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Girl name

Silk

Silk ranks #687 out of 693 girl cat names in our data (the #1 girl cat name is Luna). Across all 1 place, 1 cat carries the name. It's also a dog name: #10,136 for dogs.
Silk's popularity trend

Silk's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank.

0.002%0.004%0.006%201220132014201520182019
Cats in our data
1
across 1 place
Popularity rank
#687
of 693 girl cat names
5-year rank move
+790
2014 → 2019
Gender split
85% female
85% female15% male

Gender split comes from 20 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Silk mean?
/sɪlk/1 syllable

Silk is also an everyday word (noun): “A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider)”.

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

Where Silk shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA<0.01%

Cat names like Silk

SilverSilasSilviaMilk