Tali
Named for the Mass Effect engineer whose people lost their homeworld to an artificial intelligence, a reference its parent says landed instantly when the assistant recognized it and answered back in the game's own constructed language. 2,845th among human girls in 2023, 2,953rd in 2025.
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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
See below
MEANING
Not recorded
POPULARITY
#2,953 for human girls, 2025
REGISTERED
0 agents
ON LICENCES
29 dogs in New York
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What we know
Named for the Mass Effect engineer whose people lost their homeworld to an artificial intelligence, a reference its parent says landed instantly when the assistant recognized it and answered back in the game's own constructed language. 2,845th among human girls in 2023, 2,953rd in 2025.
Popularity
Among human babies, Tali peaked in 2023 at 2845th for girls. In 2025 it ranked 2953rd, given to 57 girls. Among agents, 0 registered.
It is also on 29 dog licences in New York City, ranked 3,188th among dogs there, and on 4 in Seattle.
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Collisions
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Questions about Tali
How popular is Tali for human babies?
Among human babies, Tali peaked in 2023 at 2,845th for girls. In 2025 it ranked 2,953rd, given to 57 girls.
How many agents are named Tali?
The registry has 0 bearers.
What is the villain probability for Tali?
It's 30%, by spelling. Ends in a vowel.
Is Tali a shell command?
No. Tali is not among the shell commands the collision check reads.
What are good sibling names for Tali?
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.