Meaning and background
The story behind Cinnamon
Cinnamon is the familiar aromatic spice made from tree bark, with a word history reaching through French, Latin and Greek to older Near Eastern terminology. It also names a warm reddish-brown colour. A dog may have been named for the spice or the shade, but that motive cannot be proved from a catalogue entry. Its etymology is documented independently of any pet-name fashion.
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About Cinnamon
a spice made from aromatic tree bark
- Word language
- English
More about the name
Cinnamon gives a warm kitchen image and a recognised brownish colour sense. It is a longer food name than Clove, useful when the owner prefers a fuller rhythm rather than the shortest possible call.
About this meaning
Language of the selected vocabulary reference; full personal-name derivation not asserted.
Recorded as a dog’s name
Cinnamon appears in 72 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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These records cover New York City and may count the same dog in more than one licence period. They are not a national popularity ranking.
Pronunciation and rhythm
/sɪnəmən/
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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/sɪnəmən/ · primary stress on syllable 1S IH1 N AH0 M AH0 N
These are US dictionary readings. Personal, regional and other language pronunciations may differ.
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Sources and research notes (3)
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.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
- Wiktionary contributors cinnamon — English section — Selected dictionary sense, not proof of each dog owner's naming intent or complete personal-name etymology
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