Meaning and background
The story behind Butterbean
Butterbean is recorded as a closed-form food word in Vocabulary.com, with butter bean among its listed synonyms. The entry describes a small, flat green bean and places it among shell beans. That supports the exact joined spelling rather than requiring the name to be split into two words. A dog owner may intend a culinary memory or an affectionate sound, while a particular sporting namesake would require its own evidence.
- Association
- Food-word association with a small flat bean; the closed spelling is dictionary-recorded. Source
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About Butterbean
Recorded as a dog’s name
Butterbean appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2026 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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