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Unisex name

Mouse

Mouse ranks #159 out of 11,202 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 3 places, 28 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #1,490 for dogs.
Mouse's popularity trend

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

0.025%0.05%0.075%0.1%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
28
across 3 places
Popularity rank
#159
of 11,202 cat names
5-year rank move
−28
2014 → 2019
Gender split
63% female
63% female37% male

Gender split comes from 60 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Mouse mean?
/maʊs/

Mouse is a straightforward English word name, referring to the small, long-tailed rodent, a word that goes back through Old English mus to a very old root shared with the Latin mus and Greek mys.

Given ironically or affectionately, Mouse suits a small, quiet, or quick-moving pet -- one who seems to slip in and out of rooms unnoticed, or who's simply tiny and endearing.

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

Where Mouse shows up

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

PlaceShare
SeattleWA, US0.11%
TorontoON, CA0.07%
Surf Coast ShireVIC, AU0.13%

Cat names like Mouse

MousseToulouse