Meaning and background
The story behind Good
Good is an ordinary English adjective with a history stretching back to Old English gōd. Its older meanings included what was fitting, valuable, beneficial or morally admirable. Used as a dog's name, Good is strikingly direct: it is a descriptive word pressed into service as a proper name. That does not make it a promise about the dog's behaviour or establish any particular surname lineage.
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About Good
Recorded as a dog’s name
Good appears in 2 dog licence records in the 2024 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/ɡʊd/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
Other dictionary readings and notation
/ɡʊd/ · primary stress on syllable 1G UH1 D
/ɡɪd/G IH0 D
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Sources and research notes (2)
- 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.
- 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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