Meaning and background
The story behind Amalfi
Amalfi is the name of a town on southern Italy’s famous Amalfi Coast. UNESCO identifies it among the historic coastal settlements whose buildings and landscape contribute to the region’s World Heritage status. A dog called Amalfi could therefore have a straightforward Italian place-name association, especially for someone fond of travel. The checked geographic source does not explain the ultimate linguistic origin of the town’s name, so a literal translation is deliberately withheld.
- Origin
- Place-based name referencing Amalfi, a historic town on the Amalfi Coast in southern Italy. Source
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Amalfi 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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