Meaning and background
The story behind Brick
Brick is a concrete, everyday English word for a building block, most commonly one made from fired clay. It has no established personal-name derivation simply because it appears in a dog catalogue. The sharp final consonant makes Brick quite unlike the nearby names Brian and Briar. There is also an old-fashioned British informal sense of a dependable friend, separate from the literal object.
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About Brick
Recorded as a dog’s name
Brick appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/bɹɪk/
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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/bɹɪk/ · primary stress on syllable 1B R IH1 K
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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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