Name

Name vs Adoption Speed

Word Cloud for cat names and dog names

cat word cloud dog word cloud

popular name

less than 3 character names

less than three character names

Analysis:

  • the popular pet names are ‘Lucky, ‘Mimi’, ‘Brownie’, etc. There are also type of pets like ‘Kitten’, ‘Puppies’ and even genders ‘Girl’, ‘Boy’.
  • there are around 10% of pets do not have names, however, their possibility to be adopted is higher than pets having names.
  • One more interesting finding is that there are some names with only 1 or 2 characters, or some pets’ names are created with symbols, which have no meaning in it.
  • There does not appear to have a direct relationship between if a pet has a name and the adoption speed.