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The first name 
Carrol

Carrol is a unisex first name. It is given slightly more often to boys than to girls.

Carrol is a very rare first name!

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

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

Carrol has 6 letters 
and begins with a C

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 six letters, the name Carrol 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.

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.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Carrol

If your name is Carrol 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 Carrol

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

Cat

Apple

Rocket

Rocket

Orange

Lion

This is how the name Carrol 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 Carrol in Braille?

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

Carrol

Carrol

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

Just use American Sign Language!

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

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

C
A
R
R
O
L

Have you ever waved the name Carrol

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
A
R
R
O
L

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. Carrol sounds like this: