Meaning and background
The story behind Jynx
Jynx is the exact spelling of a Pokémon listed as number 124 in the official franchise material. The Pokémon website identifies its Ice and Psychic types, and an animated episode is titled Three Jynx and a Baby. Those are specific game and animation associations for a dog name. They should remain separate from the ordinary English word jinx: the checked franchise evidence identifies the creature without explaining the spelling's creation.
- Association
- Pokémon association: Jynx, number 124, with Ice and Psychic types. Source
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About Jynx
Recorded as a dog’s name
Jynx appears in 2 dog licence records in the 2016 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/dʒɪŋks/
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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/dʒɪŋks/ · primary stress on syllable 1JH IH1 NG K S
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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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