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Clyde

Clyde ranks #108 out of 682 boy cat names in our data (the #1 boy cat name is Charlie). Across all 2 places, 17 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #169 among boy dog names.
Clyde's popularity trend

Clyde'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
17
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#108
of 682 boy cat names
5-year rank move
−95
2014 → 2019
Gender split
98% male
2% female98% male

Gender split comes from 68 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Clyde mean?
/klaɪd/1 syllableOrigin: place-name transfer

Clyde began as a Scottish place name, taken from the River Clyde, which runs through Glasgow. Its ultimate root is uncertain, but some scholars trace it to an old Celtic word connected to "cleansing" or "washing," possibly describing the river itself.

Clyde has a broad-shouldered, old-fashioned warmth to it — a name that suggests steadiness and easy company, well suited to a calm, unhurried pet.

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

Where Clyde shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.05%
SeattleWA, US0.06%