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Unisex name

Goblin

Goblin ranks #1,160 out of 11,202 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 2 places, 5 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #2,026 among boy dog names.
Goblin's popularity trend

Goblin'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
5
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#1,160
of 11,202 cat names
5-year rank move
−1,856
2014 → 2019
Gender split
62% male
38% female62% male

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

What does Goblin mean?
/ˈɡɑb.lɪn/

Goblin is also an everyday word (noun): “Traditionally, a supernatural being of folklore, typically small and grotesque or misshapen, that…”.

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

Where Goblin shows up

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

PlaceShare
SeattleWA, US0.03%
TorontoON, CA<0.01%

Cat names like Goblin

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