Meaning and background
The story behind Paez
Paez is an unaccented spelling of Páez, a surname with Spanish and Galician-Portuguese family-name histories. The recorded derivation passes through Pais and the older personal name Paio, related to Pelayo. That is a chain of names rather than a directly translated modern adjective. Restoring the accent may help in discussions of pronunciation, but the catalogue's existing spelling should remain exactly Paez.
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Paez appears in 4 dog licence records in the 2022 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/paɪɛz/
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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/paɪɛz/ · primary stress on syllable 2P AY0 EH1 Z
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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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