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Unisex name

Smudge

Smudge ranks #99 out of 11,202 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 3 places, 40 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #1,429 for dogs.
Smudge's popularity trend

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

0.1%0.2%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
40
across 3 places
Popularity rank
#99
of 11,202 cat names
5-year rank move
−11
2014 → 2019
Gender split
57% male
43% female57% male

Gender split comes from 53 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Smudge mean?
/smʌd͡ʒ/

Smudge is an English word name describing a smear or blur, especially a dark or sooty mark left by a light touch. It's most often given to pets with a small patch of contrasting color in their fur, as if dabbed on by an unseen thumb.

Casual and a little playful, Smudge suits a pet with a distinctive marking -- a dark spot on the nose, a splash on a paw -- and fits a personality that's easygoing rather than showy.

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

Where Smudge shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.15%
SeattleWA, US0.07%
Surf Coast ShireVIC, AU0.13%

Cat names like Smudge

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