Meaning and background
The story behind Amos
Amos is a Biblical personal name associated with the Hebrew prophet whose book condemns corruption and injustice. The Hebrew source verb means “to load” or “to burden”, although translating that root as a complete modern personality description would be misleading. The name passed into English through Biblical traditions, where it is pronounced AY-məs. Its firm two syllables make it straightforward to call, with a particularly well-documented literary and religious history.
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About Amos
Recorded as a dog’s name
Amos appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/eɪməs/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/eɪməs/ · primary stress on syllable 1EY1 M AH0 S
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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