Meaning and background
The story behind Sansa
Sansa has a clear modern literary association: Sansa Stark in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire, later adapted for television as Game of Thrones. A specialist name reference describes the character’s name as created for the books, rather than tracing it to an established ancient-language word. That distinction matters for an accurate meaning page. The name may appeal to readers and viewers, but the catalogue cannot show whether this was any dog owner’s actual inspiration.
- Origin
- Literary name created by George R. R. Martin for Sansa Stark in A Song of Ice and Fire, begun in 1996. Source
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Sansa appears in 8 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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