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Willie

Willie ranks #254 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: #173 among boy dog names.
Willie's popularity trend

Willie's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2015.

0.02%0.04%0.06%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
9
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#254
of 682 boy cat names
5-year rank move
−119
2014 → 2019
Gender split
86% male
14% female86% male

Gender split comes from 51 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Willie mean?
/ˈwɪli/2 syllables

Willie is a casual, affectionate form of William, a name built from Germanic elements meaning "will" or "desire" and "helmet," together suggesting a "resolute protector."

Willie has a warm, folksy familiarity to it, well suited to a pet who feels less like an animal you own and more like an old friend who happens to have four legs.

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

Where Willie shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.03%
SeattleWA, US0.02%

Cat names like Willie

WilsonWilliamWillyWilburCharlieOllieWillowWillaWillisWilmaCallieMillie