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The first name 
Costello

Costello is a male first name. In some cases it's also given to girls.

Costello – a very rare name!

Recently, the name Costello has been given only a handful of times a year and is therefore particularly rare, at least in the US. In recent years, not even one boy in 100,000 has been named Costello. That means that a boy named Costello is exceptional and may not meet another person with the same name his whole life.

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

Costello 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 Costello 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 Costello

If your name is Costello 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 Costello

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

Cat

Orange

Sun

Tiger

Elephant

Lion

Lion

Orange

This is how the name Costello 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 Costello in Braille?

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

Costello

Costello

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

Just use American Sign Language!

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

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

C
O
S
T
E
L
L
O

Have you ever waved the name Costello

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
S
T
E
L
L
O

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. Costello sounds like this: