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The first name 
Maclan

Maclan is a first name for boys.

Maclan – one in 100,000!

There’s a good chance that a boy named Maclan in a medium-sized town will be unique. That’s because only a few babies a year are named Maclan in all of the US. Only about one in 100,000 boys is named Maclan by his parents. In the ranking of most common boys names in recent years, Maclan ranks at #6,227. That means there are 6,226 more common boys names, but there are also a few thousand that are even rarer. Of all Americans currently living, not even one in 100,000 would answer if you shouted out the name Maclan.

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

Maclan -
something very, very special - even in his home state Pennsylvania!

If you’re looking for someone named Maclan, you might want to head to Pennsylvania. Why Pennsylvania of all places? Well, simply because, according to official statistics, there are no men or boys named Maclan living in any other state. However, we have to admit that a first name is only listed in the official statistics of a state if there are at least five people with that name living in that state – so it may well be that there are still a few men and boys named Maclan living in one state or another. But, in any case the name is extremely rare. (If your name happens to be Maclan and you live outside of Pennsylvania, we would be very grateful if you could let us know so that we can refine our statistics even further). By the way, even in Pennsylvania, the name Maclan is not really that common – there are only 5 men and boys with this name living there right now, which is not more than 0.00006% of all male residents of Pennsylvania – so if you are one of them, you can rightly say that you are someone very special!

Maclan has 6 letters 
and begins with an M

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter M is a particularly popular initial letter for boys’ names – 6.2% of all common boys’ names in the US begin with this letter. By the way, the most common first letters for boys’ names are J and A.

With six letters, the name Maclan 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 6.2% of all boys' names that begin with an M, this first letter is much more common than the other letters on average. If you are now wondering which boys’ name with M is the most common... the answer is Michael.

Other names with 
M, a, c, l, a and n

If you take all the letters in the name Maclan – M, a, c, l, a and n – and put them together again, you can form another name, such as Calman.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Maclan

If your name is Maclan 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 Maclan

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

Mouse

Apple

Cat

Lion

Apple

Nut

This is how the name Maclan 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 Maclan in Braille?

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

Maclan

Maclan

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

Just use American Sign Language!

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

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

M
A
C
L
A
N

Have you ever waved the name Maclan

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.

M
A
C
L
A
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. Maclan sounds like this: