Meaning and background
The story behind Azuki
Azuki comes from Japanese あずき, the small bean often cooked into sweet red-bean paste. That paste is central to sweets such as dorayaki and daifuku, so the name has a recognisable food connection rather than an invented virtue or mythological symbolism. Red is a common colour of the beans, though not a necessary characteristic of a dog called Azuki. The repeated z and k give it a crisp sound.
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About Azuki
Recorded as a dog’s name
Azuki appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2016 New York City dataset.
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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.
- City of Seattle Seattle Pet Licenses — DOG-only name aggregate, current source dated 6 October 2026 — Secondary spelling corroboration from dog-only licence rows. No cats, owner fields, national ranking or unique-dog claim.
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