Meaning and background
The story behind Cutie
Cutie is an informal English endearment in Cambridge, used for someone regarded with affection or attraction and sometimes used directly as a form of address. The dictionary also records the spelling cutey and the expression cutie pie. That is clear lexical evidence for the affectionate association. Naming a dog Cutie expresses the owner’s fondness; it does not require an invented older language origin or a formal personal-name tradition.
- Association
- Informal English endearment for someone liked or considered attractive, also used as direct address. Source
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About Cutie
Recorded as a dog’s name
Cutie appears in 14 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/kjuti/
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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/kjuti/ · primary stress on syllable 1K Y UW1 T IY0
These are US dictionary readings. Personal, regional and other language pronunciations may differ.
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Sources and research notes (2)
- 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
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