Meaning and background
The story behind Gamja
Gamja is Korean for potato in the food vocabulary explained by cook and author Maangchi. Her potato-dumpling-soup recipe explicitly separates gamja, the potatoes, from the words for dumplings and soup. Another recipe uses the term in braised baby potatoes. That makes Gamja a supported food-inspired dog name for a family with a particular dish or kitchen memory in mind. The vocabulary connection is established; a story about a dog’s round shape or colouring would be the owner’s personal interpretation.
- Meaning
- Korean food word for potato, explicitly explained as gamja by Maangchi. Source · Source 2
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About Gamja
Recorded as a dog’s name
Gamja appears in 6 dog licence records in the 2026 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 — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
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