Lion
How many real pets are named Lion, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Lion as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 41 pets are named Lion: 35 dogs, 4 cats, 2 others. Where sex was recorded, 13% are female and 87% male. It ranks #1,937 among dog names and #2,421 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Lion
Dogs
- Pekingese: 3
- Pit Bull: 3
- Yorkshire Terrier: 2
- Pomeranian: 2
- Cocker Spaniel: 2
Cats
Others
- Lionhead: 2
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Lion
- New York City: 27licensed
- Austin shelter: 7shelter
- Zurich: 3licensed
- Seattle: 2licensed
- Cambridge, MA: 1licensed
- Richmond, VA: 1licensed
Names similar to Lion
Dog names about as popular as Lion
Lion FAQ
How many pets are named Lion?
In the public pet records we track, 41 pets are named Lion: 35 dogs, 4 cats, 2 others. Where sex was recorded, 13% are female and 87% male. It ranks #1,937 among dog names and #2,421 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Lion?
Among dogs named Lion in these records, the most common breed is Pekingese.
Counts come from public open data: NYC Dog Licensing Dataset (NYC Open Data); Seattle Pet Licenses (public domain); Dogs of Cambridge (ODC PDDL); Hundenamen, Stadt Zürich (Open Data Zürich); Pet Licenses, City of Richmond; 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.