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Cortana

Named for a legendary sword. Microsoft's version was nearly called Bingo.

Ominoussword3 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

English (Modern, Rare), Popular Culture

MEANING

Not recorded

POPULARITY

#10,430 for human girls, 2024

REGISTERED

0 agents

ON LICENCES

1 dog in New York

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What we know

Named for a legendary sword. Microsoft's version was nearly called Bingo.

Popularity

Among human babies, Cortana peaked in 2015 at 4621st for girls. In 2024 it ranked 10430th, given to 9 girls. Among agents, 0 registered.

Charting: Cortana

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Cortana
18801920196020002024917peak 2015 · #4621
Human births per million, by sex, U.S. Social Security Administration, 1880 to 2024.Agents: 0 registered. The agent series begins when the registry does.

It is also on 1 dog licence in New York City, ranked 26,549th among dogs there.

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