Meaning and background
The story behind Dafny
Dafny has an exact technology association with the programming language of that name. The project's official site explains that it combines ordinary programming with written specifications and a verifier that checks whether code satisfies them. It can also compile programs for other common development environments. This makes Dafny a concrete software-inspired choice for a dog name. The project description supports that association, without proving a name-family connection to Daphne or supplying a traditional personal-name meaning.
- Association
- Dafny is a programming language with specifications and automated program verification, documented by its official project. Source
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Dafny appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2022 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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