Meaning and background
The story behind Tofu
Tofu is the soft or firm food made by coagulating soya milk and pressing the resulting curds. It is strongly associated with East Asian cuisines, though the English word is not evidence of a particular dog’s nationality or diet. As a pet name it is compact, light-sounding and clearly inspired by food.
- Meaning
- A soft food made from curds of soya milk, often formed into blocks. Source
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About Tofu
Recorded as a dog’s name
Tofu appears in 43 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/toʊfu/
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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/toʊfu/ · primary stress on syllable 1T OW1 F UW0
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Sources and research notes (2)
Gender association: NYC licence-period records. Any dog can use this name.
- 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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