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The first name 
Harbor

Harbor is a name for all genders, somewhat more commonly used for girls.

Harbor – well-known but still special!

Few children have been named Harbor in recent years. Although it is used several times each year, only approximately 2 out of 100,000 children are currently called Harbor. Whether you’re a boy or a girl, you will most likely be the only person with the special name Harbor at your school. In our SmartGenius ranking, Harbor is number *** on the list of most common first names.

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

Harbor has 6 letters 
and begins with an H

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter H is not really common as a first letter for given names: only 2.3% of all common first names in the US begin with H. By the way, the most common first letters of given names are A, J and K, while U, X and Q are the least common initials of first names.

With six letters, the name Harbor 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.

That means that with 2.3% of all first names beginning with an H, this initial letter is less common than the other letters on average.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Harbor

If your name is Harbor 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 Harbor

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

Hat

Apple

Rocket

Butterfly

Orange

Rocket

This is how the name Harbor 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 Harbor in Braille?

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

Harbor

Harbor

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

Just use American Sign Language!

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

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

H
A
R
B
O
R

Have you ever waved the name Harbor

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.

H
A
R
B
O
R

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. Harbor sounds like this: