Meaning and background
The story behind Drusilla
Drusilla is an ancient Roman feminine diminutive of the family name Drusus. One bearer appears in the New Testament as the wife of Felix in the Acts of the Apostles; that is a documented historical or literary reference, not the name's lexical meaning. The Roman family-name root is not certain enough to support a convenient modern translation. The English name has three syllables, with stress on the middle one, and can shorten to Dru.
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Drusilla appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/dɹusɪlə/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the second syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/dɹusɪlə/ · primary stress on syllable 2D R UW2 S IH1 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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