Meaning and background
The story behind Mint
Mint has a botanical and a confectionery association in English. Merriam-Webster describes aromatic plants in the mint family, especially Mentha species used in flavouring and cookery, and also records a mint-flavoured sweet. A herb garden, favourite flavour or household food memory can therefore explain the name. Identifying the intended sense is more useful than treating every Mint as a traditional personal name with a single symbolic meaning.
- Association
- Aromatic mint-family plant, especially Mentha; also a mint-flavoured sweet. Source
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About Mint
Recorded as a dog’s name
Mint appears in 6 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/mɪnt/
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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/mɪnt/ · primary stress on syllable 1M IH1 N T
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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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