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The first name 
Precious

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

Precious is a well-known but special name!

Precious 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 1,688 in the SmartGenius statistics. This means there are 1,687 girls names that are more common, but also tens of thousands that are much rarer. In the entire USA, approximately 16,033 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Precious. That is 0.00 % of all living Americans.

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

Precious has 8 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 quite rare as an initial letter for girls' names: only 1.6% of all common girls' names in the US begin with a P, which means that this initial occurs only about half as often as the other letters on average. Nevertheless, P is by no means the rarest initial. While A, S and M are the most common first letters of girls' names, Q, X and U are the least common initials of feminine first names.

With eight letters, the name Precious 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 since 1.6% of all girls’ names begin with a P, this initial occurs less than half as often as the other letters on average. By the way, of the comparatively few girls' names that begin with a P, Patricia is currently the most common.

Other names with 
P, r, e, c, i, o, u and s

If you take all the letters in the name Precious – P, r, e, c, i, o, u and s – and put them together again, you can form another name, such as Percious.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Precious

If your name is Precious 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 Precious

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

Pig

Rocket

Elephant

Cat

Igloo

Orange

Unicorn

Sun

This is how the name Precious 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 Precious in Braille?

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

Precious

Precious

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

Just use American Sign Language!

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

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

P
R
E
C
I
O
U
S

Have you ever waved the name Precious

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
R
E
C
I
O
U
S

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. Precious sounds like this: