Meaning and background
The story behind Gouda
Gouda is the name of a Dutch town and, more famously in everyday British English, a type of cheese named after its market. European Commission food-history material explains how the town became a centre for selling cheese made in the surrounding region. It is a distinctive food and place name, not a Dutch given name whose literal meaning is 'cheese'. The name's origin is geographical even if its attraction is culinary.
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Gouda appears in 14 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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