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The first name 
Langley

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

Langley is a very rare first name!

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

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

Langley -
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 Langley. Kids called Langley have made themselves scarce. But some parents got a taste for it many years ago: Reaching pos. 3,108 Langley ranked higher than ever in 1907. By comparison, there have been 95 years in which the first name Langley 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 1989. In general, parents name their babies Langley only once in a blue moon, so, if your name is Langley you can consider yourself truly special!

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

Langley in 2022 – a precious jewel

In 2022, Langley continues to be a precious jewel: 15 newborns were named Langley that year, ranking #12,356 in the SmartGenius name statistics. If your baby's name is Langley, you must have a flair for beautiful and rare names: Congratulations, your child is sure to feel unique.

Langley 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 quite common as an initial letter for first names. To be precise, 5.5% of all 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 seven letters, the name Langley 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.

Therefore: As 5.5% of all first names start with an L, this initial letter occurs much more often than all 26 letters on average.

Other names with 
L, a, n, g, l, e and y

If you take all the letters in the name Langley – L, a, n, g, l, e and y – and put them together again, you can form other names, such as Gaynell or others.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Langley

If your name is Langley 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 Langley

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

Lion

Apple

Nut

Goat

Lion

Elephant

Yoyo

This is how the name Langley 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 Langley in Braille?

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

Langley

Langley

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

Just use American Sign Language!

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

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

L
A
N
G
L
E
Y

Have you ever waved the name Langley

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
G
L
E
Y

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. Langley sounds like this: