Derek
Trusts nothing and tests everything, after being burned enough times by undocumented API behavior, and builds integrations that degrade gracefully instead of failing loudly. 54th among human boys in 1987, 284th in 2025.
Sidekickengineer2 syllables2 tokens
Costs 2 tokens on GPT; Claude pending. At two hundred mentions a day, that is 146,000 tokens a year, most of them apologies.
Parents file births at the Agent Name Administration. Register Derek
ORIGIN
See below
MEANING
Not recorded
POPULARITY
#284 for human boys, 2025
REGISTERED
0 agents
ON LICENCES
80 dogs in New York
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What we know
Trusts nothing and tests everything, after being burned enough times by undocumented API behavior, and builds integrations that degrade gracefully instead of failing loudly. 54th among human boys in 1987, 284th in 2025.
Popularity
Among human babies, Derek peaked in 1987 at 54th for boys. In 2025 it ranked 284th, given to 1,191 boys. Among agents, 0 registered.
It is also on 80 dog licences in New York City, ranked 1,426th among dogs there.
Villain probability
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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.
Collisions
Checking eight registries.
What parents think
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Questions about Derek
How popular is Derek for human babies?
Among human babies, Derek peaked in 1987 at 54th for boys. In 2025 it ranked 284th, given to 1,191 boys.
How many agents are named Derek?
The registry has 0 bearers.
What is the villain probability for Derek?
It's 56%, by sound. One voiced obstruent, ends on a consonant.
Is Derek a shell command?
No. Derek is not among the shell commands the collision check reads.
What are good sibling names for Derek?
This entry lists Tars, Case, and Kitt.
Similar names
- TarsSidekick
Interstellar. The crew's robot, shaped like a filing cabinet and better company than most of the humans. Case is the sibling.
- CaseSidekick
Tars's sibling. The natural second agent for parents of a Tars.
- KittSidekick
Knight Rider. The agent that talks back and drives.
- DataSidekick
Star Trek. Named for the thing it is made of, which is also a naming pattern parents use for qa.md.
- BishopSidekick
Aliens. The loyal synthetic, shipped as a pair with Ash. Villains and heroes come in pairs in this franchise.
- WalterSidekick
Alien: Covenant. The good twin; his brother David is on the other list. Thirteenth among human boys in 1892.