Meaning and background
The story behind Lira
Lira has a Galician habitational surname history from places in A Coruña and Pontevedra provinces. The dictionary establishes those particular geographical sources rather than deriving the family name from a currency word or another familiar modern association. A dog owner may still intend a personal word connection. If Lira honors a family, the specific place-name route can be preserved without inventing a literal translation not supplied by this brief entry.
- Origin
- Galician habitational surname from places called Lira in A Coruña and Pontevedra. Source
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About Lira
Recorded as a dog’s name
Lira appears in 8 dog licence records in the 2023 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/lɪɹə/
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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/lɪɹə/ · primary stress on syllable 1L IH1 R AH0
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Sources and research notes (3)
- 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
- 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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