Meaning and background
The story behind Redeye
Redeye connects with both wildlife and photography in Collins's English dictionaries. Its American entry includes fish with red eyes, such as rock bass, the red-eyed vireo, and the reddish pupils that flash can produce in a photograph. Regional slang adds other senses: inexpensive strong whiskey in the United States and a beer-and-tomato-juice drink in Canada. These different uses give the spelling several possible associations, rather than one established personal-name meaning.
- Association
- English dictionary associations include red-eyed fish, the red-eyed vireo, photographic flash effects and regional alcoholic-drink slang. Source
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Redeye appears in 2 dog licence records in the 2022 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/ɹɛdaɪ/
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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/ɹɛdaɪ/ · primary stress on syllable 1R EH1 D AY0
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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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