Meaning and background
The story behind Drago
Drago is a genuine South Slavic masculine name used in Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia and Bulgaria. It developed as a short form of names containing an old Slavic element meaning 'precious' or 'dear'. Despite its resemblance to English dragon and Latin draco, those are not the attested root of the Slavic given name. A compact two-syllable call, Drago has a distinctive history that should be kept separate from modern fantasy associations.
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Drago appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/dɹɑɡoʊ/
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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/dɹɑɡoʊ/ · primary stress on syllable 1D R AA1 G OW0
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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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