Meaning and background
The story behind Kubo
Kubo has Japanese and central European surname histories. The dictionary records Japanese 窪, associated with sunken ground, but notes that many Japanese forms instead use characters phonetically. Czech and Slovak examples come from a form of Kuba, an affectionate Jakub name. This is an especially useful case for preserving the original writing: a literal translation of one Japanese character combination cannot represent every Kubo surname.
- Origin
- Japanese surname with sunken-ground or phonetic-character forms; separately Czech/Slovak from Kuba, a pet form of Jakub. Source
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About Kubo
Recorded as a dog’s name
Kubo appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/kjuboʊ/
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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/kjuboʊ/ · primary stress on syllable 1K Y UW1 B OW0
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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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