Meaning and background
The story behind Rapunzel
Rapunzel is a literary name taken from the name of an edible plant in the fairy-tale tradition. Behind the Name describes the long-haired heroine in the Brothers Grimm’s 1812 version and explains the stolen garden plant within the story. It also notes that the Grimms adapted earlier tales with different heroine names. A dog named Rapunzel can be a fairy-tale tribute while keeping that narrative origin distinct from a traditional translated personal name.
- Association
- Plant-derived name of the long-haired heroine in the Grimm fairy-tale tradition. Source
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About Rapunzel
Recorded as a dog’s name
Rapunzel appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/ɹɑpʊzəl/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the second syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/ɹɑpʊzəl/ · primary stress on syllable 2R AA2 P UH1 Z AH0 L
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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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