Meaning and background
The story behind Nutella
Nutella is a modern product-name choice, referring to Ferrero's hazelnut-and-cocoa spread. Ferrero dates the first jar under that name to 1964, after earlier forms of its hazelnut product. That brand history is the verifiable background. It is not an ancient Italian given name, and a supposed literal translation such as 'little nut' should not be supplied without linguistic evidence.
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Nutella appears in 10 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Sources and research notes (1)
- 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.
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