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The first name 
Arleigh

Arleigh is a unisex first name, but it has been primarily given to girls for a number of years.

Arleigh is a very rare first name!

At least in the US, the name Arleigh is extremely rare. Recently, only a handful of babies has been named Arleigh each year. That means it’s extremely unlikely that a boy or girl called Arleigh will meet someone with the same name. So, Arleigh is a very special name!

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

Arleigh -
swimming against the tide

If your name is Arleigh your parents may be very proud to let their child swim against the tide: The name Arleigh never ranked higher than position 2,678 in our statistics, and for many years not a single parent had the creative idea of naming their offspring Arleigh. But something caused mothers and fathers in 1903 to choose the name more often than usual - only compared to the rest of the time, of course. You probably still won't find many children named Arleigh because that was several decades ago - unless, of course, you have some very creative parents in the neighborhood.

In years where the graph has no value, the name Arleigh was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.

2022 - looking for Arleigh?

As in the last century, Arleigh still proves to be exceptional. Even in 2022, the name was given very rarely - in fact, only 43 times in the entire U.S. So, a Arleigh from 2022 will need very good binoculars to spot the next namesake of the same age.

Arleigh has 7 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 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 seven letters, the name Arleigh has a typical length for first names in the US. In fact, 26% of all common first names consist of exactly seven letters. 52% of all first names are shorter, while 22% have eight 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.

Other names with 
A, r, l, e, i, g and h

If you take all the letters in the name Arleigh – A, r, l, e, i, g and h – and put them together again, you can form other names, such as Raleigh or Raliegh.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Arleigh

If your name is Arleigh 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 Arleigh

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

Apple

Rocket

Lion

Elephant

Igloo

Goat

Hat

This is how the name Arleigh 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 Arleigh in Braille?

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

Arleigh

Arleigh

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

Just use American Sign Language!

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

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

A
R
L
E
I
G
H

Have you ever waved the name Arleigh

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
R
L
E
I
G
H

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. Arleigh sounds like this: