Paul
How many real pets are named Paul, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Paul as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 95 pets are named Paul: 63 dogs, 31 cats, 1 guinea pig. Where sex was recorded, 3% are female and 98% male. It ranks #1,162 among dog names and #337 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Paul
Dogs
- Pit Bull: 6
- Labrador Retriever: 6
- Terrier: 4
- Chihuahua: 4
- Shih Tzu: 2
Cats
Guinea Pigs
- Guinea Pig: 1
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Paul
- New York City: 40licensed
- Austin shelter: 32shelter
- Zurich: 8licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 8shelter
- Seattle: 6licensed
- Richmond, VA: 1licensed
Paul as a human name
This is the meaning of Paul as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A male given name from Latin of biblical origin. Root meaning: “small”.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Paul
Dog names about as popular as Paul
Paul FAQ
How many pets are named Paul?
In the public pet records we track, 95 pets are named Paul: 63 dogs, 31 cats, 1 guinea pig. Where sex was recorded, 3% are female and 98% male. It ranks #1,162 among dog names and #337 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Paul?
Among dogs named Paul 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); Hundenamen, Stadt Zürich (Open Data Zürich); 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.