Meaning and background
The story behind Dove
Dove is the English name for a bird of the pigeon family, and doves have long appeared as images of peace. The peaceful symbolism is a cultural convention, not the literal zoological meaning of the word. Collins also records its use as a term of endearment. As a dog name it is simple and soft-sounding in Britain, pronounced to rhyme with 'love', and must not be confused with the separate Hebrew name Dov.
- Meaning
- A bird of the pigeon family, often symbolically associated with peace Source
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About Dove
Recorded as a dog’s name
Dove appears in 5 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/dʌv/
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
/dʌv/ · primary stress on syllable 1D AH1 V
/doʊv/ · primary stress on syllable 1D OW1 V
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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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