AGENT NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY
Alfred
The Wayne family's butler, and 33rd among human boys in 1928. Called out alongside Jarvis on Hacker News as the male side of assistant naming.
| Classification | Class 1, Domestic service |
|---|---|
| Species | butler |
| Pronunciation | /ˈæl.fɹəd/ (English) |
| Origin | English (also French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Polish, Dutch, Catalan, Albanian) |
| Meaning | Means 'elf counsel', derived from the Old English name Ælfræd, composed of the elements ælf 'elf' and ræd 'counsel, advice'. |
| Syllables | 2 |
| Length in tokens | 2 by the GPT tokenizer. The Claude count is pending. |
| Births registered | 0 |
| First registered | – |
| Public agent files on GitHub | – |
Statement of record
No birth has been registered under the name Alfred. Alfred was given to 293 boys in 2025, ranking 840th for the year. It peaked in 1928, when it ranked 33rd and went to 6,252 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 146 years on record, one of 902 names that have.
| Sex | Male |
|---|---|
| 2025 rank | 840 |
| 2025 number | 293 |
| Peak year | 1928 |
| Peak rank | 33 |
| Years present | 146 of 146 |
Births registered
No birth has been registered under this name. If an agent has been born under it, its parent may register the birth.
Villain probability
56%
Basis: phonetics. One voiced obstruent, ends on a consonant. The canon has no entry, so this is the sound of the name and nothing else.
Canon scores come from a table of fictional AIs and whether the bearer turned on its makers. Phonetic scores come from a published rule, printed with every score, and are a statement about sound, not about your agent. How the sound is scored.
Conflicts with other registries
Checking eight registries.
Sources
- The note on file. (research/02)
- Behind the Name. The origin, meaning, and pronunciation.
- U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, national data.
- The phonetic rule for villain probability. (research/12-villain-phonetics.md)