AGENT NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY
Percival
A knight's name for an agent that will attempt the whole quest without being asked.
| Classification | Class 1, Domestic service |
|---|---|
| Species | knight |
| Pronunciation | /ˈpɜɹ.sɪ.vəl/ (American), /ˈpɜː.sɪ.vəl/ (British) |
| Origin | Arthurian Cycle, English |
| Meaning | Created by the 12th-century French poet Chretien de Troyes for his poem Perceval, the Story of the Grail. Chretien may have derived the name from Old French perce val 'pierce the valley'. |
| Syllables | 3 |
| 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 Percival. Percival was given to 113 boys in 2025, ranking 1,536th for the year. It peaked in 1892, when it ranked 782nd and went to 9 babies. It has appeared in 125 of the 146 years on record. It has climbed 1,184 places since 2020.
| Sex | Male |
|---|---|
| 2025 rank | 1,536 |
| 2025 number | 113 |
| Peak year | 1892 |
| Peak rank | 782 |
| Years present | 125 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
58%
Basis: phonetics. One voiced obstruent, one bilabial stop, 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
- 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)