Meaning and background
The story behind Sparrow
Sparrow is the common English name for a small, typically brownish songbird, especially birds in the genus Passer. It has an everyday natural-world association and can also function as an English surname. As a dog name its two-syllable rhythm is gentle and clear. Nothing about the bird word itself establishes that the dog is timid, fragile or unusually quick; those would be invented personality readings.
- Meaning
- A small passerine bird, particularly one of the familiar birds of the genus Passer. Source
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About Sparrow
Recorded as a dog’s name
Sparrow appears in 8 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/spɛɹoʊ/
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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/spɛɹoʊ/ · primary stress on syllable 1S P EH1 R OW0
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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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