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Pip

Pip ranks #269 out of 11,202 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 3 places, 19 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #496 for dogs.
Pip's popularity trend

Pip'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
19
across 3 places
Popularity rank
#269
of 11,202 cat names
5-year rank move
+278
2014 → 2019
Gender split
53% male
47% female53% male

Gender split comes from 32 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Pip mean?
/pɪp/

Pip most commonly refers to the small seed of a fruit, like an apple or orange — a word thought to be a shortening of "pippin." It's also a familiar nickname for Philip, a name from the Greek Philippos, meaning "lover of horses," and it's the name of the orphaned hero in Charles Dickens's Great Expectations.

Pip is tiny and spirited, a name that suits a small pet with an outsized personality and plenty of curiosity.

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

Where Pip shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.05%
SeattleWA, US0.06%
Surf Coast ShireVIC, AU0.13%

Cat names like Pip

PippinPiperPippaPippiPipiPippen

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