Meaning and background
The story behind Milou
Milou has both a personal-name route and a particularly relevant canine association. Behind the Name records a Dutch short form of Marie-Louise and identifies Milou as the dog in Hergé’s French-language Tintin comics, called Snowy in English and Bobbie in Dutch. Those two histories should remain distinct. A household may choose the name through family naming or a comic-book tribute, and the intended connection makes the story precise.
- Origin
- Dutch short form of Marie-Louise; separately the French-language name of Tintin’s dog. Source
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Milou appears in 9 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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