Meaning and background
The story behind Woodstock
Woodstock is the name of a historic Oxfordshire town associated with woodland, royal hunting and nearby Blenheim Palace. The town council traces its name back to a place in the woods. It is also familiar from the famous 1969 music festival and from Snoopy's small yellow bird, although these are much later associations and do not establish the original place-name meaning. With two strong stresses it is a distinctive place-inspired dog name.
- Origin
- English place-name, associated with the Oxfordshire town historically understood as a place in the woods. Source
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About Woodstock
Recorded as a dog’s name
Woodstock appears in 4 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/wʊdstɑk/
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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/wʊdstɑk/ · primary stress on syllable 1W UH1 D S T AA2 K
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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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