Meaning and background
The story behind Samus
Samus is most clearly associated with Samus Aran, the fictional bounty hunter in Nintendo’s Metroid games. Nintendo’s own character profile verifies that reference, rather than any proposed ancient etymology of the spelling. The name therefore has a documented popular-culture identity but no reliable historical dictionary translation established here. An owner may have chosen it for that character, although the catalogue cannot prove an individual reason.
- Origin
- Documented modern fictional-character association: Samus Aran, central protagonist of Nintendo’s Metroid series. Source
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About Samus
Recorded as a dog’s name
Samus appears in 4 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Sources and research notes (1)
- 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.
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