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Unisex name

Yin

Yin ranks #3,474 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: #10,378 for dogs.
Yin's popularity trend

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

0.005%0.01%0.015%2012201520172019
Cats in our data
2
across 1 place
Popularity rank
#3,474
of 11,202 cat names
5-year rank move
+319
2014 → 2019
Gender split
62% female
62% female38% male

Gender split comes from 13 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Yin mean?
/jɪn/1 syllable

Yin is also an everyday word (noun): “A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with dark, cool, female, etc”.

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

Where Yin shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.01%