AGENT NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY
Ziggy
Alexa's fifth wake word, added by Amazon in 2022 because it performed well in testing and is fun, per Amazon. That year 168 human boys were given the name, the most on record.
| Classification | Class 5, Diminutive |
|---|---|
| Species | speaker |
| Pronunciation | /ˈzɪɡ.i/ |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | A nickname, sometimes a diminutive of Polish names such as Zygmunt or Zbigniew. In other cases it might be inspired by the English word zig meaning 'a sudden turn'. |
| Syllables | 2 |
| Length in tokens | 3 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 Ziggy. Ziggy was given to 119 boys in 2025, ranking 1,491st for the year. It peaked in 2022, when it ranked 1,197th and went to 168 babies. It has appeared in 28 of the 146 years on record.
| Sex | Male |
|---|---|
| 2025 rank | 1,491 |
| 2025 number | 119 |
| Peak year | 2022 |
| Peak rank | 1,197 |
| Years present | 28 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, by spelling. Three voiced obstruents, one sibilant, ends in a vowel. 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/04)
- 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)