Meaning and background
The story behind Richmond
Richmond's surname history usually points to North Yorkshire rather than the later-named place in southwest London. The dictionary describes the probable transfer of a French place-name formation with strong and hill elements and separately allows occasional variation from Richman. That geographic distinction can matter when a dog name commemorates a place. The modern place the owner intends and the historical source of a family surname need not be identical.
- Origin
- English surname usually from Richmond in North Yorkshire, with occasional confusion or variation from Richman. Source
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About Richmond
Recorded as a dog’s name
Richmond appears in 6 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/ɹɪtʃmənd/
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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/ɹɪtʃmənd/ · primary stress on syllable 1R IH1 CH M AH0 N D
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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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