Meaning and background
The story behind Dusya
Dusya is the name used for Evdokia Petrova in Lesley Lebkowicz’s Petrov poems, published by the literary journal Verity La. The journal’s introduction explicitly connects the two names and places the poems in the Australian Cold War story of the Petrovs. This supplies a direct literary association and an individual naming connection. It does not, by itself, establish a universal Russian diminutive rule or explain Dusya’s ultimate linguistic meaning.
- Association
- Dusya is the name used for Evdokia Petrova in Lesley Lebkowicz’s Petrov poems, published by the literary journal Verity La. Source
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Dusya appears in 7 dog licence records in the 2022 New York City dataset.
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Sources and research notes (1)
- 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.
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