Meaning and background
The story behind Wybie
Wybie has a film-character association through LAIKA's Coraline credits. The studio identifies Wyborne Wybie Lovat and credits Robert Bailey Jr. for the role. That directly connects the short form with a particular fictional character, without establishing it as a traditional independent personal name. A dog owner may choose Wybie for affection toward the film or a private viewing memory, while retaining the character's distinctive spelling as the intended form.
- Association
- Fictional-character association with Wyborne Wybie Lovat in Coraline. Source
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About Wybie
Recorded as a dog’s name
Wybie appears in 4 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Sources and research notes (1)
- 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.
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