Meaning and background
The story behind Lorie
Lorie is a documented English variant of Lori, with the reference reading matching the familiar two-part call. The final e changes the written appearance without proving a different underlying meaning. For an owner, that form may honour a particular person or simply look preferable on a tag. The exact-name entry establishes its relationship to Lori, rather than settling every deeper route behind that name. A dog can carry Lorie as the complete everyday form, and the chosen spelling should not be silently normalised to another variant.
- Origin
- English spelling variant of Lori. Source
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About Lorie
Recorded as a dog’s name
Lorie appears in 2 dog licence records in the 2023 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/lɔɹi/
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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/lɔɹi/ · primary stress on syllable 1L AO1 R IY0
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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.
- 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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