Meaning and background
The story behind Ezra
Ezra has a Hebrew meaning connected with help and a biblical association with the figure and book bearing the name. The reference also records its later English-language use and poet Ezra Pound as a bearer. Those links give owners several possible personal connections without altering the literal name meaning. English and Hebrew readings place the stress differently. For a dog, Ezra keeps a substantial historical story in four letters; choose the pronunciation you intend rather than treating the English version as the only valid one.
- Origin
- Hebrew name meaning help. Source
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About Ezra
Recorded as a dog’s name
Ezra appears in 13 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/ɛzɹə/
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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/ɛzɹə/ · primary stress on syllable 1EH1 Z R 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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