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The first name 
Adolfo

Adolfo is a first name typically given to boys, but in rare cases also used as a girls name.

Adolfo is a well-known but special name!

Adolfo is a well-known name in the US, but is still special. It is currently only given to every ten thousandth boy, and therefore ranks at 1249 in the SmartGenius statistics. This means there are 1,248 boys names that are more common, but also tens of thousands that are much rarer. If you polled the whole US population – children, adults and seniors – you’d find less than one in 10,000 to be named Adolfo.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Adolfo

Adolfo has 6 letters 
and begins with an A

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter A is a very popular first letter for boys’ names. That’s because 9.0% of all common boys’ names in the US begin with this letter. Only the first letter J is more common for boys' names.

With six letters, the name Adolfo is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

That means that if 9.0% of all boys' names start with an A, this initial letter occurs nearly three times as often as all other letters on average. And by the way: Of all the boys' names that start with an A, Anthony is the most common.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Adolfo

If your name is Adolfo 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...

This is how you spell the name Adolfo

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Adolfo, you can simply say:

Apple

Dinosaur

Orange

Lion

Fox

Orange

This is how the name Adolfo is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Adolfo in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Adolfo

Adolfo

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Adolfo

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Adolfo is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

A
D
O
L
F
O

Have you ever waved the name Adolfo

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.

A
D
O
L
F
O

Beeping like crazy...

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. Adolfo sounds like this: