Meaning and background
The story behind Aioli
Aioli is a food word for a cold garlic sauce. Oxford traces it through French aïoli to Provençal elements for garlic and oil, giving the culinary association a concrete linguistic history. The recorded English pronunciation has three syllables with stress on the middle one. A dog owner might choose Aioli after a favourite meal or a kitchen joke. That personal naming use should remain separate from the sauce’s ingredients and does not establish a traditional human given-name lineage.
- Origin
- English food word from French aïoli, from Provençal garlic and oil elements. Source
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Aioli appears in 4 dog licence records in the 2022 New York City dataset.
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Sources and research notes (1)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — all seven available extract years, retrieved 24 October 2026 — Recorded name spellings in NYC licence-period rows, extract years 2016–2018, 2022–2024 and 2026. Evidence selects one stated year per name. Annual snapshots overlap; never sum them as unique dogs. No national popularity, etymology or owner naming-intent claim.
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