Meaning and background
The story behind Obie
Obie is documented in the surname dictionary as an Americanized French Canadian Aubé form. That is a specific spelling history, distinct from any familiar given-name shortening a household may intend. A dog owner honoring an Obie family can preserve the exact unaccented form. The brief entry establishes the Aubé relationship; a fuller derivation or a different personal-name account should follow its own evidence instead of being inferred from the short spelling.
- Origin
- Americanized form of the French Canadian surname Aubé. Source
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About Obie
Recorded as a dog’s name
Obie appears in 10 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/oʊbi/
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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/oʊbi/ · primary stress on syllable 1OW1 B IY0
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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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