Meaning and background
The story behind Karamel
Karamel is an established word spelling in Danish as well as a possible dog's name. Den Danske Ordbog describes the browned substance produced by heating sugar and a chewy sweet made with ingredients such as sugar and fat. It traces the word through French caramel and Spanish caramelo, while marking the deeper proposed derivation as uncertain. This supports a confectionery association; it does not establish a Danish personal-name origin for every Karamel.
- Association
- Danish food-word association with caramelized sugar or a chewy sweet. Source
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Karamel appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2024 New York City dataset.
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Sources and research notes (1)
- 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.
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