Meaning and background
The story behind Rooster
Rooster names an adult male chicken and, in some uses, males of other birds. Merriam-Webster also records a figurative cocky or vain man sense. This gives the spelling a documented farmyard association with an additional less flattering human extension. A household’s early-morning joke or bird comparison can motivate a pet name, but those personal stories are separate from a traditional personal-name etymology or a guaranteed canine trait.
- Association
- Rooster names an adult male chicken and, in some uses, males of other birds. Source
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About Rooster
Recorded as a dog’s name
Rooster appears in 7 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/ɹustɚ/
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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/ɹustɚ/ · primary stress on syllable 1R UW1 S T ER0
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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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