Gypsy ranks at #638 with 193 entries, registered female. The name is a long-standing American pet-naming pick with a complicated cultural-borrowing register that owners increasingly approach with awareness rather than the casual use of past decades.
The naming-history layer
Gypsy as a pet name dates back generations in American culture, originally borrowed as a romanticized term for the Romani people based on free-spirited or wandering associations. Many older registry Gypsys belong to long-time multi-decade owners who picked the name in a different cultural moment. The naming logic was usually about coat color (multi-colored or shifting markings) or perceived personality rather than any direct cultural reference.
The contemporary reconsideration
Romani advocacy organizations have flagged the casual use of "gypsy" as a pejorative slur applied to their community, and the term has been formally reconsidered in many style guides and institutional contexts since the 2010s. Younger owners increasingly choose alternatives like Luna or Willow for the same wandering-spirit register without the borrowing question. Existing pet Gypsys are not the issue; the question is whether new pets in 2026 should carry the name forward.
The honest framing
The name still appears on registry charts because the older cohort is real and the cultural-reconsideration question is recent enough that not every household has encountered it. Pet Gypsy lands disproportionately on multi-colored breeds: Border Collies, calicos, and rescue mixes. The human Gypsy page shows minimal SSA presence, with the name living almost entirely on pets in American records.