Wilfred
How many real pets are named Wilfred, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Wilfred as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 13 pets are named Wilfred: 11 dogs, 2 cats. Where sex was recorded, 0% are female and 100% male. It ranks #4,361 among dog names and #4,151 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Wilfred
Dogs
- Boxer: 2
- Golden Retriever: 1
- Chihuahua: 1
- Shih Tzu: 1
- Pekingese: 1
Cats
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Wilfred
- New York City: 8licensed
- Burnside (SA): 2licensed
- Austin shelter: 2shelter
- Sonoma County shelter: 1shelter
Wilfred as a human name
This is the meaning of Wilfred as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A male given name from Old English, popular in the U.K. in the early twentieth century. Root meaning: “will”.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Wilfred
Dog names about as popular as Wilfred
Wilfred FAQ
How many pets are named Wilfred?
In the public pet records we track, 13 pets are named Wilfred: 11 dogs, 2 cats. Where sex was recorded, 0% are female and 100% male. It ranks #4,361 among dog names and #4,151 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Wilfred?
Among dogs named Wilfred in these records, the most common breed is Boxer.
Counts come from public open data: NYC Dog Licensing Dataset (NYC Open Data); Burnside Dog Registrations (CC BY 3.0 AU); 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.