Meaning and background
The story behind Salvatore
Salvatore is the Italian counterpart of Salvador, sharing Late Latin Salvator and its meaning of saviour. The Italian pronunciation has four vowel-led syllables and differs from common English guesses. It is a personal name with a real linguistic history, rather than a surname improvised from the similar word salvation. Its Italian cultural setting should be stated without assuming anything about the background of a particular dog or owner.
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About Salvatore
Recorded as a dog’s name
Salvatore appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/sælvətɔɹi/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Other dictionary readings and notation
/sælvətɔɹi/ · primary stress on syllable 3S AE0 L V AH0 T AO1 R IY0
/sælvədɔɹ/ · primary stress on syllable 1S AE1 L V AH0 D AO2 R
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Sources and research notes (2)
Dictionary readings have 3 or 4 syllables.
- 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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