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The first name 
Tacoma

Tacoma is a male first name. In some cases it's also given to girls.

Tacoma – a very rare name!

Recently, the name Tacoma has been given only a handful of times a year and is therefore particularly rare, at least in the US. In recent years, not even one boy in 100,000 has been named Tacoma. That means that a boy named Tacoma is exceptional and may not meet another person with the same name his whole life.

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

Tacoma has 6 letters 
and begins with a T

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter T is a particularly popular initial letter for boys’ names. That’s because 6.3% 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 Tacoma 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.

With 6.3% of all boys' names that begin with the letter T, this first letter is much more common than the other letters on average. And Thomas is the boys’ name starting with T, which is the most common of all.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Tacoma

If your name is Tacoma 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 Tacoma

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

Tiger

Apple

Cat

Orange

Mouse

Apple

This is how the name Tacoma 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 Tacoma in Braille?

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

Tacoma

Tacoma

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

Just use American Sign Language!

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

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

T
A
C
O
M
A

Have you ever waved the name Tacoma

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.

T
A
C
O
M
A

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. Tacoma sounds like this: