Meaning and background
The story behind Asparagus
Asparagus is the long, botanical word for the edible shoots eaten as a vegetable. English borrowed it through Latin from Greek, so it has a well-attested word history without being a traditional personal name. As a dog name it is deliberately eccentric and rather long; an owner would need to decide whether to use all four syllables or an informal shortening. The vegetable reference needs no invented symbolism.
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About Asparagus
Recorded as a dog’s name
Asparagus appears in 2 dog licence records in the 2024 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/əspɛɹəɡəs/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the second syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/əspɛɹəɡəs/ · primary stress on syllable 2AH0 S P EH1 R AH0 G AH0 S
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Sources and research notes (2)
- 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.
- 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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