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Unisex name

Hershey

Hershey ranks #971 out of 11,202 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 2 places, 6 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #283 for dogs.
Hershey's popularity trend

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

0.01%0.02%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
6
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#971
of 11,202 cat names
5-year rank move
+3,532
2014 → 2019
Gender split
70% male
30% female70% male

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

What does Hershey mean?
/ˈhɝʃi/2 syllables

Hershey is best known today as the name of the American chocolate company founded by Milton Hershey in 1894, and by extension it's become shorthand for the confection itself. The town of Hershey, Pennsylvania, grew up around the factory and shares the same name.

Hershey is warm and a little playful, evoking something sweet and reliably good. It suits a pet with a rich, dark coat or simply an owner with a sweet tooth.

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

Where Hershey shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.02%
SeattleWA, US0.02%

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