Shelley
How many real pets are named Shelley, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Shelley as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 22 pets are named Shelley: 14 dogs, 8 cats. Where sex was recorded, 84% are female and 16% male. It ranks #3,687 among dog names and #1,425 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Shelley
Dogs
- Labrador Retriever: 4
- Cavalier King Charles Spaniel: 1
- Tibetan Terrier: 1
- Dachshund: 1
- Terrier, Jack Russell: 1
Cats
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Shelley
- Austin shelter: 9shelter
- New York City: 8licensed
- Seattle: 2licensed
- Burnside (SA): 1licensed
- Prospect (SA): 1licensed
- Richmond, VA: 1licensed
Shelley as a human name
This is the meaning of Shelley as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly before 1930 usage.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Shelley
Dog names about as popular as Shelley
Shelley FAQ
How many pets are named Shelley?
In the public pet records we track, 22 pets are named Shelley: 14 dogs, 8 cats. Where sex was recorded, 84% are female and 16% male. It ranks #3,687 among dog names and #1,425 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Shelley?
Among dogs named Shelley 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); Burnside Dog Registrations (CC BY 3.0 AU); City of Prospect Dog Registrations (CC BY 3.0 AU); Pet Licenses, City of Richmond; 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.