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The first name 
Pennington

Pennington is a first name for all genders, most often used for girls.

Pennington is a very rare first name!

At least in the US, the name Pennington is extremely rare. Recently, only a handful of babies has been named Pennington each year. That means it’s extremely unlikely that a boy or girl called Pennington will meet someone with the same name. So, Pennington is a very special name!

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

Pennington has 10 letters 
and begins with a P

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter P is pretty rare as an initial letter for first names: only 1.6% of all common first names in the US begin with a P. The most common first letters of given names, by the way, are A, J and K, while U, X and Q are the least common initials of first names.

With ten letters, the name Pennington is obviously a particularly long first name used in the U.S.: only 1.8% of all common first names have exactly ten letters. 98% of all first names are shorter, while only 0.6% of all boys’ and girls’ names need more than ten letters. 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 since 1.6% of all first names begin with a P, this initial occurs less than half as often as the other letters on average.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Pennington

If your name is Pennington 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 Pennington

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

Pig

Elephant

Nut

Nut

Igloo

Nut

Goat

Tiger

Orange

Nut

This is how the name Pennington 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 Pennington in Braille?

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

Pennington

Pennington

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

Just use American Sign Language!

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

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

P
E
N
N
I
N
G
T
O
N

Have you ever waved the name Pennington

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.

P
E
N
N
I
N
G
T
O
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. Pennington sounds like this: