Meaning and background
The story behind Besame
Besame looks like Spanish bésame, the informal imperative phrase meaning “kiss me”. Standard Spanish includes an accent on the first e, so the catalogue’s plain spelling is not the conventional written form of that phrase. As a dog’s name it carries a playful invitation in Spanish, but this is a phrase-to-name association rather than evidence of an inherited traditional personal name.
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About Besame
Recorded as a dog’s name
Besame appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2022 New York City dataset.
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Sources and research notes (1)
- 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.
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