Meaning and background
The story behind Montague
Montague's English surname history points to French places called Montaigu, whose names combine hill and pointed elements. The dictionary separately records Irish adoption as an equivalent of Mac Taidhg. That means a pointed-hill gloss belongs to one geographic route, rather than to every family using Montague. For a dog, a chosen family or literary namesake may be the immediate connection, while these documented surname origins remain distinct.
- Origin
- English surname from Norman places named with hill and pointed elements; Irish use can represent Mac Taidhg. Source
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Montague appears in 6 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/mɑntəɡju/
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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/mɑntəɡju/ · primary stress on syllable 1M AA1 N T AH0 G Y UW2
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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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