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The first name 
Layson

Layson is a male first name.

Layson – one in 100,000!

There’s a good chance that a boy named Layson in a medium-sized town will be unique. That’s because only a few babies a year are named Layson in all of the US. Only about one in 100,000 boys is named Layson by his parents. In the ranking of most common boys names in recent years, Layson ranks at #6,237. That means there are 6,236 more common boys names, but there are also a few thousand that are even rarer.

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

Layson has 6 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 six letters, the name Layson 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.

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, y, s, o and n

If you take all the letters in the name Layson – L, a, y, s, o and n – and put them together again, you can form other names, such as Alyson or Yoslan.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Layson

If your name is Layson 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 Layson

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

Lion

Apple

Yoyo

Sun

Orange

Nut

This is how the name Layson 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 Layson in Braille?

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

Layson

Layson

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

Just use American Sign Language!

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

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

L
A
Y
S
O
N

Have you ever waved the name Layson

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
Y
S
O
N

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. Layson sounds like this: