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The first name 
Montez

Montez is a first name for boys, occasionally also given to girls.

When two boys called Montez meet...

… it’s a special occasion. That’s because the name Montez is quite rare in the US. While it’s still a name in use, lately, only approximately 2 out of 100,000 boys have been named Montez. In the SmartGenius ranking, Montez is #2,596 on the list of most common boys names. If you polled the whole US population – children, adults and seniors – you’d find less than one in 10,000 to be named Montez.

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

Montez -
quite rare in all states

The odds of having a man or boy named Montez in your home state are about the same as the chance for a white Christmas in New York City – in both cases they are less than 30%. More precisely, the first name Montez is registered in 17 states, among which are Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana or Kentucky. In proportion to the male population, most men and boys with the first name Montez live in Michigan, but even there the name is rather special – on average, you would have to ask 29,122 men and boys in Michigan for their name before you meet one who answers with Montez.

Montez 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 Montez 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.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Montez

If your name is Montez 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 Montez

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

Mouse

Orange

Nut

Tiger

Elephant

Zebra

This is how the name Montez 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 Montez in Braille?

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

Montez

Montez

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

Just use American Sign Language!

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

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

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N
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E
Z

Have you ever waved the name Montez

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
O
N
T
E
Z

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. Montez sounds like this: