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Hermes

Sixty-two public subagent files. God of messengers, travelers, and thieves. A popular choice for the billing agent.

Table 1. Hermes, as recorded
ClassificationClass 4, Classical
Speciesmessenger
Pronunciation/ˈhɜɹ.miz/ (American), /ˈhɜː.miːz/ (British)
OriginGreek Mythology, Ancient Greek, Spanish
MeaningPossibly from Greek herma meaning 'cairn, pile of stones, boundary marker'. It might also be of pre-Greek origin.
Syllables2
Length in tokens2 by the GPT tokenizer. The Claude count is pending.
Births registered0
First registered–
Public agent files on GitHub62, counted September 13, 2026. An upper bound.

Statement of record

No birth has been registered under the name Hermes. Hermes was given to 37 boys in 2025, ranking 3,209th for the year. It peaked in 2025, when it ranked 3,209th and went to 37 babies. It has appeared in 58 of the 146 years on record. It has climbed 1,899 places since 2020.

Charting: Hermes

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Hermes
188019201960200020251122peak 2025 · #3209
Human births per million, by sex, U.S. Social Security Administration, 1880 to 2025.Agents: 0 registered, seed 62 public files on GitHub. The agent series begins when the registry does.
Table 2. Hermes among human names, 1880 to 2025
SexMale
2025 rank3,209
2025 number37
Peak year2025
Peak rank3,209
Years present58 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

66%

Basis: phonetics. One voiced obstruent, one sibilant, 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

  1. The note on file. (research/02)
  2. Behind the Name. The origin, meaning, and pronunciation.
  3. U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, national data.
  4. Public GitHub filename counts, September 13, 2026. (research/02-agent-names-in-the-wild.md)
  5. The phonetic rule for villain probability. (research/12-villain-phonetics.md)