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Prince

Prince ranks #54 out of 682 boy cat names in our data (the #1 boy cat name is Charlie). Across all 3 places, 26 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #22 among boy dog names.
Prince's popularity trend

Prince's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2017.

0.05%0.1%0.15%0.2%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
26
across 3 places
Popularity rank
#54
of 682 boy cat names
5-year rank move
−12
2014 → 2019
Gender split
99% male
1% female99% male

Gender split comes from 71 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Prince mean?
1 syllableOrigin: English

Prince is simply the English word for a male member of a royal family, typically the son of a king or queen -- a title of honor and high standing.

It's a name that carries built-in swagger, suited to a companion who struts through the house like the whole place belongs to them.

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

Where Prince shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.11%
SeattleWA, US0.02%
DarwinNT, AU0.13%

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