Meaning and background
The story behind Kirei
Kirei matches the Japanese word きれい, commonly written 綺麗 or 奇麗. Its meanings shift with context, including beautiful, clean, tidy and clear-sounding; it is not a single all-purpose translation. Those senses explain why an owner might like it, but no kanji or naming intention can be inferred from a Roman-letter dog name alone. Japanese and English readers may also approach its spoken form differently.
- Meaning
- Japanese きれい (綺麗/奇麗): beautiful, neat or clean, with sense depending on context. Source
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Kirei appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2022 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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