Meaning and background
The story behind Logan
Logan has a Scottish place-name background in the surname reference. Behind the Name explains it as a little hollow, built from Gaelic lag, a hollow or pit. The diminutive relationship is part of the geographical account, giving the spelling a more specific history than a general nature label. A dog named Logan can preserve that landscape connection or a family surname connection according to the owner’s intention.
- Origin
- Scottish place-derived surname meaning little hollow, from Gaelic lag, hollow or pit. Source
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About Logan
Recorded as a dog’s name
Logan appears in 82 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/loʊɡən/
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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/loʊɡən/ · primary stress on syllable 1L OW1 G AH0 N
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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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