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Boy name

Dean

Dean ranks #435 out of 682 boy cat names in our data (the #1 boy cat name is Charlie). Across all 2 places, 4 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #728 among boy dog names.
Dean's popularity trend

Dean's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank.

0.005%0.01%0.015%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
4
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#435
of 682 boy cat names
5-year rank move
−256
2014 → 2019
Gender split
94% male
6% female94% male

Gender split comes from 16 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Dean mean?
/diːn/1 syllableOrigin: a surname and occupations

Dean means “valley” (from surname transfer dene).

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

Where Dean shows up

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

PlaceShare
SeattleWA, US0.02%
TorontoON, CA0.01%

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