Nessie dog name

We found 85 dogs named Nessie in the public pet registers of 13 places. Almost all dogs named Nessie are female.

🐱 Nessie is also a cat name (5 cats).

Nessie as a dog name, by place

PlaceRankDogsPer 10,000Years
Allegheny County United States #1,572 of 51,228 32 0.78 2003–2026
New York City United States #2,046 of 34,500 22 0.66 2014–2025
Toronto Canada #885 of 10,500 8 1.6 2019
Seattle United States #585 of 8,191 7 2.7 2026
Playford Australia #938 of 4,586 2 1.2 2015
Cambridge United States #998 of 4,375 2 1.6 2017–2026
Zurich Switzerland #1,075 of 5,788 1 1.00 2025
Worcester United States #906 of 2,906 1 1.4 2026
Golden Plains Shire Australia #410 of 2,062 2 3.8 2016
Burnside Australia #364 of 1,888 2 3.9 2015
Framingham United States #580 of 1,965 1 2.3 2020
Corangamite Shire Australia #150 of 1,161 3 11 2023
Adelaide Australia #110 of 958 2 13 2014

Rank among all names in that place's register ("in top N" where only a top list is published). "Per 10,000" is how many of every 10,000 registered dogs there are named Nessie. Click a column to sort. See data sources.

Female or male?

97% female

65 female and 2 male dogs named Nessie, in the places that record sex.

Nessie over the years

Allegheny County – falling
2007
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2015
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New York City – rising
2015
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Dogs named Nessie per 10,000 dogs, by the year of registration or licence (varies by place). Hover a bar for the number.

Breeds of dogs named Nessie

Compared to all dogs, Nessie is especially common among West Highland White Terriers (28.7×).

Based on 73 dogs named Nessie with a known breed. Crosses are counted as their first-named breed.

Nessie as a baby name

Nessie is also a human name. See Nessie as a baby name on MixedName, including which languages use it.

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