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The first name 
Waverly

Waverly is a unisex first name, but it has been primarily given to girls for a number of years.

Waverly – well-known but still special!

Few children have been named Waverly in recent years. Although it is used several times each year, only approximately 7 out of 100,000 children are currently called Waverly. Whether you’re a boy or a girl, you will most likely be the only person with the special name Waverly at your school. In our SmartGenius ranking, Waverly is number *** on the list of most common first names.

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

Waverly has 7 letters 
and begins with a W

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The W is really rare as a first letter for given names: only 1.1% of all common first names in the US begin with a W. 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 seven letters, the name Waverly has a typical length for first names in the US. In fact, 26% of all common first names consist of exactly seven letters. 52% of all first names are shorter, while 22% have eight 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 1.1% of all first names start with a W, all other letters occur on average more than three times as often as the W.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Waverly

If your name is Waverly 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 Waverly

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

Windmill

Apple

Violin

Elephant

Rocket

Lion

Yoyo

This is how the name Waverly 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 Waverly in Braille?

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

Waverly

Waverly

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

Just use American Sign Language!

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

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

W
A
V
E
R
L
Y

Have you ever waved the name Waverly

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.

W
A
V
E
R
L
Y

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. Waverly sounds like this: