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The first name 
Lanford

Lanford is a first name for boys.

Lanford – a very rare name!

Recently, the name Lanford 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 Lanford. That means that a boy named Lanford 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
 
Lanford

Lanford has 7 letters 
and begins with an L

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter L is neither particularly common nor particularly rare as a first letter for boys' names: 4.1% of all common boys' names in the US begin with this letter. By the way, the most common first letters of boys' names are J and A, while X and U are the least common initials of boys' names.

With seven letters, the name Lanford has a typical length for first names in the US. In fact, 26% of all common first names consist of exactly seven letters. 52% of all first names are shorter, while 22% have eight 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.

Thus, it follows that with 4.1% of all boys' names starting with an L, this initial letter occurs about as often as all 26 letters on average. Nevertheless, there are boys' names with L that are quite common, the most common in the U.S. at present is Larry.

Other names with 
L, a, n, f, o, r and d

If you take all the letters in the name Lanford – L, a, n, f, o, r and d – and put them together again, you can form another name, such as Randolf.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Lanford

If your name is Lanford 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 Lanford

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

Lion

Apple

Nut

Fox

Orange

Rocket

Dinosaur

This is how the name Lanford 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 Lanford in Braille?

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

Lanford

Lanford

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

Just use American Sign Language!

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

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

L
A
N
F
O
R
D

Have you ever waved the name Lanford

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.

L
A
N
F
O
R
D

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. Lanford sounds like this: