Tiger
How many real pets are named Tiger, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Tiger as a pet name?
■ dogs ■ cats ■ other animals
In the public pet records we track, 519 pets are named Tiger: 318 dogs, 200 cats, 1 other. Where sex was recorded, 16% are female and 84% male. It ranks #236 among dog names and #16 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Tiger
Dogs
- Pit Bull: 64
- Yorkshire Terrier: 21
- Chihuahua: 21
- German Shepherd: 15
- American Staffordshire Terrier: 10
Cats
Others
- Harlequin: 1
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Tiger
- New York City: 214licensed
- Austin shelter: 157shelter
- Toronto: 74licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 36shelter
- Seattle: 23licensed
- Cambridge, MA: 6licensed
- Burnside (SA): 5licensed
- Richmond, VA: 3licensed
- Adelaide: 1licensed
Tiger as a human name
This is the meaning of Tiger as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A popular given name for a pet.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Tiger
Dog names about as popular as Tiger
Tiger FAQ
How many pets are named Tiger?
In the public pet records we track, 519 pets are named Tiger: 318 dogs, 200 cats, 1 other. Where sex was recorded, 16% are female and 84% male. It ranks #236 among dog names and #16 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Tiger?
Among dogs named Tiger in these records, the most common breed is Pit Bull.
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); Dog Registrations, City of Adelaide (CC BY 3.0 AU); 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.