Meaning and background
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Prince is an English royal title applied to certain male members of ruling families and, in other contexts, to rulers of principalities. The word entered English through French from Latin princeps, referring to a leader or chief. It is also a surname and given name with separate histories. For a dog, the title supplies the obvious modern association, while the pet's temperament or any aristocratic ancestry is outside what a name can establish.
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About Prince
Recorded as a dog’s name
Prince appears in 236 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/pɹɪns/
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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/pɹɪns/ · primary stress on syllable 1P R IH1 N S
These are US dictionary readings. Personal, regional and other language pronunciations may differ.
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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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