Meaning and background
The story behind Porthos
Porthos is the name of one of the three musketeers whom d’Artagnan befriends in Alexandre Dumas’s nineteenth-century novel The Three Musketeers. The name appears repeatedly in the text itself, making this a secure literary association rather than a guessed dictionary translation. It has a striking first syllable and an uncommon ending for an English dog name. The novel does not provide evidence that Porthos means 'brave' or 'strong' in an original language.
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Porthos appears in 2 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — all seven available extract years, retrieved 24 October 2026 — Recorded name spellings in NYC licence-period rows, extract years 2016–2018, 2022–2024 and 2026. Evidence selects one stated year per name. Annual snapshots overlap; never sum them as unique dogs. No national popularity, etymology or owner naming-intent claim.
- 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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