Minnie
How many real pets are named Minnie, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Minnie as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 750 pets are named Minnie: 632 dogs, 115 cats, 1 rabbit, 1 mouse, 1 bird. Where sex was recorded, 99% are female and 1% male. It ranks #117 among dog names and #54 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Minnie
Dogs
- Chihuahua: 108
- Yorkshire Terrier: 50
- Shih Tzu: 35
- Labrador Retriever: 27
- Maltese: 23
Cats
- Domestic Shorthair: 59
- Domestic Medium Hair: 10
- American Shorthair: 3
- Domestic Longhair: 1
- Munchkin Shorthair: 1
Rabbits
- Rabbit Sh: 1
Mouses
- Mouse: 1
Birds
- Duck: 1
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Minnie
- New York City: 442licensed
- Austin shelter: 127shelter
- Toronto: 75licensed
- Seattle: 38licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 37shelter
- Cambridge, MA: 14licensed
- Burnside (SA): 6licensed
- Zurich: 5licensed
- Richmond, VA: 3licensed
- Prospect (SA): 2licensed
- Adelaide: 1licensed
Minnie as a human name
This is the meaning of Minnie as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A diminutive of the female names Wilhelmina, Minerva, Mary, Mina, Mamie and Hermione. Popular as a formal female given name in the 19th century.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Minnie
Dog names about as popular as Minnie
Minnie FAQ
How many pets are named Minnie?
In the public pet records we track, 750 pets are named Minnie: 632 dogs, 115 cats, 1 rabbit, 1 mouse, 1 bird. Where sex was recorded, 99% are female and 1% male. It ranks #117 among dog names and #54 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Minnie?
Among dogs named Minnie 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); Dogs of Cambridge (ODC PDDL); Licensed Dog and Cat Names, City of Toronto (Open Government Licence – Toronto); Hundenamen, Stadt Zürich (Open Data Zürich); Dog Registrations, City of Adelaide (CC BY 3.0 AU); Burnside Dog Registrations (CC BY 3.0 AU); City of Prospect Dog Registrations (CC BY 3.0 AU); 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.