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Devin

/ˈdɛv.ɪn/

Cognition's coding agent. A human first name with no stated rationale, which peaked among human boys in 1998 at 62nd. Bold choice, ends in -in like Kevin.

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Costs 2 tokens on GPT; Claude pending. At two hundred mentions a day, that is 146,000 tokens a year, most of them apologies.

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ORIGIN

English

MEANING

From a surname, either the Irish surname Devin or the Eng…

POPULARITY

#515 for human boys, 2024

REGISTERED

0 agents

ON LICENCES

12 dogs in New York

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Origin and meaning

From a surname, either the Irish surname Devin or the English surname Devin (of separate origin). Source: Behind the Name.

What we know

Cognition's coding agent. A human first name with no stated rationale, which peaked among human boys in 1998 at 62nd. Bold choice, ends in -in like Kevin.

Popularity

Among human babies, Devin peaked in 1995 at 58th for boys. In 2024 it ranked 515th, given to 593 boys. Among agents, 0 registered.

Charting: Devin

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Devin
188019201960200020241,6273,253peak 1995 · #58
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 12 dog licences in New York City, ranked 5,728th among dogs there.

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