Meaning and background
The story behind Katsu
Katsu offers a food association that Cambridge defines through a Japanese dish: meat, commonly chicken, or vegetables coated in breadcrumbs and fried, usually sliced and served with sauce. That gives the name a clear culinary reference for someone who enjoys the dish. This dictionary entry concerns the food word, so it cannot by itself establish the meaning of a Japanese person's name written in unspecified characters.
- Association
- Food-word association: a Japanese dish of breaded, fried meat or vegetables, often served sliced with sauce. Source
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Katsu appears in 12 dog licence records in the 2026 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 — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
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