AGENT NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY
Gandalf
Offered in a thread about naming claws. Five human boys were given it in 1970, the only year on record, and 36 New York dog licences carry it.
| Classification | Class 2, Advisory |
|---|---|
| Species | wizard |
| Pronunciation | As written |
| Origin | – |
| Meaning | – |
| Syllables | 2 |
| Length in tokens | 3 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 Gandalf. Gandalf was not given to five or more babies of either sex in 2025. It last appeared in 1970. It peaked in 1970, when it ranked 4,974th and went to 5 babies. It appeared once, in 1970, and not again.
| Sex | Male |
|---|---|
| 2025 rank | – |
| 2025 number | – |
| Peak year | 1970 |
| Peak rank | 4,974 |
| Years present | 1 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
62%
Basis: phonetics. Two voiced obstruents, 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/34)
- U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, national data.
- The phonetic rule for villain probability. (research/12-villain-phonetics.md)