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River

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

316 real pets#271 dog name#308 cat name8 places

How popular is River as a pet name?

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In the public pet records we track, 316 pets are named River: 281 dogs, 33 cats, 1 other, 1 bird. Where sex was recorded, 44% are female and 56% male. It ranks #271 among dog names and #308 among cat names.

Breeds most often named River

Dogs

Cats

Others

  • Budgerigar: 1

Birds

  • Cockatiel: 1

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

Where pets are named River

River as a human name

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

A unisex given name.

Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Names similar to River

Dog names about as popular as River

River FAQ

How many pets are named River?

In the public pet records we track, 316 pets are named River: 281 dogs, 33 cats, 1 other, 1 bird. Where sex was recorded, 44% are female and 56% male. It ranks #271 among dog names and #308 among cat names.

What breed is most often named River?

Among dogs named River in these records, the most common breed is Labrador Retriever.

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); 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.