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Dexter

/ˈdɛk.stəɹ/ (American), /ˈdɛk.stə/ (British)

Right-handed, in the Latin. A lab, in the cartoon.

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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 an occupational surname meaning 'one who dyes' in Ol…

POPULARITY

#720 for human boys, 2024

REGISTERED

0 agents

ON LICENCES

1,231 dogs in New York

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Origin and meaning

From an occupational surname meaning 'one who dyes' in Old English. It also coincides with the Latin word dexter meaning 'right-handed, skilled'. Source: Behind the Name.

What we know

Right-handed, in the Latin. A lab, in the cartoon.

Popularity

Among human babies, Dexter peaked in 2012 at 361st for boys. In 2024 it ranked 720th, given to 364 boys. Among agents, 0 registered.

Charting: Dexter

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Dexter
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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 1,231 dog licences in New York City, ranked 85th among dogs there, and on 25 in Seattle.

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