Meaning and background
The story behind Chickpea
Chickpea has a more surprising history than its modern spelling suggests. The word comes from an older English chich-pease, related to French chiche and ultimately Latin cicer; the apparent reference to a chick is a later reshaping. In the kitchen it means the round edible pulse familiar in hummus and stews. As a dog name it is playful and food-related, but it has no chicken-based original derivation.
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About Chickpea
Recorded as a dog’s name
Chickpea appears in 6 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 — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
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