Melissa
How many real pets are named Melissa, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Melissa as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 12 pets are named Melissa: 11 dogs, 1 cat. Where sex was recorded, 100% are female and 0% male. It ranks #4,433 among dog names and #6,098 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Melissa
Dogs
Cats
- Maine Coon: 1
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Melissa
- New York City: 8licensed
- Austin shelter: 2shelter
- Seattle: 1licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 1shelter
Melissa as a human name
This is the meaning of Melissa as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A female given name from Ancient Greek, popular in the latter half of the 20th century.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Melissa
Dog names about as popular as Melissa
Melissa FAQ
How many pets are named Melissa?
In the public pet records we track, 12 pets are named Melissa: 11 dogs, 1 cat. Where sex was recorded, 100% are female and 0% male. It ranks #4,433 among dog names and #6,098 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Melissa?
Among dogs named Melissa in these records, the most common breed is Dachshund Smooth Coat Miniature.
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.