Meaning and background
The story behind Dracula
Dracula has a historical name and a literary afterlife. It referred to Vlad III of Wallachia as a son of Vlad II Dracul, with Dracul connected to the dragon; a recent linguistics study also supports 'son of the dragon' rather than the popular 'son of the devil' reading. Bram Stoker's 1897 vampire novel made the name widely recognisable. For a dog, the spooky association need not be confused with the original Romanian history.
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About Dracula
Recorded as a dog’s name
Dracula appears in 4 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/dɹækjulə/
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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/dɹækjulə/ · primary stress on syllable 1D R AE1 K Y UW0 L AH0
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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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