Meaning and background
The story behind Parmesan
Parmesan has a direct culinary association with the hard, dry cheese. Merriam-Webster notes its strong flavor and sale either grated or in wedges, giving the spelling a specific food reference rather than a general Italian-sounding impression. An owner might choose it for a favorite dish or a playful household nickname. The dictionary evidence concerns the cheese word and does not establish a personal-name tradition or an individual dog's naming story.
- Association
- Very hard, dry, strongly flavored cheese sold grated or in wedges. Source
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About Parmesan
Recorded as a dog’s name
Parmesan appears in 2 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/pɑɹməzɑn/
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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/pɑɹməzɑn/ · primary stress on syllable 1P AA1 R M AH0 Z AA2 N
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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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