Meaning and background
The story behind Pasha
Pasha can shorten more than one personal name. Behind the Name lists masculine Pavel and Pavlo as well as feminine Praskovya, so its use cannot be assigned one gender or one longer form from the Roman spelling alone. That matters when it is chosen as a family tribute for a dog. The source supports these familiar-name routes; a title or other similarly written word would be a separate association.
- Origin
- Diminutive of Pavel or Pavlo, or feminine Praskovya. Source
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About Pasha
Recorded as a dog’s name
Pasha appears in 5 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/pəʃɑ/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Other dictionary readings and notation
/pəʃɑ/ · primary stress on syllable 2P AH0 SH AA1
/pɑʃə/ · primary stress on syllable 1P AA1 SH AH0
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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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