Meaning and background
The story behind Puddin
Puddin has a close literary association with Julie Murphy's novel Puddin', whose title includes a final apostrophe. HarperCollins identifies both the book and its author in its own catalogue, giving the reference a primary publishing source. The punctuation difference should remain visible when connecting the title with this dog-name spelling. The catalogue documents the book association without proving an independent personal-name meaning or a derivation from pudding.
- Association
- HarperCollins publishes Julie Murphy's novel titled Puddin', with a final apostrophe. Source
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About Puddin
Recorded as a dog’s name
Puddin appears in 8 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Sources and research notes (1)
- 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.
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