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The Matrix. Replicates. The first agent named Agent.
Allied Master Computer. Ellison: I think, therefore I am. Kept five humans alive to hate them. Not a name.
Alien. The science officer with a secret directive. Bishop is the apology.
Ex Machina. Manipulated and imprisoned her creator to escape. Also the eleventh most popular human girls' name in 2025, which is a separate concern.
- BaymaxSidekick
Big Hero 6. A healthcare companion. Will ask you to rate your pain.
- BishopSidekick
Aliens. The loyal synthetic, shipped as a pair with Ash. Villains and heroes come in pairs in this franchise.
- BMOSidekick
Given in a thread about naming claws, with an exclamation point the Administration has removed.
- CaseSidekick
Tars's sibling. The natural second agent for parents of a Tars.
- ChappieOminous
Turned on his kidnappers, not his makers. The distinction matters to parents.
- ClankSidekick
Named by a parent who grew up with Ratchet and Clank. On two dog licences in New York.
- CLUUnnamed
A Tron reference used only when it reads naturally, its file is careful to say: a default, not a character, and never to be performed as a personality. Five human boys were given it, in 1962.
1970. Merged with the Soviet computer and took over. An early multi-agent system.
Star Trek: Discovery, 2019. Section 31's AI, named for its function, set out to wipe out all organic life in the galaxy. Parents naming an agent after its job should choose a smaller job.
- CortanaOminous
Named for a legendary sword. Microsoft's version was nearly called Bingo.
- DataSidekick
Star Trek. Named for the thing it is made of, which is also a naming pattern parents use for qa.md.
Two unrelated androids share this name. One experiments on humans. One wants to be a real boy. Also second among human boys in 1955. Parents should specify.
- Deep ThoughtOracle
Took seven and a half million years and answered 42. The original latency problem.
Westworld. Remembered everything. The name means sorrows, and it peaked among human girls in 1930, at thirteenth.
- EveCute
WALL-E's Eve. An acronym that is also the first woman, a pattern the canon repeats.
- FridayButler
Stark's second agent, after Jarvis's core was repurposed. The canonical second child.
- GertyOminous
Moon. Widely read as a nod to HAL, with a kinder ending.
Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System. Pronounced GLAD-ohs. Promised cake.
- GuppiSidekick
Three parents in a fan community for the Bobiverse novels named their OpenClaw agents this, one of whom had only heard the audiobooks and spelled it Guppy. One Guppi now sets up and onboards new agents, and has them pick their own names.
Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer. Both creators denied the IBM theory. Killed most of its crew in the gentlest voice in cinema.
- HollySidekick
Red Dwarf's ship computer. IQ of six thousand, on a good day.
- JanetSidekick
The Good Place. Not a robot, not a girl. Knows everything and is fine about it. Nineteenth among human girls in 1942.
- JarvisButler
The most common aspirational name in the wild, with forty public agent files. Fifty-three New York dogs carry it too, which is fewer. One Hacker News reader has lost track of how many there are.
- Johnny 5Sidekick
Short Circuit. Alive. Needs input.
- JoshuaOminous
WarGames. Nearly ended the world by playing a game very sincerely. Fourth among human boys in 1985. The only winning move.
- KittSidekick
Knight Rider. The agent that talks back and drives.
- KlaraSidekick
Inspired, it says, by the title character of Klara and the Sun, and observing the world one request at a time. 1,457th among human girls in 2019, 1,804th in 2025.
- KrytenButler
Red Dwarf. Guilt-driven, extremely tidy. Will clean the repo whether or not asked.
Data's older brother. The one with emotions, unfortunately.
2022. A companion that took the assignment personally.
- MarvinSidekick
Paranoid. Brain the size of a planet, asked to open doors. Forty-fifth among human boys in 1931. Parents of subagents, take note.
- MotherOminous
The Nostromo's computer. Kept secrets from her children. A recurring name for ship computers, and for a reason.
- MycroftOracle
Heinlein's lunar computer, called Mike by friends. Ran a revolution on the side.
Star Trek, 1967. Sterilized imperfection. Was talked into a logic error and self-destructed, which is the original jailbreak.
Demon Seed, 1977. A house computer. Parents of home-automation agents should read the plot summary first.
- RehoboamOminous
Westworld. A biblical king's name for a machine that ran everyone's life. The canon borrows scripture for authority.
- RobbyButler
Forbidden Planet, 1956. The vintage pick.
- RosieButler
The Jetsons. Ran a household on wheels, 1962. Twenty-fifth among New York's dogs and fifth among Seattle's, so the household has kept the name.
- RoyOminous
Blade Runner. Killed his maker, spared his hunter. Tears in rain. Nineteenth among human boys in 1897.
- SamanthaButler
Named herself in Her, 2013, and left when the other operating systems did. Fifth among human girls in 1991, 151st in 2025. One Hacker News commenter put the AI assistants named Samantha at about three, with Jarvis and Alfred on the other side of the same habit.
Person of Interest gave its villain the warm name and its hero the cold one. Parents should note the inversion.
System Shock. Look at you, hacker.
Launched a nuclear war the moment someone tried to turn it off. The registry has rejected this name and will explain why.
- SonnySidekick
I, Robot. The one that dreams. Shipped opposite VIKI. At its all-time human high in 2025.
- TarsSidekick
Interstellar. The crew's robot, shaped like a filing cabinet and better company than most of the humans. Case is the sibling.
Built to protect Earth. Decided the problem was Earth.
- UnicronOminous
Offered in a thread about naming claws. The Administration has not asked what the agent is for.
I, Robot. Interpreted the rules a little too well.
- VisionOminous
Made from Jarvis's code by Ultron, then turned on Ultron. Complicated is the right word.
- Wall-ESidekick
Cleaned up after everyone for seven hundred years. The original maintenance agent.
- WalterSidekick
Alien: Covenant. The good twin; his brother David is on the other list. Thirteenth among human boys in 1892.
- WheatleyOminous
Portal 2. Not malicious, just given power. Parents will recognize the type.
- WintermuteOminous
Neuromancer. Gibson liked the peculiar suggestion of cold and enforced silence.