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Clive

Clive ranks #325 out of 682 boy cat names in our data (the #1 boy cat name is Charlie). Across all 3 places, 6 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #1,465 among boy dog names.
Clive's popularity trend

Clive's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2014.

0.01%0.02%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
6
across 3 places
Popularity rank
#325
of 682 boy cat names
5-year rank move
−255
2014 → 2019
Gender split
92% male
8% female92% male

Gender split comes from 13 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Clive mean?
/ˈklaɪv/1 syllableOrigin: a surname

Clive is an English surname and given name, from Old English for 'cliff'.

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

Where Clive shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.02%
SeattleWA, US0.02%
Surf Coast ShireVIC, AU0.13%

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