Meaning and background
The story behind Soju
Soju is the Korean name of a distilled alcoholic spirit, often made with rice or other starch sources. A specialist Oxford drinks reference documents both traditional and modern production. The word therefore has an identifiable culinary and cultural setting, rather than a known historic personal-name meaning. As a dog name, it may be chosen for its neat two-syllable sound, but the owner’s motive cannot be established.
- Meaning
- A Korean distilled spirit, traditionally including versions distilled from rice. Source
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Soju appears in 7 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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