Meaning and background
The story behind Boba
Boba names both a tea-based drink and the small tapioca balls associated with it. Merriam-Webster describes common milk, fruit, and syrup additions and recognizes hot or cold servings. Its word history identifies a Chinese borrowing and records English use from 2000. The spelling therefore supports a specific modern drink association for a pet nickname, without requiring an invented traditional personal-name meaning.
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- Boba names both a tea-based drink and the small tapioca balls associated with it. Source
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Boba appears in 36 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Sources and research notes (1)
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.
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