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Mini

Mini ranks #209 out of 693 girl cat names in our data (the #1 girl cat name is Luna). Across all 2 places, 11 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #121 among girl dog names.
Mini's popularity trend

Mini's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2015.

0.02%0.04%0.06%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
11
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#209
of 693 girl cat names
5-year rank move
−5
2014 → 2019
Gender split
80% female
80% female20% male

Gender split comes from 25 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Mini mean?
/ˈmɪn.i/2 syllables

Mini is short for "miniature," a word that traces back to the Latin "miniare," meaning "to color with red lead," originally used for the small illustrations painted in medieval manuscripts. Over time its sound pulled it toward "minimus," Latin for "smallest," and the word came to mean anything small-scale.

Simple and sweet, Mini is the obvious pick for the smallest pet in the house, or for one whose personality is anything but small.

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

Where Mini shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.04%
SeattleWA, US0.02%

Cat names like Mini

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