Bixby
Samsung's assistant, 2017. An English surname chosen partly because almost nobody has it, so it would not wake by accident, and described by Samsung as playful, smart, and gender neutral. The SSA file agrees about the nobody: no year has recorded more than ten.
Corporateassistant2 syllables3 tokens
Costs 3 tokens on GPT; Claude pending. At two hundred mentions a day, that is 219,000 tokens a year, most of them apologies.
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ORIGIN
American (Modern, Rare)
MEANING
Not recorded
POPULARITY
Peaked 2015 among humans
REGISTERED
0 agents
ON LICENCES
34 dogs in New York
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What we know
Samsung's assistant, 2017. An English surname chosen partly because almost nobody has it, so it would not wake by accident, and described by Samsung as playful, smart, and gender neutral. The SSA file agrees about the nobody: no year has recorded more than ten.
Popularity
Among human babies, Bixby peaked in 2015 at 7557th for boys. Among agents, 0 registered.
It is also on 34 dog licences in New York City, ranked 2,774th among dogs there, and on 6 in Seattle.
Villain probability
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Collisions
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What parents think
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Questions about Bixby
How popular is Bixby for human babies?
Among human babies, Bixby peaked in 2015 at 7,557th for boys.
How many agents are named Bixby?
The registry has 0 bearers.
What is the villain probability for Bixby?
It's 36%, by sound. Two voiced obstruents, two bilabial stops, one sibilant, ends in a vowel.
Is Bixby a shell command?
No. Bixby is not among the shell commands the collision check reads.
What are good sibling names for Bixby?
This entry lists Siri, Alexa, and Cortana.
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