Meaning and background
The story behind Melon
Melon names a familiar type of fruit, including varieties with green, yellow or orange skin. The English word travelled through French and Latin from a Greek compound associated with apple and gourd. As a dog's name, Melon is an unusual food-word choice with two clearly distinguishable syllables. That culinary origin should not be confused with family names such as Meloni or Melton, whose documented histories are different.
- Meaning
- English noun for a large juicy fruit with many seeds, including sweet melon varieties. Source
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About Melon
Recorded as a dog’s name
Melon appears in 9 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/mɛlən/
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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/mɛlən/ · primary stress on syllable 1M EH1 L AH0 N
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Sources and research notes (2)
- 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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