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Skittles

Skittles ranks #99 out of 693 girl cat names in our data (the #1 girl cat name is Luna). Across all 2 places, 22 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #1,350 for dogs.
Skittles's popularity trend

Skittles's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2019.

0.025%0.05%0.075%0.1%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
22
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#99
of 693 girl cat names
5-year rank move
+124
2014 → 2019
Gender split
75% female
75% female25% male

Gender split comes from 52 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Skittles mean?
/ˈskɪtəlz/

Skittles is best known today as the name of the colorful, fruit-flavored candy, though the word itself is much older -- it originally named a European pub game similar to bowling, played by knocking down pins with a rolled ball or disc.

As a pet name, it's almost always inspired by the candy -- bright, sweet, and a little playful, fitting for a pet with a multicolored coat or a bouncy, fun-loving energy.

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

Where Skittles shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.09%
SeattleWA, US0.04%

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