Schnauzer ranks 1837 in the pet registry with 55 animals of neutral gender. This is almost certainly a data artifact — breed name filed as given name. When a licensing officer writes down a dog's name and breed and one ends up in the wrong column, Schnauzer becomes an official pet name in the registry.
A Registry Artifact, Plainly Stated
Breed names appearing in pet name datasets are a well-documented phenomenon in city licensing databases. NYC and Seattle registration data, which underlies the NamesPop pet registry, contains a measurable number of rows where breed and name were transposed. Schnauzer at rank 1837 with 55 records almost certainly represents 55 individual Schnauzers whose breed was filed where the name should go.
The Actual Pet-Naming Question
If you have a Schnauzer and genuinely want to call it Schnauzer — which is a valid if eccentric choice — the name does have a certain blunt Germanic charm. Miniature Schnauzer owners tend toward names like Fritz, Greta, and Hans for a breed-aesthetic coherence. Schnauzer-as-name is a step further down that road than most owners want to go.
The Counter-Reading: Calling Your Pet by Its Species
Dog owners who name their dogs Dog, or Schnauzers who get named Schnauzer, are usually making a point — about the absurdity of the naming ritual, or about genuine indifference to convention. That's a valid position. At 55 registrations, it's mostly paperwork. Browse actual pet names for names that won't confuse the vet.