Rufus
/ˈɹuː.fəs/ (English)
Amazon's shopping agent, named after a real corgi who worked at the first warehouse in 1996. Among human boys it peaked in 1880 and has been waiting for the dog.
Corporatecorgi2 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.
ORIGIN
Ancient Roman, English, Biblical
MEANING
Roman cognomen meaning 'red-haired' in Latin. Several ear…
POPULARITY
#4,151 for human boys, 2024
REGISTERED
0 agents
ON LICENCES
563 dogs in New York
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Origin and meaning
Roman cognomen meaning 'red-haired' in Latin. Several early saints had this name, including one mentioned in one of Paul's epistles in the New Testament. Source: Behind the Name.
What we know
Amazon's shopping agent, named after a real corgi who worked at the first warehouse in 1996. Among human boys it peaked in 1880 and has been waiting for the dog.
Popularity
Among human babies, Rufus peaked in 1880 at 88th for boys. In 2024 it ranked 4151st, given to 26 boys. Among agents, 0 registered.
It is also on 563 dog licences in New York City, ranked 204th among dogs there, and on 32 in Seattle.
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