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The first name 
Vaughn

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

Vaughn is a common name for boys!

The name Vaughn isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Vaughn ranks 894. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 1 were named Vaughn. In the entire USA, approximately 14,649 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Vaughn. That is 0.00 % of all living Americans.

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

What does the name 
Vaughn mean?

Originally a Welsh surname, Vaughn has been a first name for a long time. the Welsh surname is a shortened form of Vaughan which developed from the word ‘bychan’ for ‘little’.

The Welsh surname... has the equivalents Little in English and Bihan, a Breton surname.

Vaughn has 6 letters 
and begins with a V

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The V is really rare as a first letter for boys' names: only 1.3% of all common boys' names in the US begin with a V. The most common first letters of boys' names, by the way, are J, A and D, while X, U and Q are the least common initials of boys' names.

With six letters, the name Vaughn 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.

That means that if 1.3% of all boys' names start with a V, all other letters occur on average three times as often as the V. Nevertheless, individual boys' names with V are quite popular, the most common currently being Vincent.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Vaughn

If your name is Vaughn 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 Vaughn

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

Violin

Apple

Unicorn

Goat

Hat

Nut

This is how the name Vaughn 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 Vaughn in Braille?

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

Vaughn

Vaughn

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

Just use American Sign Language!

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

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

V
A
U
G
H
N

Have you ever waved the name Vaughn

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.

V
A
U
G
H
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. Vaughn sounds like this: