Meaning and background
The story behind Tiffany
Tiffany is not a newly coined luxury label: it is an English medieval form of Theophania, traditionally associated with the Christian feast of Epiphany. Its modern visibility was affected by Breakfast at Tiffany’s and the jewellery store in that title. Those later associations should be distinguished from the actual given-name history.
- Origin
- Medieval English form of Theophania, associated with the festival of Epiphany. Source
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About Tiffany
Recorded as a dog’s name
Tiffany appears in 16 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/tɪfəni/
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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/tɪfəni/ · primary stress on syllable 1T IH1 F AH0 N IY0
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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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