Meaning and background
The story behind Hope
Hope is an English virtue name drawn directly from a word for looking towards a possible good outcome. It has Old English roots, and documented given-name use by Puritans in the seventeenth century. Its one-syllable sound is familiar throughout Britain. A dog's name can express the owner's choice of a word, but it does not demonstrate that the animal is inherently optimistic or that the name has a hidden translation in another language.
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About Hope
Recorded as a dog’s name
Hope appears in 52 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/hoʊp/
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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/hoʊp/ · primary stress on syllable 1HH OW1 P
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Sources and research notes (2)
Gender association: NYC licence-period records. Any dog can use this name.
- 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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