Meaning and background
The story behind Montalvo
Montalvo is documented as a Portuguese and Spanish habitational surname from places bearing that name. The dictionary explicitly compares Montalbo, whose place-name formation involves Latin words for mountain and white. That comparison offers useful linguistic context, while the exact Montalvo entry remains rooted in named localities. A family’s geographic history is needed to choose among those places rather than treating the surname as one universal descriptive label.
- Origin
- Montalvo is documented as a Portuguese and Spanish habitational surname from places bearing that name. Source · Source 2
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Montalvo appears in 2 dog licence records in the 2024 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/moʊntɑlvoʊ/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the second syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/moʊntɑlvoʊ/ · primary stress on syllable 2M OW0 N T AA1 L V OW0
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — all seven available extract years, retrieved 24 October 2026 — Recorded name spellings in NYC licence-period rows, extract years 2016–2018, 2022–2024 and 2026. Evidence selects one stated year per name. Annual snapshots overlap; never sum them as unique dogs. No national popularity, etymology or owner naming-intent claim.
- 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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