Meaning and background
The story behind Latte
Latte is the shortened English term for caffè latte, a drink containing coffee and a generous amount of steamed or frothy milk. Italian latte itself means “milk”, so the Italian literal sense and the modern British coffee-shop meaning are related but not identical. Two common English pronunciations are listed by Oxford. The name has an everyday food-and-drink association rather than an inherited personal-name origin.
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About Latte
Recorded as a dog’s name
Latte appears in 38 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/lɑteɪ/
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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/lɑteɪ/ · primary stress on syllable 1L AA1 T EY2
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Sources and research notes (2)
Gender association: NYC licence-period records. Any dog can use this name.
- 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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