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The first name 
Maylani

Maylani is a first name for girls.

When two girls called Maylani meet...

… it’s a special occasion. That’s because the name Maylani is quite rare in the US. While it’s still a name in use, lately, only approximately 3 out of 100,000 girls have been named Maylani. In the SmartGenius ranking, Maylani is #2,710 on the list of most common girls names. If you polled the whole US population – children, adults and seniors – you’d find less than one in 10,000 to be named Maylani.

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

Maylani -
quite rare in all states

The odds of living in the same statae as someone named Maylani are about the same as meeting someone with blue eyes in the entire country – both odds are about 25 to 30 %. More precisely, the first name Maylani is registered in 11 states, among which are Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois or Massachusetts. In proportion to the female population, most women and girls with the first name Maylani live in Nevada, and even there the name is rather special – only one in 89,337 would turn around if you called the name Maylani across Nevada.

Maylani has 7 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 quite popular first letter for girls' names. That’s because 8.5% of all common girls’ names in the US begin with this letter. Only the first letters A and S are more common for girls' names.

With seven letters, the name Maylani 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 8.5% of all girls' names start with an M, this initial letter occurs nearly 2.5-times as often as all 26 letters on average – and the most common one of all the girls’ names starting with M is Mary.

Other names with 
M, a, y, l, a, n and i

If you take all the letters in the name Maylani – M, a, y, l, a, n and i – and put them together again, you can form other names, such as Mailany or others.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Maylani

If your name is Maylani 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 Maylani

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

Mouse

Apple

Yoyo

Lion

Apple

Nut

Igloo

This is how the name Maylani 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 Maylani in Braille?

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

Maylani

Maylani

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

Just use American Sign Language!

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

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

M
A
Y
L
A
N
I

Have you ever waved the name Maylani

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
Y
L
A
N
I

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. Maylani sounds like this: