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Unisex name

Oreo

Oreo ranks #23 out of 11,202 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 3 places, 89 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #36 for dogs.
Oreo's popularity trend

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

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Cats in our data
89
across 3 places
Popularity rank
#23
of 11,202 cat names
5-year rank move
+7
2014 → 2019
Gender split
65% male
35% female65% male

Gender split comes from 265 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Oreo mean?
/ˈɔɹioʊ/

Oreo is a word name taken from the sandwich cookie: two chocolate wafers with a sweet cream filling between them. The word itself entered English purely as a brand name, and its own linguistic origin is uncertain.

Oreo is an obvious, delightful pick for any black-and-white companion, since the two-tone coloring mirrors the cookie almost exactly. It's playful and a little sweet, just like its namesake.

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

Where Oreo shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.31%
SeattleWA, US0.21%
DarwinNT, AU0.13%

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