Dog name guide

Nutty

The meaning, background and naming story of Nutty.

Letters
5
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N

Meaning and background

The story behind Nutty

Nutty begins with the English word nut and is used both for nut-like flavours and, informally, for eccentric behaviour. The culinary sense is straightforward; the slang sense can be unkind when directed at a person. As a dog's name it may be understood as playful, but that is a contemporary association, not evidence of any special historical name meaning.

Meaning
Having a nut-like taste or quality; informally eccentric or silly. Source
Origin
English adjective from nut + -y, with recorded senses from the fifteenth century onwards. Source

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