Presented by

The first name 
Michigan

Michigan is a first name for boys.

Michigan – a very rare name!

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

Michigan has 8 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 eight letters, the name Michigan is long compared to other names. In fact, 14.5% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly eight letters. 78% of all first names are shorter, while only 8% of all boys’ and girls’ names use nine letters or even more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long with 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.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Michigan

If your name is Michigan 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 Michigan

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

Mouse

Igloo

Cat

Hat

Igloo

Goat

Apple

Nut

This is how the name Michigan 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 Michigan in Braille?

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

Michigan

Michigan

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

Just use American Sign Language!

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

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

M
I
C
H
I
G
A
N

Have you ever waved the name Michigan

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
I
C
H
I
G
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. Michigan sounds like this: