Altair is a first name for all genders. The name is given about equally often as boys and girls name.
At least in the US, the name Altair is extremely rare. Recently, only a handful of babies has been named Altair each year. That means it’s extremely unlikely that a boy or girl called Altair will meet someone with the same name. So, Altair is a very special name!
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter A is the most popular first letter for given names. 10.3% of all common first names in the US start with this letter. The second most common initial letter in first names is J.
With six letters, the name Altair 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 10.3% of all first names start with an A, this initial letter occurs nearly three times as often as all other letters on average.
If your name is Altair 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 Altair, you can simply say:
Apple
Lion
Tiger
Apple
Igloo
Rocket
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Altair
Altair
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
A
L
T
A
I
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.
A
L
T
A
I
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. Altair sounds like this:
