Miss ranks at #376 with 329 entries, leaning female. This is a title-as-name pick — owners using the honorific Miss as a standalone name or as a nickname extracted from a longer formal name like "Miss Bella" or "Miss Kitty." The pattern is unusual on the chart and signals a specific naming style.
The honorific-as-name register
Miss clusters with Lady, Princess, Duchess, and Queen in the title-name cohort. Owners picking these are usually engaging with a specific affectionate-formal register where the pet is treated with mock-deference. The dynamic is playful, but it shapes how the household talks to the pet day to day. This isn't a name people pick by accident.
The Southern-naming layer
Miss carries strong Southern American naming overtones, where prefacing first names with Miss is a common form of warm address ("Miss Daisy," "Miss Kitty"). Pet owners from or influenced by Southern conventions sometimes register the pet's full name as just Miss when the longer construction sounds redundant or when the honorific has stuck as the primary call name.
Sound and breed fit
The single-syllable shape (MISS) is sharp and short, with a hissing ending that cuts cleanly through ambient noise. Miss lands disproportionately on cats and small dogs — Maltipoos, Yorkies, Frenchies, and small mixed breeds where the dignified-tiny pairing reads as deliberate. The Miss baby name page shows it almost never appears as a given name on the SSA chart.