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The first name 
Christos

Christos is a male first name.

When two boys called Christos meet...

… it’s a special occasion. That’s because the name Christos is quite rare in the US. While it’s still a name in use, lately, only approximately 2 out of 100,000 boys have been named Christos. In the SmartGenius ranking, Christos is #2,903 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 Christos.

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

Christos -
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 Christos. This first name might not be completely unknown, but in the entire United States, there are about 1,231 Americans who bear this name. And these 1,231 men and boys named Christos live in no more than 9 different states, including for example California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois and Massachusetts. In the other 40 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 Christos lives although the name is not listed in the official statistics. Should you be one of those rare people whose name is Christos 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 Christos relative to its male population is Massachusetts. And even there, only one male in 15,594 would raise his hand if you asked, who is called Christos.

Christos has 8 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 boys’ names. This is because 5.2% of all common boys’ names in the US begin with this letter. The most common first letters of boys' names, by the way, are J, A and D.

With eight letters, the name Christos is long compared to other names. In fact, 14.5% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly eight letters. 78% of all first names are shorter, while only 8% of all boys’ and girls’ names use nine letters or even more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long with no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

With 5.2% of all boys' names that begin with a C, this first letter is thus much more common than the average of all letters. And which boys’ name beginning with C do you think is the most common in the US? The answer is... Charles.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Christos

If your name is Christos 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 Christos

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

Cat

Hat

Rocket

Igloo

Sun

Tiger

Orange

Sun

This is how the name Christos 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 Christos in Braille?

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

Christos

Christos

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

Just use American Sign Language!

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

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

C
H
R
I
S
T
O
S

Have you ever waved the name Christos

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
H
R
I
S
T
O
S

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. Christos sounds like this: