Meaning and background
The story behind Rey
Rey has a Spanish short-form route and a separate Star Wars character association. Behind the Name identifies the Spanish name as a short form of Reynaldo and notes the ordinary word for king. Its fictional-character entry explicitly leaves the meaning unknown. These layers should remain distinct: a Spanish royal-word association is supported, but it cannot automatically be assigned as the intended etymology of the film character.
- Origin
- Rey has a Spanish short-form route and a separate Star Wars character association. Source · Source 2
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About Rey
Recorded as a dog’s name
Rey appears in 14 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/ɹeɪ/
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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/ɹeɪ/ · primary stress on syllable 1R EY1
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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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