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Unisex name

Charley

Charley ranks #937 out of 11,202 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 2 places, 6 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #327 for dogs.
Charley's popularity trend

Charley's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2013.

0.02%0.04%0.06%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
6
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#937
of 11,202 cat names
5-year rank move
−214
2014 → 2019
Gender split
60% male
40% female60% male

Gender split comes from 10 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Charley mean?
/ˈt͡ʃɑː(ɹ).li/2 syllables

Charley is a variant spelling of Charlie, itself a pet form of Charles, which comes from a Germanic word meaning "free man." Both Charley and Charlie have long been used as standalone names in their own right, for people and pets alike.

Friendly and unpretentious, Charley suits a pet with an easygoing, everybody's-best-friend kind of personality.

Etymology & pronunciation from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Where Charley shows up

Cats named Charley per place, against that place's total.

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.03%
SeattleWA, US<0.01%

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