Meaning and background
The story behind Gomi
Gomi can be written in Japanese as 五味, an established surname whose characters literally denote five and taste. The same-sounding Japanese common word ごみ instead refers to rubbish or discarded material and is written differently. Shogakukan dictionaries distinguish these forms, so translating the surname simply as 'rubbish' would be a serious mistake. Without knowing a particular name bearer's intended kanji, the profile should preserve that ambiguity.
- Origin
- One documented Japanese surname spelling is 五味 (Gomi), with characters for “five” and “taste”; distinct from the homophonous common word ごみ “rubbish”. Source
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Gomi appears in 5 dog licence records in the 2022 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 — all seven available extract years, retrieved 24 October 2026 — Recorded name spellings in NYC licence-period rows, extract years 2016–2018, 2022–2024 and 2026. Evidence selects one stated year per name. Annual snapshots overlap; never sum them as unique dogs. No national popularity, etymology or owner naming-intent claim.
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