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The first name 
Constantine

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

Constantine is a well-known but special name!

Constantine is a well-known name in the US, but is still special. It is currently only given to every ten thousandth boy, and therefore ranks at 1517 in the SmartGenius statistics. This means there are 1,516 boys names that are more common, but also tens of thousands that are much rarer. If you polled the whole US population – children, adults and seniors – you’d find less than one in 10,000 to be named Constantine.

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

Constantine -
quite rare in all states

The odds of having a man or boy named Constantine in your home state are about the same as the chance for a white Christmas in New York City – in both cases they are less than 30%. More precisely, the first name Constantine is registered in 17 states, among which are Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida or Georgia. In proportion to the male population, most men and boys with the first name Constantine live in New York, but even there the name is rather special – on average, you would have to ask 9,271 men and boys in New York for their name before you meet one who answers with Constantine.

Constantine has 11 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 eleven letters, the name Constantine is obviously a particularly long first name. Only 0.5% of all common first names in the U.S. contain exactly eleven letters, and only 0.1% are longer. Most first names – over 99% – have fewer letters. 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 Constantine

If your name is Constantine 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 Constantine

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

Cat

Orange

Nut

Sun

Tiger

Apple

Nut

Tiger

Igloo

Nut

Elephant

This is how the name Constantine 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 Constantine in Braille?

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

Constantine

Constantine

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

Just use American Sign Language!

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

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

C
O
N
S
T
A
N
T
I
N
E

Have you ever waved the name Constantine

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
O
N
S
T
A
N
T
I
N
E

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. Constantine sounds like this: