Maltese names

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The most common names among 21,692 Malteses (and Maltese crosses) in public pet registers.

Top Maltese names

Names typical of Malteses

These names are much more common for Malteses than for dogs in general.

Name	Malteses	More common than average
Malshi	16	35.8×
Maltese	90	35.4×
Malti-Poo	20	21.0×
Morkie	65	13.4×
Snowball	108	10.4×
Milky	13	10.3×
Snowflake	35	9.3×
Snowy	65	8.7×
Muffy	15	7.0×
Snow	67	6.7×
Bianca	28	6.3×
Marshmallow	15	6.0×
Fluffy	78	6.0×
Cotton	16	5.7×
Casper	73	5.5×
Tofu	22	5.4×
Zac	20	5.3×
Frosty	18	4.8×
Bundy	16	4.8×
Coconut	23	4.7×
Chanel	51	4.4×
Snuggles	20	4.3×
Scruffy	43	4.0×
Winter	29	3.9×

Where Malteses are most common

Place	Malteses	Share of dogs	Breed rank
Prospect	163	15.5%	#1
Playford	2,447	14.7%	#1
Adelaide	219	13.9%	#1
Burnside	644	12.4%	#1
Noosa	621	6.5%	#4
Surf Coast Shire	281	5.1%	#6
Golden Plains Shire	263	5.0%	#6
Laval	314	3.7%	#9
Corangamite Shire	94	3.5%	#6
New York City	11,612	3.5%	#7
Framingham	91	2.1%	#10
Vancouver	219	1.8%	#13
Worcester	130	1.8%	#15
Port Moody	41	1.7%	#14
Tacoma	49	1.4%	#18
Seattle	279	1.1%	#20
Allegheny County	4,052	1.0%	#22
Maple Ridge	56	0.9%	#29
Cambridge	106	0.8%	#29

Only places whose registers record breed. Breed names are matched across languages and spellings as well as we could.