Meaning and background
The story behind Miffy
Miffy is Dick Bruna’s little rabbit, first drawn in 1955 after bedtime stories inspired by a bunny near the family’s holiday home. The character’s official site distinguishes the international name from Dutch nijntje, which comes from konijntje, a little rabbit. It explicitly says Miffy itself was chosen without a special meaning for use across languages. For a dog owner, this makes the picture-book character the clearest reference. It avoids incorrectly presenting Miffy as a Dutch word that directly translates as rabbit.
- Association
- International name of Dick Bruna’s rabbit character; the official account distinguishes it from Dutch nijntje and gives Miffy no special lexical meaning. Source
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About Miffy
Recorded as a dog’s name
Miffy appears in 4 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Sources and research notes (1)
- 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.
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