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The first name 
Woodrow

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

When two boys called Woodrow meet...

… it’s a special occasion. That’s because the name Woodrow is quite rare in the US. While it’s still a name in use, lately, only approximately 4 out of 100,000 boys have been named Woodrow. In the SmartGenius ranking, Woodrow is # 1,916 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 Woodrow.

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

Woodrow 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 letter W is quite rare as an initial letter for boys' names: only 1.5% of all common boys' names in the US begin with a W, which means that this initial occurs only about half as often as the other letters on average. Nevertheless, W is by no means the rarest initial. While J, A and D are the most common first letters of boys' names, X, U and Q are the least common initials of feminine first names.

With seven letters, the name Woodrow 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 since 1.5% of all boys’ names begin with a W, this initial occurs less than half as often as the other letters on average. By the way, of the comparatively few boys' names that begin with a W, William is currently the most common.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Woodrow

If your name is Woodrow 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 Woodrow

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

Windmill

Orange

Orange

Dinosaur

Rocket

Orange

Windmill

This is how the name Woodrow 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 Woodrow in Braille?

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

Woodrow

Woodrow

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

Just use American Sign Language!

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

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

W
O
O
D
R
O
W

Have you ever waved the name Woodrow

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
O
O
D
R
O
W

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. Woodrow sounds like this: