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Unisex name

Pinky

Pinky ranks #495 out of 11,202 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 3 places, 12 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #259 among girl dog names.
Pinky's popularity trend

Pinky's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2019.

0.02%0.04%0.06%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
12
across 3 places
Popularity rank
#495
of 11,202 cat names
5-year rank move
+465
2014 → 2019
Gender split
60% female
60% female40% male

Gender split comes from 42 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Pinky mean?
/ˈpɪŋki/2 syllables

Pinky comes from pink, which in English has meant "small" since at least the 1500s, a sense borrowed from the Dutch word pink for the same idea - it's the root of "pinky finger," the smallest one on the hand.

Pinky is cheerful and a little cheeky, a natural fit for a small or young companion, though it wears just fine on a big dog with a soft side too.

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

Where Pinky shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.04%
SeattleWA, US0.02%
Surf Coast ShireVIC, AU0.13%

Cat names like Pinky

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