Meaning and background
The story behind Gumi
Gumi has an explicit dictionary spelling link to goumi. Merriam-Webster identifies the shrub Elaeagnus multiflora, native to Japan and China and cultivated for fragrant flowers and orange or reddish fruit, and records gumi as a variant. That gives a garden-loving household a concrete plant association for a dog's name. The source supports the botanical word rather than a separate traditional personal-name meaning.
- Association
- Botanical word recorded as a variant of goumi, a fruiting shrub of Japan and China. Source
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About Gumi
Recorded as a dog’s name
Gumi appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2024 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/ɡumi/
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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/ɡumi/ · primary stress on syllable 1G UW1 M IY0
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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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