Meaning and background
The story behind Ares
Ares is a short Greek mythological name belonging to the god associated with warfare. Although the figure has a strong literary identity, translating his name as the English word “war” would confuse his role with an established etymology. It has two distinct syllables in English.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek mythological name of the god of war; etymology uncertain. Source
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Ares appears in 25 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/ɑɹz/
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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/ɑɹz/ · primary stress on syllable 1AA1 R Z
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Sources and research notes (2)
Gender association: NYC licence-period records. Any dog can use this name.
- 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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