Meaning and background
The story behind Gin
Gin is the familiar English word for a spirit commonly flavoured with juniper. Its name comes by way of Dutch genever and an earlier French word for juniper, rather than from the city of Geneva, despite the resemblance of the words. As a pet name it offers a single, compact syllable and a readily understood English-word association. No claim about a dog's habits follows from an alcoholic drink name.
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Gin appears in 9 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/dʒɪn/
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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/dʒɪn/ · primary stress on syllable 1JH IH1 N
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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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