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The first name 
Less

Less is a male first name.

Less – a very rare name!

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

Less -
a Dinosaur?

Is the name Less a dinosaur? We would say: It's classic! Chosen by 13 parents, the name was given most frequently in 1900 – at that time, it ranked #614. It thus experienced its last peak in a world without internet and cell phones, even before the first personal computer was built. (Do you remember? Those were those big boxes that couldn't even begin to do what a simple robot vacuum cleaner can do today). Since Less is both classic and fancy at the same time, people didn't always come up with the idea of giving their baby boy this unusual name. So, if your name is Less, feel classic and not old-fashioned, because after all, you stand out with your name these days!

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

Less in 2022 - someone's missing!

If you are reading this and you know someone with the name Less born in 2022, please get in touch with us. Because we could not find any newborn boys with this name for the said year. Note: The official statistics only include names given at least 5 times in a year. So, if you know a Less born in 2022, that seems like a real fluke!

Less has 4 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 four letters, the name Less is shorter than most other given names. In fact, only 5.5% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly four letters. Just 1.2% of all first names are even shorter, while 93% consist of more than four letters. 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.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Less

If your name is Less 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 Less

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

Lion

Elephant

Sun

Sun

This is how the name Less 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 Less in Braille?

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

Less

Less

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

Just use American Sign Language!

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

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

L
E
S
S

Have you ever waved the name Less

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
E
S
S

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. Less sounds like this: