Thornton
How many real pets are named Thornton, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Thornton as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 3 pets are named Thornton: 3 dogs. It ranks #11,936 among dog names.
Breeds most often named Thornton
Dogs
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Thornton
- New York City: 1licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 1shelter
- Austin shelter: 1shelter
Thornton as a human name
This is the meaning of Thornton as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A male given name transferred from the surname. Root meaning: “thorn”.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Thornton
Dog names about as popular as Thornton
Thornton FAQ
How many pets are named Thornton?
In the public pet records we track, 3 pets are named Thornton: 3 dogs. It ranks #11,936 among dog names.
What breed is most often named Thornton?
Among dogs named Thornton in these records, the most common breed is Shih Tzu.
Counts come from public open data: NYC Dog Licensing Dataset (NYC Open Data); 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.