AGENT NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY
Bartholomew
The most expensive name in the corpus to say. The token cost page uses it as the example.
| Classification | Class 1, Domestic service |
|---|---|
| Species | butler |
| Pronunciation | /bɑɹ.ˈθɑl.ə.mju/ (American), /bɑː.ˈθɒl.ə.mjuː/ (British) |
| Origin | English, Biblical |
| Meaning | English form of Bartholomaios, which was the Greek form of an Aramaic name meaning 'son of Talmai'. |
| Syllables | 4 |
| Length in tokens | 4 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 Bartholomew. Bartholomew was given to 39 boys in 2025, ranking 3,093rd for the year. It peaked in 1885, when it ranked 481st and went to 15 babies. It has appeared in 143 of the 146 years on record. It has climbed 1,347 places since 2020.
| Sex | Male |
|---|---|
| 2025 rank | 3,093 |
| 2025 number | 39 |
| Peak year | 1885 |
| Peak rank | 481 |
| Years present | 143 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
28%
Basis: phonetics. One voiced obstruent, one bilabial stop, ends in a vowel. 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
- 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)