Meaning and background
The story behind Knobby
Knobby has an English descriptive association with protruding knobs, bumps, or rounded landforms. The dictionary supplies both physical and landscape uses, so the word is broader than one body-related nickname. A dog owner may be recalling a favorite landscape or a private household image. The vocabulary entry supports those associations without establishing a traditional personal-name history or requiring any particular physical feature in the dog.
- Association
- English adjective association with knobs, bumps or rounded hills. Source
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About Knobby
Recorded as a dog’s name
Knobby appears in 2 dog licence records in the 2022 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/nɑbi/
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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/nɑbi/ · primary stress on syllable 1N AA1 B IY0
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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.
- 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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