Meaning and background
The story behind Reggie
Reggie is documented as a diminutive of Reginald. The familiar form can stand as a dog's full everyday name even though the reference identifies its relationship with a longer personal name. If it honors a person, that connection may be the point of the choice. The ie ending does not create a separate root meaning, so a fuller derivation should follow Reginald rather than a newly invented explanation for Reggie.
- Origin
- Diminutive of Reginald. Source
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About Reggie
Recorded as a dog’s name
Reggie appears in 43 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/ɹɛdʒi/
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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/ɹɛdʒi/ · primary stress on syllable 1R EH1 JH IY0
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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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