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The first name 
Nadine

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

Nadine is a well-known but special name!

Nadine 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 1,337 in the SmartGenius statistics. This means there are 1,336 girls names that are more common, but also tens of thousands that are much rarer. In the entire USA, approximately 47,681 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Nadine. That is 0.01 % of all living Americans.

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

Nadine has 6 letters 
and begins with an N

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter N is neither particularly common nor particularly rare as a first letter for girls' names: 4.1% of all common girls' names in the US begin with this letter. By the way, the most common first letters of girls' names are A and S, while X and U are the least common initials of girls' names.

With six letters, the name Nadine 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.

Thus, it follows that with 4.1% of all girls' names starting with an N, this initial letter occurs about as often as all 26 letters on average. Nevertheless, there are girls' names with N that are quite common, the most common in the U.S. at present is Nancy.

Other names with 
N, a, d, i, n and e

If you take all the letters in the name Nadine – N, a, d, i, n and e – and put them together again, you can form other names, such as Dinean or others.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Nadine

If your name is Nadine 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 Nadine

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

Nut

Apple

Dinosaur

Igloo

Nut

Elephant

This is how the name Nadine 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 Nadine in Braille?

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

Nadine

Nadine

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

Just use American Sign Language!

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

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

N
A
D
I
N
E

Have you ever waved the name Nadine

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.

N
A
D
I
N
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. Nadine sounds like this: