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Unisex name

Tofu

Tofu ranks #556 out of 11,202 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 3 places, 11 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #604 for dogs.
Tofu's popularity trend

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

0.005%0.01%0.015%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
11
across 3 places
Popularity rank
#556
of 11,202 cat names
5-year rank move
+5,393
2014 → 2019
Gender split
55% male
45% female55% male

Gender split comes from 29 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Tofu mean?
/ˈtoʊfu/

Tofu is a protein-rich food made from curdled soy milk, pressed into blocks. The word came into English from Japanese, which borrowed it from the Chinese doufu, literally "bean curd."

Soft-sounding and a little playful, it suits a pale or white-coated pet with a gentle, easygoing temperament.

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

Where Tofu shows up

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

PlaceShare
SeattleWA, US0.06%
TorontoON, CA0.01%
DarwinNT, AU0.13%

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