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The first name 
Zeplyn

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

Zeplyn – one in 100,000!

There’s a good chance that a girl named Zeplyn in a medium-sized town will be unique. That’s because only a few babies a year are named Zeplyn in all of the US. Only about one in 100,000 girls is named Zeplyn by her parents. In the ranking of most common girls names in recent years, Zeplyn ranks at #9,905. That means there are 9,904 more common girls names, but there are also a few thousand that are even rarer.

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

Zeplyn has 6 letters 
and begins with a Z

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter Z is quite rare as a first letter for given names: only 2.1% of all common first names in the US begin with Z. 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 six letters, the name Zeplyn 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.

Therefore: As 2.1% of all first names begin with a Z, this initial letter is significantly less common than the other letters on average.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Zeplyn

If your name is Zeplyn 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 Zeplyn

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

Zebra

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Pig

Lion

Yoyo

Nut

This is how the name Zeplyn 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 Zeplyn in Braille?

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

Zeplyn

Zeplyn

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

Just use American Sign Language!

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

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

Z
E
P
L
Y
N

Have you ever waved the name Zeplyn

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.

Z
E
P
L
Y
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. Zeplyn sounds like this: