Meaning and background
The story behind Poco
Poco appears as a word in Italian meaning 'little' or 'not much', including in musical directions such as poco a poco, 'little by little'. The similar Spanish word has closely related meanings, so a simple translation does not settle which language inspired any individual dog name. Its two open syllables are useful for a spoken nickname. An exact historical family-name or personal-name derivation was not established.
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About Poco
Recorded as a dog’s name
Poco appears in 4 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/poʊkoʊ/
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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/poʊkoʊ/ · primary stress on syllable 1P OW1 K OW0
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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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