Meaning and background
The story behind Nuala
Nuala is an Irish given name traditionally used as a shorter form of Fionnuala. The longer name is explained through Old Irish words for white and shoulder and is associated with the legend of the children of Lir. Nuala inherits that background by relationship, rather than being an independent Irish word for 'white shoulder'. It is shorter to call than Fionnuala.
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Nuala appears in 5 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/nuɑlə/
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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/nuɑlə/ · primary stress on syllable 2N UW0 AA1 L AH0
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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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