Thomas
How many real pets are named Thomas, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Thomas as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 138 pets are named Thomas: 93 dogs, 45 cats. Where sex was recorded, 5% are female and 95% male. It ranks #826 among dog names and #247 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Thomas
Dogs
- Chihuahua: 9
- Maltese: 7
- Shih Tzu: 6
- Yorkshire Terrier: 6
- Labrador Retriever: 6
Cats
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Thomas
- New York City: 76licensed
- Austin shelter: 31shelter
- Toronto: 15licensed
- Seattle: 7licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 5shelter
- Cambridge, MA: 2licensed
- Burnside (SA): 1licensed
- Richmond, VA: 1licensed
Thomas as a human name
This is the meaning of Thomas as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A male given name from Aramaic of biblical origin, popular since the 13th century. Root meaning: “twin”.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Thomas
Dog names about as popular as Thomas
Thomas FAQ
How many pets are named Thomas?
In the public pet records we track, 138 pets are named Thomas: 93 dogs, 45 cats. Where sex was recorded, 5% are female and 95% male. It ranks #826 among dog names and #247 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Thomas?
Among dogs named Thomas 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); Licensed Dog and Cat Names, City of Toronto (Open Government Licence – Toronto); Burnside Dog Registrations (CC BY 3.0 AU); 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.