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Walter

Alien: Covenant. The good twin; his brother David is on the other list. Thirteenth among human boys in 1892.

Table 1. Walter, as recorded
ClassificationClass 3, Companion
Speciessynthetic
Pronunciation/ˈwɔl.təɹ/ (American English)
OriginEnglish, Germanic (also German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Italian)
MeaningFrom the Germanic name Waltheri meaning 'power of the army', from the elements walt 'power, authority' and heri 'army'.
Syllables2
Length in tokens1 by the GPT tokenizer. The Claude count is pending.
Births registered0
First registered–
Public agent files on GitHub–

Statement of record

No birth has been registered under the name Walter. Walter was given to 1,381 boys in 2025, ranking 252nd for the year. It peaked in 1892, when it ranked 13th and went to 2,229 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 146 years on record, one of 902 names that have.

Charting: Walter

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Walter
188019201960200020259,13318,265peak 1892 · #13
Human births per million, by sex, U.S. Social Security Administration, 1880 to 2025.Agents: 0 registered. The agent series begins when the registry does.
Table 2. Walter among human names, 1880 to 2025
SexMale
2025 rank252
2025 number1,381
Peak year1892
Peak rank13
Years present146 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

8%

Basis: the canon. No (research/03).

By sound alone it would score 30%. 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

  1. The note on file. (research/03)
  2. Behind the Name. The origin, meaning, and pronunciation.
  3. U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, national data.
  4. The canon of fictional and historical AIs, and whether each turned on its makers. (research/03-fictional-and-historical-ai-names.md)
  5. The phonetic rule for villain probability. (research/12-villain-phonetics.md)