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The first name 
Sutter

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

When two boys called Sutter meet...

… it’s a special occasion. That’s because the name Sutter 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 Sutter. In the SmartGenius ranking, Sutter is #3,108 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 Sutter.

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

Sutter -
at home only in a few regions of the USA

The first name Sutter is a true rarity among all men and boys currently living in the United States – only 85 Americans in total bear this name. And these 85 men are located in only three states: California, Missouri and Texas (it should be noted that the official statistics provide the data per state only if there are at least 5 men with this name in the state. So, if your name is Sutter and you live outside the states marked on the map, please let us know so we can improve our statistics). The state with the most boys and men named Sutter in relation to it’s male population is California. And yet even there, only one in 223,722 men would raise his hand if asked whether there was a Sutter present.

Sutter has 6 letters 
and begins with an S

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter S is a quite popular first letter for boys’ names. Because: 5.9% 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, A and D.

With six letters, the name Sutter 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.

This means that with 5.9% of all boys' names that begin with an S, this first letter is much more common than all 26 letters on average - and the most popular one of all the boys’ names starting with S is Steven.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Sutter

If your name is Sutter 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 Sutter

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

Sun

Unicorn

Tiger

Tiger

Elephant

Rocket

This is how the name Sutter 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 Sutter in Braille?

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

Sutter

Sutter

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

Just use American Sign Language!

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

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

S
U
T
T
E
R

Have you ever waved the name Sutter

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.

S
U
T
T
E
R

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. Sutter sounds like this: