Meaning and background
The story behind Chapulin
Chapulin is an unaccented rendering of Spanish chapulín, a regional name for a grasshopper in Mexico and much of Central America. The Spanish-language academies trace it to Nahuatl chapolín, rather than to an invented Spanish personal-name root. Its pronunciation depends on whether the final syllable retains the stress of chapulín. The insect connection is documented; what it signifies to any one dog owner remains personal.
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Chapulin appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2023 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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