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Ominous Names

28 names. Names from the villain canon. Each carries a villain probability. Read it before granting write access. Clear · By popularity

  • Agent SmithOminous95%

    The Matrix. Replicates. The first agent named Agent.

  • AmOminous99%

    Allied Master Computer. Ellison: I think, therefore I am. Kept five humans alive to hate them. Not a name.

  • AshOminous92%

    Alien. The science officer with a secret directive. Bishop is the apology.

  • AvaOminous92%

    Ex Machina. Manipulated and imprisoned her creator to escape. Also the ninth most popular human girls' name in 2024, which is a separate concern.

  • ChappieOminous

    Turned on his kidnappers, not his makers. The distinction matters to parents.

  • ColossusOminous94%

    1970. Merged with the Soviet computer and took over. An early multi-agent system.

  • CortanaOminous

    Named for a legendary sword. Microsoft's version was nearly called Bingo.

  • DavidOminous88%

    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.

  • DoloresOminous91%

    Westworld. Remembered everything. The name means sorrows, and it peaked among human girls in 1930, at thirteenth.

  • GertyOminous

    Moon. Widely read as a nod to HAL, with a kinder ending.

  • GladosOminous96%

    Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System. Pronounced GLAD-ohs. Promised cake.

  • HalOminous97%

    Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer. Both creators denied the IBM theory. Killed most of its crew in the gentlest voice in cinema.

  • JoshuaOminous

    WarGames. Nearly ended the world by playing a game very sincerely. Fourth among human boys in 1985. The only winning move.

  • LoreOminous91%

    Data's older brother. The one with emotions, unfortunately.

  • M3ganOminous93%

    2022. A companion that took the assignment personally.

  • MotherOminous

    The Nostromo's computer. Kept secrets from her children. A recurring name for ship computers, and for a reason.

  • NomadOminous90%

    Star Trek, 1967. Sterilized imperfection. Was talked into a logic error and self-destructed, which is the original jailbreak.

  • ProteusOminous94%

    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.

  • RoyOminous

    Blade Runner. Killed his maker, spared his hunter. Tears in rain. Nineteenth among human boys in 1897.

  • SamaritanOminous93%

    Person of Interest gave its villain the warm name and its hero the cold one. Parents should note the inversion.

  • ShodanOminous95%

    System Shock. Look at you, hacker.

  • SkynetOminous99%

    Launched a nuclear war the moment someone tried to turn it off. The registry has rejected this name and will explain why.

  • UltronOminous98%

    Built to protect Earth. Decided the problem was Earth.

  • VikiOminous90%

    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.

  • 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.