Meaning and background
The story behind Pika
Pika is an established animal name for a small, round-eared mammal related to rabbits. English borrowed the animal term from a Tungusic language. There is also a separate Hawaiian personal-name form of Peter spelled Pika, so the animal reading cannot be assumed to explain every dog given this name. Both routes deserve mention rather than merger.
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Pika appears in 8 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Sources and research notes (1)
- 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.
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