Meaning and background
The story behind Remy
Remy is documented as an English form of French Rémy. The unaccented spelling is kept as its own catalogue entry so that an owner's chosen form is not silently changed. Its connection to the French name gives it a history beyond the sound, but the spelling alone does not settle every household's pronunciation. Compare Remy and Rémy in writing as well as aloud. A personal or family association may be the main reason for choosing it, without needing to add another invented meaning.
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About Remy
Recorded as a dog’s name
Remy appears in 141 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/ɹɛmi/
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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/ɹɛmi/ · primary stress on syllable 1R EH1 M 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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