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The first name 
Lottie

Lottie is a first name typically given to girls, but in rare cases also used as a boys name.

Lottie is a well-known but special name!

Lottie is a well-known name in the US, but is still special. It is currently only given to every ten thousandth girl, and therefore ranks at 1,593 in the SmartGenius statistics. This means there are 1,592 girls names that are more common, but also tens of thousands that are much rarer. In the entire USA, approximately 28,341 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Lottie. That is 0.01 % of all living Americans.

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

Lottie -
someone you can count on

Lottie is the epitome of endurance. Every year since first names have been registered in the United States, parents have come up with the idea of naming their daughter Lottie. This means that several girls named Lottie have witnessed historic events such as the first Nobel Prize ceremony, the moon landing, the release of the first cell phone, or the turn of the millennium. The first name Lottie has reached its highest rank of 75 numerous times, but that was long ago before the beginning of the last century, last time in 1884. Nevertheless, the name has been in the top 100 repeatedly. This makes Lottie one of the most popular names of all time.

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

Lottie in 2022 – still a popular name

Lottie will be Lottie. Like every other year, there have been newborns named Lottie in 2022 – in fact 283 to be precise, confirming Lottie is still a popular first name. In this most recent year for which US-wide statistics are available, the name ranked #855 among all girls‘ names. For comparison, the least popular year for this first name was 2000, when only 13 baby girls were named Lottie.

Lottie 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 a particularly popular initial letter for girls' names – 6.8% of all common girls’ names in the US begin with this letter. By the way, the most common first letters for girls’ names are A and S.

With six letters, the name Lottie 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 6.8% of all girls' names that begin with an L, this first letter is much more common than the other letters on average. If you are now wondering which girls' name with L is the most common... the answer is Linda.

Other names with 
L, o, t, t, i and e

If you take all the letters in the name Lottie – L, o, t, t, i and e – and put them together again, you can form another name, such as Eliott.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Lottie

If your name is Lottie 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 Lottie

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

Lion

Orange

Tiger

Tiger

Igloo

Elephant

This is how the name Lottie 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 Lottie in Braille?

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

Lottie

Lottie

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

Just use American Sign Language!

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

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

L
O
T
T
I
E

Have you ever waved the name Lottie

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
O
T
T
I
E

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. Lottie sounds like this: