Meaning and background
The story behind Poodle
Poodle is the familiar name of a curly-coated dog breed originally used for work involving water and birds. Its English form comes from German Pudel, shortened from Pudelhund, which is related to a verb meaning 'to splash'. German Duden and English Collins agree on that word history. Used as an individual dog name, it can be direct, affectionate or ironic if the animal is not a poodle; the dictionary does not identify its breed.
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About Poodle
Recorded as a dog’s name
Poodle appears in 41 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/pudəl/
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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/pudəl/ · primary stress on syllable 1P UW1 D AH0 L
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Sources and research notes (2)
Gender association: NYC licence-period records. Any dog can use this name.
- 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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