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Precious

Precious ranks #80 out of 693 girl cat names in our data (the #1 girl cat name is Luna). Across all 2 places, 26 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #111 among girl dog names.
Precious's popularity trend

Precious's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2016.

0.05%0.1%0.15%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
26
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#80
of 693 girl cat names
5-year rank move
+13
2014 → 2019
Gender split
93% female
93% female7% male

Gender split comes from 74 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Precious mean?
3 syllablesOrigin: English

Precious is the English word for something of great value or held dear, from the Latin pretiosus, "costly" or "valuable," by way of Old French. As a name, it states the sentiment directly rather than encoding it in another language.

It's a name that wears its affection openly — perfect for a pet who is utterly doted on and never lets you forget it.

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

Where Precious shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.12%
SeattleWA, US0.02%

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