Marlin
How many real pets are named Marlin, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Marlin as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 27 pets are named Marlin: 20 dogs, 6 cats, 1 other. Where sex was recorded, 0% are female and 100% male. It ranks #2,905 among dog names and #1,834 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Marlin
Dogs
Cats
Others
- New Zealand Wht: 1
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Marlin
- New York City: 12licensed
- Austin shelter: 9shelter
- Seattle: 4licensed
- Richmond, VA: 1licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 1shelter
Marlin as a human name
This is the meaning of Marlin as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A male given name, variant of Merlin.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Marlin
Dog names about as popular as Marlin
Marlin FAQ
How many pets are named Marlin?
In the public pet records we track, 27 pets are named Marlin: 20 dogs, 6 cats, 1 other. Where sex was recorded, 0% are female and 100% male. It ranks #2,905 among dog names and #1,834 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Marlin?
Among dogs named Marlin in these records, the most common breed is Golden Retriever.
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.