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Garfield

Garfield ranks #50 out of 682 boy cat names in our data (the #1 boy cat name is Charlie). Across all 4 places, 27 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #3,766 among boy dog names.
Garfield's popularity trend

Garfield's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2019.

0.05%0.1%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
27
across 4 places
Popularity rank
#50
of 682 boy cat names
5-year rank move
+122
2014 → 2019
Gender split
99% male
1% female99% male

Gender split comes from 98 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Garfield mean?
/ˈɡɑɹfild/2 syllablesOrigin: a surname

Garfield began as an English surname built from Old English gar, meaning 'spear,' and feld, meaning 'field' or open land. It's best known today as the name of the famously lazy, lasagna-loving orange cat from Jim Davis's long-running comic strip.

Thanks to the comic strip, Garfield now reads as an instantly warm, funny name for an orange tabby with a big personality and an even bigger appetite -- laid-back, a little sarcastic, and lovable.

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

Where Garfield shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.09%
DarwinNT, AU0.39%
SeattleWA, US0.02%
Surf Coast ShireVIC, AU0.38%

Cat names like Garfield

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