Meaning and background
The story behind Tootsie
Tootsie has two established colloquial uses: a childish word for a foot or toe, and a familiar form of address. Some older American senses can sound dated or patronising when directed at people. For a dog, the name works chiefly as playful pet-language rather than an ancient name with one precise translation. The sound is usually two beats.
- Meaning
- Informal English: a foot or toe in childish speech; also a familiar term of address. Source
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About Tootsie
Recorded as a dog’s name
Tootsie appears in 31 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/tutsi/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Other dictionary readings and notation
/tutsi/T UW1 T S IY1
/tʊtsi/T UH1 T S IY1
These are US dictionary readings. Personal, regional and other language pronunciations may differ.
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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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