Meaning and background
The story behind Plum
Plum is the familiar English name for a fleshy stone fruit, and the word also names a deep purple colour. The fruit's ordinary identity gives it a different background from names built on mythical or personal-name roots. It makes a compact one-syllable pet name without requiring a story about the animal's appearance. The word's older history lies in the language of fruit rather than in traditional human forenames.
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About Plum
Recorded as a dog’s name
Plum appears in 5 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/plʌm/
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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/plʌm/ · primary stress on syllable 1P L AH1 M
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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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