Meaning and background
The story behind Choco
Choco has more Spanish dictionary history than a simple chocolate nickname suggests. The RAE and ASALE entry includes a cuttlefish, a blond or red-haired person in Bolivia, and other regional descriptions. Its proposed word origin is cautiously connected to Galician-Portuguese chôco, rather than stated as certain. For a dog named Choco, those are possible lexical associations; the checked entry does not establish chocolate as the origin of every use of the name.
- Association
- Spanish choco has several regional senses and a cuttlefish sense; its proposed word derivation is uncertain. Source
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About Choco
Recorded as a dog’s name
Choco appears in 34 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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