Meaning and background
The story behind Mojo
Mojo has an English association with a magical charm, spell, or seemingly extraordinary influence. Merriam-Webster proposes an African origin for that noun and separately records a Cuban Spanish sauce word with a different history. These are distinct word routes sharing the same spelling. A charm or confidence-inspired pet nickname can state its intended association clearly without presenting one definite personal-name derivation or merging the unrelated culinary history into it.
- Association
- Mojo has an English association with a magical charm, spell, or seemingly extraordinary influence. Source
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About Mojo
Recorded as a dog’s name
Mojo appears in 33 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/moʊdʒoʊ/
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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/moʊdʒoʊ/ · primary stress on syllable 1M OW1 JH OW0
These are US dictionary readings. Personal, regional and other language pronunciations may differ.
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Sources and research notes (2)
Gender association: NYC licence-period records. Any dog can use this name.
- 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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