Meaning and background
The story behind Spring
Spring brings together movement and the season of new growth. The word’s Old English background concerns leaping or bursting forth, while the seasonal use developed around things appearing and growing. An owner may choose it for an arrival date, a landscape or that sense of beginning. Those are distinct from predicting that a dog will bounce or jump. The compact spelling gives a lighter seasonal alternative to a longer flower name, and the intended story can be specific even when the word is familiar.
- Origin
- English word with leaping, emerging and seasonal senses, descended from Old English springan. Source
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About Spring
Recorded as a dog’s name
Spring appears in 5 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/spɹɪŋ/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Other dictionary readings and notation
/spɹɪŋ/ · primary stress on syllable 1S P R IH1 NG
/spɚɪŋ/ · primary stress on syllable 2S P ER0 IH1 NG
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Sources and research notes (2)
Dictionary readings have 1 or 2 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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