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Walter

How many real pets are named Walter, which animals and breeds have it, and where.

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How popular is Walter as a pet name?

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In the public pet records we track, 484 pets are named Walter: 440 dogs, 43 cats, 1 other. Where sex was recorded, 1% are female and 99% male. It ranks #166 among dog names and #252 among cat names.

Breeds most often named Walter

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Others

  • Parakeet: 1

Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.

Where pets are named Walter

Walter as a human name

This is the meaning of Walter as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.

A male given name from the Germanic languages. Root meaning: “ruler”.

Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Names similar to Walter

Dog names about as popular as Walter

Walter FAQ

How many pets are named Walter?

In the public pet records we track, 484 pets are named Walter: 440 dogs, 43 cats, 1 other. Where sex was recorded, 1% are female and 99% male. It ranks #166 among dog names and #252 among cat names.

What breed is most often named Walter?

Among dogs named Walter 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); 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.