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The first name 
Denzel

Denzel is a male first name. In very rare cases it is also used for girls.

Denzel is a well-known but special name!

Denzel 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 1007 in the SmartGenius statistics. This means there are 1,006 boys names that are more common, but also tens of thousands that are much rarer. In the entire USA, approximately 8,499 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Denzel. That is 0.00 % of all living Americans.

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

Denzel -
special, but at home in many states

You may not know anyone named Denzel, but there’s a good chance you live in the same state as someone with that name. In fact, 33 states are home to men and boys named Denzel. (To be fair, a given name is only included in a state’s official statistics if there are at least five people with that name living in that state – so it’s entirely possible that there are still a few men and boys named Denzel living in one state or another. If your name is Denzel and you live outside of the states highlighted on the map, please let us know so we can refine our statistics even further). And while the first name is present in many states, it is still not one of the popular ones. In Louisiana, which has the most people named Denzel relative to the population, you still have to ask 7,446 men and boys their names before you hear Denzel as an answer just once.

Denzel has 6 letters 
and begins with a D

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter D is a quite popular first letter for boys’ names. That’s because 8.5% of all common boys’ names in the US begin with this letter. Only the first letters J and A are more common for boys' names.

With six letters, the name Denzel 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.

Therefore: As 8.5% of all boys' names start with a D, this initial letter occurs nearly 2.5-times as often as all 26 letters on average – and the most common one of all the boys’ names starting with D is David.

Other names with 
D, e, n, z, e and l

If you take all the letters in the name Denzel – D, e, n, z, e and l – and put them together again, you can form another name, such as Denzle.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Denzel

If your name is Denzel 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 Denzel

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

Dinosaur

Elephant

Nut

Zebra

Elephant

Lion

This is how the name Denzel 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 Denzel in Braille?

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

Denzel

Denzel

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

Just use American Sign Language!

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

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

D
E
N
Z
E
L

Have you ever waved the name Denzel

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.

D
E
N
Z
E
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. Denzel sounds like this: