Theo
How many real pets are named Theo, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Theo as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 621 pets are named Theo: 541 dogs, 79 cats, 1 chinchilla. Where sex was recorded, 2% are female and 98% male. It ranks #137 among dog names and #106 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Theo
Dogs
- Shih Tzu: 27
- Labrador Retriever: 26
- Poodle: 22
- Goldendoodle: 21
- French Bulldog: 17
Cats
Chinchillas
- Chinchilla: 1
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Theo
- New York City: 358licensed
- Toronto: 96licensed
- Seattle: 73licensed
- Austin shelter: 52shelter
- Cambridge, MA: 19licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 11shelter
- Zurich: 8licensed
- Richmond, VA: 4licensed
Theo as a human name
This is the meaning of Theo as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A male given name from Ancient Greek and nickname.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Theo
Dog names about as popular as Theo
Theo FAQ
How many pets are named Theo?
In the public pet records we track, 621 pets are named Theo: 541 dogs, 79 cats, 1 chinchilla. Where sex was recorded, 2% are female and 98% male. It ranks #137 among dog names and #106 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Theo?
Among dogs named Theo in these records, the most common breed is Shih Tzu.
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.