Meaning and background
The story behind Doherty
Doherty is an Irish surname, anglicised from Ó Dochartaigh, which identifies a descendant of someone called Dochartach. A surname dictionary glosses that ancestor's byname as 'hard-hearted'; this is historical word analysis, not a judgement on anybody carrying the name. Irish-language surname records also confirm the spelling relationship. Doherty works as a three-syllable call name, with a distinctly different history from the neighbouring Japanese and Italian entries.
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About Doherty
Recorded as a dog’s name
Doherty appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2022 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/doʊɚti/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
Other dictionary readings and notation
/doʊɚti/ · primary stress on syllable 1D OW1 ER0 T IY0
/dɔɹti/ · primary stress on syllable 1D AO1 R T IY0
/dɑhɚti/ · primary stress on syllable 1D AA1 HH ER0 T IY0
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Sources and research notes (2)
Dictionary readings have 2 or 3 syllables.
- 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.
- 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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