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Dove

Dove ranks #563 out of 693 girl cat names in our data (the #1 girl cat name is Luna). Across all 2 places, 2 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #1,614 among girl dog names.
Dove's popularity trend

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

0.003%0.005%0.008%0.01%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
2
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#563
of 693 girl cat names
5-year rank move
−1,552
2014 → 2019
Gender split
100% female
100% female0% male

Gender split comes from 18 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Dove mean?
/dʌv/1 syllable

Dove is also an everyday word (noun): “A pigeon, especially one smaller in size and white-colored; a bird (often arbitrarily called either…”.

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

Where Dove shows up

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

PlaceShare
SeattleWA, US<0.01%
TorontoON, CA<0.01%

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