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Duncan

Duncan ranks #383 out of 682 boy cat names in our data (the #1 boy cat name is Charlie). Across all 2 places, 5 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #170 among boy dog names.
Duncan's popularity trend

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

0.005%0.01%0.015%0.02%2012201420162018
Cats in our data
5
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#383
of 682 boy cat names
5-year rank move
—
2014 → 2019
Gender split
96% male
4% female96% male

Gender split comes from 27 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Duncan mean?
/ˈdʌŋkən/2 syllablesOrigin: Scottish Gaelic

Duncan comes from the Scottish Gaelic name Donnchadh, combining "donn" (brown) and "cath" (battle), often read as "brown warrior." It's also familiar as the name of King Duncan in Shakespeare's Macbeth.

Duncan has a solid, old-fashioned dignity to it, fitting for a pet with a calm, steady presence and a bit of quiet gravity.

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

Where Duncan shows up

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

PlaceShare
SeattleWA, US0.04%

Cat names like Duncan

Dundee

Duncan means, by theme

Warrior