Meaning and background
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Kiiro is explicitly recorded as a Japanese color word in the University of Texas's JOSHU learning materials. The vocabulary table pairs the romanized spelling with きいろ and 黄色, meaning yellow, and distinguishes it from the adjective kiiroi. This provides a checked lexical association for a dog name inspired by color. It does not establish Kiiro as a conventional Japanese personal name or allow other names with similar sounds to inherit the same meaning.
- Association
- Kiiro is the Japanese color word for yellow, explicitly paired with きいろ and 黄色 in University of Texas vocabulary materials. Source
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Kiiro appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2022 New York City dataset.
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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.
- City of Seattle Seattle Pet Licenses — DOG-only name aggregate, current source dated 6 October 2026 — Secondary spelling corroboration from dog-only licence rows. No cats, owner fields, national ranking or unique-dog claim.
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