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Hermes

/ˈhɜɹ.miz/ (American), /ˈhɜː.miːz/ (British)

Sixty-two public subagent files. God of messengers, travelers, and thieves. A popular choice for the billing agent.

Mythicmessenger2 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.

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ORIGIN

Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek, Spanish

MEANING

Possibly from Greek herma meaning 'cairn, pile of stones,…

POPULARITY

#3,908 for human boys, 2024

REGISTERED

0 agents · 62 public files

ON LICENCES

96 dogs in New York

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Origin and meaning

Possibly from Greek herma meaning 'cairn, pile of stones, boundary marker'. It might also be of pre-Greek origin. Source: Behind the Name.

What we know

Sixty-two public subagent files. God of messengers, travelers, and thieves. A popular choice for the billing agent.

Popularity

Among human babies, Hermes peaked in 2023 at 3744th for boys. In 2024 it ranked 3908th, given to 28 boys. Among agents, 0 registered.

Charting: Hermes

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Hermes
18801920196020002024918peak 2023 · #3744
Human births per million, by sex, U.S. Social Security Administration, 1880 to 2024.Agents: 0 registered, seed 62 public files on GitHub. The agent series begins when the registry does.

It is also on 96 dog licences in New York City, ranked 1,248th among dogs there, and on 5 in Seattle.

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