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Sully

Sully ranks #249 out of 682 boy cat names in our data (the #1 boy cat name is Charlie). Across all 2 places, 9 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #257 among boy dog names.
Sully's popularity trend

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

0.02%0.04%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
9
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#249
of 682 boy cat names
5-year rank move
+168
2014 → 2019
Gender split
90% male
10% female90% male

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

What does Sully mean?
/ˈsʌli/2 syllables

Sully is a short form of Sullivan, an anglicized version of the Irish surname O Suilleabhain, generally understood to mean "dark-eyed" or "hawk-eyed."

Sully has a scrappy, friendly warmth to it, well suited to a pet with soulful dark eyes and a big personality to match. It's an easy, likable name that wears well on any size of animal.

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

Where Sully shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.03%
SeattleWA, US0.03%

Cat names like Sully

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