Meaning and background
The story behind Ketchup
Ketchup brings a condiment association to a dog's name. Merriam-Webster describes a seasoned purée usually made from tomatoes, so an owner's kitchen memory or deliberately comic food theme can supply the personal connection. The usual tomato version is part of the definition, rather than a guarantee that every historical ketchup was identical. The evidence concerns a food word and does not establish a traditional personal-name meaning.
- Association
- Food word for a seasoned puréed condiment usually based on tomatoes. Source
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About Ketchup
Recorded as a dog’s name
Ketchup appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/kɛtʃəp/
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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/kɛtʃəp/ · primary stress on syllable 1K EH1 CH AH0 P
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Sources and research notes (2)
- 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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