Meaning and background
The story behind Faith
Faith is an English word name with a documented place among the virtue names used by Puritans in the seventeenth century. Its meaning belongs to belief or trust, rather than a prediction that a dog will be dependable. The English pronunciation is a single syllable ending in th, a sound worth trying aloud with everyone who will use the name. Faith can express an owner’s values or a personal story while remaining a complete everyday name without a longer form.
- Origin
- English virtue name from the word faith; adopted by Puritans in the seventeenth century. Source
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About Faith
Recorded as a dog’s name
Faith appears in 33 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/feɪθ/
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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/feɪθ/ · primary stress on syllable 1F EY1 TH
These are US dictionary readings. Personal, regional and other language pronunciations may differ.
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Sources and research notes (2)
Gender association: NYC licence-period records. Any dog can use this name.
- 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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