Meaning and background
The story behind Gohan
Gohan is a Japanese everyday word for cooked rice and, more broadly, a meal. This is a genuine culinary sense, confirmed by a Japanese–English learner's dictionary. Manga readers may also recognise Gohan as the name of Goku's son in Dragon Ball, a use separately explained by publisher VIZ. These contexts should not be collapsed into a claim that 'Gohan' is a traditional Japanese personal name with a mystical meaning.
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Gohan appears in 5 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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