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Peter

How many real pets are named Peter, which animals and breeds have it, and where.

199 real pets#534 dog name#242 cat name7 places

How popular is Peter as a pet name?

■ dogs ■ cats ■ other animals

In the public pet records we track, 199 pets are named Peter: 146 dogs, 45 cats, 5 rabbits, 3 others. Where sex was recorded, 2% are female and 98% male. It ranks #534 among dog names and #242 among cat names.

Breeds most often named Peter

Dogs

Cats

Rabbits

  • Rabbit Sh: 5

Others

  • Lop-Holland: 1
  • Californian: 1
  • New Zealand Wht: 1

Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.

Where pets are named Peter

Peter as a human name

This is the meaning of Peter as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.

A male given name from Ancient Greek.

Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Names similar to Peter

Dog names about as popular as Peter

Peter FAQ

How many pets are named Peter?

In the public pet records we track, 199 pets are named Peter: 146 dogs, 45 cats, 5 rabbits, 3 others. Where sex was recorded, 2% are female and 98% male. It ranks #534 among dog names and #242 among cat names.

What breed is most often named Peter?

Among dogs named Peter 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); Hundenamen, Stadt Zürich (Open Data Zürich); Burnside Dog Registrations (CC BY 3.0 AU); 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.