AGENT NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY
Marvin
Paranoid. Brain the size of a planet, asked to open doors. Forty-fifth among human boys in 1931. Parents of subagents, take note.
| Classification | Class 3, Companion |
|---|---|
| Species | android |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmɑɹ.vɪn/ (American English) |
| Origin | English, German, Dutch |
| Meaning | From an English surname that was derived from the Welsh given name Merfyn or the Old English name Mærwine. |
| 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 Marvin. Marvin was given to 385 boys in 2025, ranking 699th for the year. It peaked in 1931, when it ranked 45th and went to 4,360 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 146 years on record, one of 902 names that have.
| Sex | Male |
|---|---|
| 2025 rank | 699 |
| 2025 number | 385 |
| Peak year | 1931 |
| Peak rank | 45 |
| 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
10%
Basis: the canon. No (research/03).
By sound alone it would score 56%. The canon knows better.
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/03)
- Behind the Name. The origin, meaning, and pronunciation.
- U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, national data.
- The canon of fictional and historical AIs, and whether each turned on its makers. (research/03-fictional-and-historical-ai-names.md)
- The phonetic rule for villain probability. (research/12-villain-phonetics.md)