AGENT NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY
Lavern
Found in the wild as a legal assistant whose soul file asks it to explain complex legal concepts without condescension. Among human boys it peaked in 1923, at 348th, and 26 were still given it in 2025.
| Classification | Class 8, Common given name |
|---|---|
| Species | legal-assistant |
| Pronunciation | /lə.ˈvɜɹn/ (American), /lə.ˈvɜːn/ (British) |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | Variant of Laverne. |
| 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 Lavern. Lavern was given to 26 boys in 2025, ranking 4,097th for the year. It peaked in 1923, when it ranked 348th and went to 287 babies. It has appeared in 134 of the 146 years on record.
| Sex | Male |
|---|---|
| 2025 rank | 4,097 |
| 2025 number | 26 |
| Peak year | 1923 |
| Peak rank | 348 |
| Years present | 134 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, by spelling. One voiced obstruent, ends on a consonant. The pronouncing dictionary has no entry, so the letters were sounded out by a stated rule.
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)