Matthew
How many real pets are named Matthew, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Matthew as a pet name?
■ dogs ■ cats ■ other animals
In the public pet records we track, 28 pets are named Matthew: 22 dogs, 6 cats. Where sex was recorded, 4% are female and 96% male. It ranks #2,720 among dog names and #1,829 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Matthew
Dogs
- Chihuahua: 3
- Pit Bull: 2
- German Shepherd: 2
- Poodle: 2
- Australian Shepherd: 2
Cats
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Matthew
- New York City: 21licensed
- Austin shelter: 5shelter
- Seattle: 1licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 1shelter
Matthew as a human name
This is the meaning of Matthew as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Matthew
Dog names about as popular as Matthew
Matthew FAQ
How many pets are named Matthew?
In the public pet records we track, 28 pets are named Matthew: 22 dogs, 6 cats. Where sex was recorded, 4% are female and 96% male. It ranks #2,720 among dog names and #1,829 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Matthew?
Among dogs named Matthew in these records, the most common breed is Chihuahua.
Counts come from public open data: NYC Dog Licensing Dataset (NYC Open Data); Seattle Pet Licenses (public domain); 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.