Meaning and background
The story behind Iota
Iota connects a Greek letter with a tiny-amount expression in English. Cambridge identifies it as the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet and separately records the sense of an extremely small amount. Both can inform a dog’s name, especially if the owner intends a letter or smallness theme. The evidence is for those lexical uses, not a claim that Iota has an established ancient personal-name meaning.
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- Ninth Greek letter; in English also an extremely small amount. Source
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About Iota
Recorded as a dog’s name
Iota appears in 4 dog licence records in the 2022 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/aɪoʊtə/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the second syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/aɪoʊtə/ · primary stress on syllable 2AY2 OW1 T AH0
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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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