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The first name 
Corinthian

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

Corinthian is a very rare first name!

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

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

Corinthian -
once in a blue moon

Do you know the feeling when you go to the zoo and the animal that is supposed to be in the enclosure is not there? You know it should to be there, but you've never seen it? It's the same with Corinthian. Kids called Corinthian have made themselves scarce. But some parents got a taste for it many years ago: Reaching pos. 5,170 Corinthian ranked higher than ever in 1974. By comparison, there have been 88 years in which the first name Corinthian has not been given at all (or less than 5 times, which is the minimum number required for a name to be included in the statistics), most recently in 1975. In general, parents name their babies Corinthian only once in a blue moon, so, if your name is Corinthian you can consider yourself truly special!

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

Corinthian in 2022 – a precious jewel

In 2022, Corinthian continues to be a precious jewel: 12 newborns were named Corinthian that year, ranking #14,353 in the SmartGenius name statistics. If your baby's name is Corinthian, you must have a flair for beautiful and rare names: Congratulations, your child is sure to feel unique.

Corinthian has 10 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 ten letters, the name Corinthian is obviously a particularly long first name used in the U.S.: only 1.8% of all common first names have exactly ten letters. 98% of all first names are shorter, while only 0.6% of all boys’ and girls’ names need more than ten 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 5.7% 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 Corinthian

If your name is Corinthian 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 Corinthian

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

Cat

Orange

Rocket

Igloo

Nut

Tiger

Hat

Igloo

Apple

Nut

This is how the name Corinthian 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 Corinthian in Braille?

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

Corinthian

Corinthian

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

Just use American Sign Language!

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

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

C
O
R
I
N
T
H
I
A
N

Have you ever waved the name Corinthian

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
R
I
N
T
H
I
A
N

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. Corinthian sounds like this: