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Unisex name

Ghost

Ghost ranks #577 out of 11,202 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 2 places, 10 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #148 among boy dog names.
Ghost's popularity trend

Ghost's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2018.

0.01%0.02%0.03%0.04%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
10
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#577
of 11,202 cat names
5-year rank move
+129
2014 → 2019
Gender split
74% male
26% female74% male

Gender split comes from 51 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Ghost mean?
/ɡoʊst/1 syllable

Ghost comes from the Old English "gast," meaning "spirit" or "soul," and refers to the apparition of a deceased person believed to appear to the living.

Ghost suits a pet who moves quietly and turns up out of nowhere, especially one with a pale or white coat that seems to glow in low light.

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

Where Ghost shows up

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

PlaceShare
SeattleWA, US0.04%
TorontoON, CA0.03%

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