Willow
How many real pets are named Willow, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Willow as a pet name?
■ dogs ■ cats ■ other animals
In the public pet records we track, 987 pets are named Willow: 801 dogs, 180 cats, 3 rabbits, 2 others, 1 guinea pig. Where sex was recorded, 93% are female and 7% male. It ranks #82 among dog names and #18 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Willow
Dogs
- Labrador Retriever: 55
- Chihuahua: 23
- German Shepherd: 21
- Poodle: 20
- Pit Bull: 16
Cats
Rabbits
- Rabbit Sh: 3
Others
- Flemish Giant: 1
Guinea Pigs
- Guinea Pig: 1
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Willow
- New York City: 436licensed
- Toronto: 218licensed
- Austin shelter: 149shelter
- Seattle: 96licensed
- Cambridge, MA: 41licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 27shelter
- Richmond, VA: 10licensed
- Zurich: 5licensed
- Burnside (SA): 4licensed
- Prospect (SA): 1licensed
Willow as a human name
This is the meaning of Willow as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A female given name from English of modern usage.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Willow
Dog names about as popular as Willow
Willow FAQ
How many pets are named Willow?
In the public pet records we track, 987 pets are named Willow: 801 dogs, 180 cats, 3 rabbits, 2 others, 1 guinea pig. Where sex was recorded, 93% are female and 7% male. It ranks #82 among dog names and #18 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Willow?
Among dogs named Willow in these records, the most common breed is Labrador Retriever.
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); Hundenamen, Stadt Zürich (Open Data Zürich); Burnside Dog Registrations (CC BY 3.0 AU); City of Prospect 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.