Meaning and background
The story behind Guthrie
Guthrie’s Scottish surname history includes a place near Forfar, with proposed Gaelic elements referring to a windy place. The dictionary also offers a possible separate anglicized family-name route through Mag Uchtre, son of Uchtre, whose personal-name connection is itself tentative. The geographical explanation is therefore not the only recorded possibility. A Scottish family connection can retain both the localized place history and the source’s caution over the alternatives.
- Origin
- Scottish habitational surname from a place near Forfar; a separate Gaelic patronymic route is also proposed. Source
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Guthrie appears in 4 dog licence records in the 2022 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/ɡʌθɹi/
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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/ɡʌθɹi/ · primary stress on syllable 1G AH1 TH R 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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