Meaning and background
The story behind Guppy
Guppy offers a small-fish association with a specific biological referent. Merriam-Webster identifies Poecilia reticulata, a live-bearing fish often kept in aquariums, and notes its northern South American and Caribbean distribution. A fishkeeping household might choose it as a dog's playful cross-species nickname. The source establishes the animal word; it does not imply that the dog shares the fish's behavior or that Guppy has a separate given-name derivation.
- Association
- Animal word for a small live-bearing tropical fish often kept in aquariums. Source
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About Guppy
Recorded as a dog’s name
Guppy appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/ɡʌpi/
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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/ɡʌpi/ · primary stress on syllable 1G AH1 P IY0
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Sources and research notes (2)
- 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.
- 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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