Meaning and background
The story behind Vous
Vous is a French pronoun rather than a documented personal-name root in the cited source. Collins records its use for several people or for one person addressed politely, with other grammatical functions determined by the sentence. A household may enjoy that formal address as a dog's name. The dictionary establishes the word's role, without implying a family-name connection or an invented literal meaning beyond French usage.
- Association
- French pronoun for plural you or polite singular address, with context-dependent grammatical uses. Source
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About Vous
Recorded as a dog’s name
Vous appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2022 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/vu/
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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/vu/ · primary stress on syllable 1V UW1
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — all seven available extract years, retrieved 24 October 2026 — Recorded name spellings in NYC licence-period rows, extract years 2016–2018, 2022–2024 and 2026. Evidence selects one stated year per name. Annual snapshots overlap; never sum them as unique dogs. No national popularity, etymology or owner naming-intent claim.
- 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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