Meaning and background
The story behind Patience
Patience names a quality of endurance or calm waiting, with an English history through French and Latin. It also became the name of a card game, giving a different possible personal association. As a dog name, the virtue can express what an owner admires or hopes to practise themselves. It does not certify a puppy’s future behaviour. The fuller written form makes a deliberate statement, so consider whether you enjoy the complete word as a call rather than only its attractive definition.
- Origin
- English endurance or calm-waiting word from French and Latin patientia. Source
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About Patience
Recorded as a dog’s name
Patience appears in 6 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/peɪʃəns/
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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/peɪʃəns/ · primary stress on syllable 1P EY1 SH AH0 N S
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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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