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Ted

Ted ranks #251 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: #243 among boy dog names.
Ted's popularity trend

Ted's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2013.

0.02%0.04%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
9
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#251
of 682 boy cat names
5-year rank move
−203
2014 → 2019
Gender split
100% male
0% female100% male

Gender split comes from 22 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Ted mean?
/tɛd/1 syllable

Ted is most often a short form of Theodore, from the Greek theos ("god") and doron ("gift"), together meaning "gift of god." It's also used as a nickname for Edward, from Old English words for "wealth" and "guard."

Ted has an easy, everyman warmth to it — friendly, a little old-fashioned, and instantly likable. It suits a pet with a calm, agreeable temperament, the kind who greets everyone like an old friend.

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

Where Ted shows up

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

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

Cat names like Ted

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