Meaning and background
The story behind Mattingly
Mattingly began as an English family name associated with Mattingley, a village in Hampshire. Its recorded place-name history refers to a woodland clearing linked to a man called Matta. That is more precise than treating the ending as a modern suffix with an invented meaning. As a dog name, Mattingly is unusually long, but its place-derived background gives it a clear story and a recognisable surname style.
- Origin
- English habitational surname from Mattingley in Hampshire, from Old English Mattinglēah: a woodland clearing associated with a man named Matta. Source
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About Mattingly
Recorded as a dog’s name
Mattingly appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2022 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/mætɪŋli/
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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/mætɪŋli/ · primary stress on syllable 1M AE1 T IH0 NG L 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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