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Unisex name

Cheetah

Cheetah ranks #812 out of 11,202 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 1 place, 7 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #4,565 for dogs.
Cheetah's popularity trend

Cheetah's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2012.

0.02%0.04%0.06%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
7
across 1 place
Popularity rank
#812
of 11,202 cat names
5-year rank move
−15
2014 → 2019
Gender split
67% female
67% female33% male

Gender split comes from 12 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Cheetah mean?
/ˈt͡ʃiːtə/

Cheetah is also an everyday word (noun): “A distinctive member (Acinonyx jubatus) of the cat family, slightly smaller than the leopard, but…”.

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

Where Cheetah shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.04%

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