Chandler comes from an occupational surname that means ‘candle seller’ in Middle English, ultimately it originated in Old French.
Chandler is a unisex first name, but it's given significantly more often to boys than girls.
The name Chandler is not currently one of the fashionable names trending in the top 10 rankings, but it is still popular and common. Recently, it has consistently ranked among the top 1,000 most popular first names in the United States. It is currently #772 in the SmartGenius ranking.
Chandler comes from an occupational surname that means ‘candle seller’ in Middle English, ultimately it originated in Old French.
Chandler surged in popularity... after the 1994 debut of the American sitcom 'Friends', featuring a character by this name.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter C is a frequent initial letter for first names. This is because 5.7% of all common given names in the US begin with this letter. The most common first letters of given names, by the way, are A, J and K.
With eight letters, the name Chandler is long compared to other names. In fact, 14.5% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly eight letters. 78% of all first names are shorter, while only 8% of all boys’ and girls’ names use nine letters or even more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long with no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
With 5.7% of all first names that begin with a C, this first letter is thus much more common than the average of all letters.
If your name is Chandler and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Chandler, you can simply say:
Cat
Hat
Apple
Nut
Dinosaur
Lion
Elephant
Rocket
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Chandler
Chandler
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
C
H
A
N
D
L
E
R
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
C
H
A
N
D
L
E
R
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Chandler sounds like this:
