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Unisex name

Yang

Yang ranks #3,473 out of 11,202 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 1 place, 2 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #4,017 for dogs.
Yang's popularity trend

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

0.005%0.01%2013201420172019
Cats in our data
2
across 1 place
Popularity rank
#3,473
of 11,202 cat names
5-year rank move
+5,640
2014 → 2019
Gender split
73% male
27% female73% male

Gender split comes from 15 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Yang mean?
/ˈjeɪ̯ŋ/1 syllable

Yang is also an everyday word (noun): “A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with bright, hot, masculine…”.

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

Where Yang shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.01%