Meaning and background
The story behind Benedict
Benedict comes from Latin Benedictus, “blessed”, connected with the verb meaning to speak well of or commend. Its history includes Benedict of Nursia and a long tradition of use as a Christian personal name. It has a three-syllable English reading, but its religious history is a name association, not a prediction about a dog’s behaviour.
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Benedict appears in 10 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/bɛnədɪkt/
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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/bɛnədɪkt/ · primary stress on syllable 1B EH1 N AH0 D IH2 K T
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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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