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The first name 
Alston

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

When two boys called Alston meet...

… it’s a special occasion. That’s because the name Alston is quite rare in the US. While it’s still a name in use, lately, only approximately 3 out of 100,000 boys have been named Alston. In the SmartGenius ranking, Alston is #2,139 on the list of most common boys names. If you polled the whole US population – children, adults and seniors – you’d find less than one in 10,000 to be named Alston.

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

Alston -
at home only in a few regions of the USA

In not even one in five states you will find more than 4 men and boys with the name Alston. This first name might not be completely unknown, but in the entire United States, there are about 636 Americans who bear this name. And these 636 men and boys named Alston live in no more than 8 different states, including for example California, Florida, Georgia, New York and North Carolina. In the other 41 states, there are either none or less than a handful boys and men with this name (to explain: The official statistics provide the data per state only if at least five men with a specific name live in the same state. So, it’s quite possible that there are one or two states where someone with the name Alston lives although the name is not listed in the official statistics. Should you be one of those rare people whose name is Alston and you live outside the states highlighted on the map, please let us know so we can improve our statistics). The state with the most boys and men named Alston relative to its male population is North Carolina. And even there, only one male in 24,010 would raise his hand if you asked, who is called Alston.

Alston 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 Alston 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.

Other names with 
A, l, s, t, o and n

If you take all the letters in the name Alston – A, l, s, t, o and n – and put them together again, you can form another name, such as Slaton.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Alston

If your name is Alston 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 Alston

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

Apple

Lion

Sun

Tiger

Orange

Nut

This is how the name Alston 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 Alston in Braille?

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

Alston

Alston

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

Just use American Sign Language!

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

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

A
L
S
T
O
N

Have you ever waved the name Alston

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
L
S
T
O
N

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. Alston sounds like this: