Meaning and background
The story behind Koufax
Koufax offers a specific baseball namesake: Sandy Koufax, the left-handed Dodgers pitcher honored by the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The Hall's biography records his three Cy Young Awards and his 1972 induction, when he became its youngest elected player. A baseball-loving household can use the surname as a direct tribute to that career. The sporting connection is well documented, while the biography does not explain the historical derivation of the surname itself.
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- Sandy Koufax was a Dodgers pitcher, three-time Cy Young Award winner, and 1972 Baseball Hall of Fame inductee. Source
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Koufax 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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