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Unisex name

Sunflower

Sunflower ranks #3,319 out of 11,202 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 2 places, 2 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #1,354 among girl dog names.
Sunflower's popularity trend

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

0.005%0.01%0.015%201220132014201620172019
Cats in our data
2
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#3,319
of 11,202 cat names
5-year rank move
+799
2014 → 2019
Gender split
71% female
71% female29% male

Gender split comes from 14 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Sunflower mean?
/ˈsʌn.flaʊ.əɹ/3 syllables

Sunflower is also an everyday word (noun): “Any plant of the genus Helianthus, so called probably from the form and color of its floral head…”.

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

Where Sunflower shows up

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

PlaceShare
SeattleWA, US<0.01%
TorontoON, CA<0.01%

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