Leo
How many real pets are named Leo, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Leo as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 2,175 pets are named Leo: 1,913 dogs, 259 cats, 2 guinea pigs, 1 rabbit. Where sex was recorded, 1% are female and 99% male. It ranks #16 among dog names and #5 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Leo
Dogs
- Shih Tzu: 104
- Yorkshire Terrier: 98
- Labrador Retriever: 97
- Chihuahua: 78
- Pomeranian: 70
Cats
- Domestic Shorthair: 95
- Domestic Longhair: 16
- Domestic Medium Hair: 15
- Maine Coon: 6
- American Shorthair: 6
Rabbits
- Rabbit Sh: 1
Guinea Pigs
- Guinea Pig: 2
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Leo
- New York City: 1,353licensed
- Toronto: 321licensed
- Austin shelter: 210shelter
- Seattle: 138licensed
- Zurich: 47licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 37shelter
- Cambridge, MA: 36licensed
- Richmond, VA: 16licensed
- Burnside (SA): 12licensed
- Prospect (SA): 3licensed
- Adelaide: 2licensed
Leo as a human name
This is the meaning of Leo as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A male given name from Latin, borne by numerous saints and 14 popes. Root meaning: “lion”.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Leo
Dog names about as popular as Leo
Leo FAQ
How many pets are named Leo?
In the public pet records we track, 2,175 pets are named Leo: 1,913 dogs, 259 cats, 2 guinea pigs, 1 rabbit. Where sex was recorded, 1% are female and 99% male. It ranks #16 among dog names and #5 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Leo?
Among dogs named Leo in these records, the most common breed is Shih Tzu.
Counts come from public open data: NYC Dog Licensing Dataset (NYC Open Data); Seattle Pet Licenses (public domain); Dogs of Cambridge (ODC PDDL); Licensed Dog and Cat Names, City of Toronto (Open Government Licence – Toronto); Hundenamen, Stadt Zürich (Open Data Zürich); Dog Registrations, City of Adelaide (CC BY 3.0 AU); Burnside Dog Registrations (CC BY 3.0 AU); City of Prospect Dog Registrations (CC BY 3.0 AU); 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.