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Name Biscuit

Unisex name

Sailor

Sailor ranks #2,105 out of 11,202 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 4 places, 3 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #1,101 for dogs.
Sailor's popularity trend

Sailor's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2012.

0.01%0.02%20122013201420152017
Cats in our data
3
across 4 places
Popularity rank
#2,105
of 11,202 cat names
5-year rank move
—
2014 → 2019
Gender split
60% male
40% female60% male

Gender split comes from 15 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Sailor mean?
/ˈseɪ.lɚ/2 syllables

Sailor is also an everyday word (noun): “A person who sails; one whose occupation is sailing or navigating ships or other waterborne craft”.

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

Where Sailor shows up

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

PlaceShare
DarwinNT, AU0.13%
SeattleWA, US<0.01%
Surf Coast ShireVIC, AU0.13%

Cat names like Sailor

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