Maru
How many real pets are named Maru, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Maru as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 29 pets are named Maru: 25 dogs, 4 cats. Where sex was recorded, 26% are female and 74% male. It ranks #2,509 among dog names and #2,488 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Maru
Dogs
- Shiba Inu: 6
- Jindo: 3
- Terrier: 2
- Maltipoo: 2
- Australian Cattle Dog: 1
Cats
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Maru
- New York City: 21licensed
- Seattle: 6licensed
- Austin shelter: 2shelter
Maru as a human name
This is the meaning of Maru as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A female given name.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Maru
Dog names about as popular as Maru
Maru FAQ
How many pets are named Maru?
In the public pet records we track, 29 pets are named Maru: 25 dogs, 4 cats. Where sex was recorded, 26% are female and 74% male. It ranks #2,509 among dog names and #2,488 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Maru?
Among dogs named Maru in these records, the most common breed is Shiba Inu.
Counts come from public open data: NYC Dog Licensing Dataset (NYC Open Data); Seattle Pet Licenses (public domain); 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.