Mercy
How many real pets are named Mercy, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Mercy as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 41 pets are named Mercy: 35 dogs, 6 cats. Where sex was recorded, 86% are female and 14% male. It ranks #1,938 among dog names and #1,782 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Mercy
Dogs
- Pit Bull: 5
- Shih Tzu: 3
- Siberian Husky: 3
- Yorkshire Terrier: 2
- Poodle: 2
Cats
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Mercy
- New York City: 23licensed
- Austin shelter: 13shelter
- Seattle: 4licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 1shelter
Mercy as a human name
This is the meaning of Mercy as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A female given name from English.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Mercy
Dog names about as popular as Mercy
Mercy FAQ
How many pets are named Mercy?
In the public pet records we track, 41 pets are named Mercy: 35 dogs, 6 cats. Where sex was recorded, 86% are female and 14% male. It ranks #1,938 among dog names and #1,782 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Mercy?
Among dogs named Mercy in these records, the most common breed is Pit Bull.
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.