Name

Name ENGLISH

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 21 births of English in the countries below, which represents an average of 0 birth of children bearing the first name English per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 0 birth.

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Prénom English
In Italiano

Nome English

Information about the first name English

The first name English has been assigned to:

71.43% to boys
28.57% to girls

The country where the first name English is the most common is:

United State of America

This first name is on trend: Male

This first name has 7 letters including 2 vowels and 5 consonants

Anagrams of the first name English

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of English : Lingesh, Lisheng, Shengli

English in Japanese ^*

Romaji	engurishu
Katakana	エングリシュ
Hiragana	えんぐりしゅ
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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English in binary language

01100101 01101110 01100111 01101100 01101001 01110011 01101000

Origin and meaning of name English

English

Etymology

Uncertain. It is speculated to relate either to people from England introducing the technique for billiards or bowling in the United States, or perhaps from a particular person with the surname English.

Alternative forms

English

Alternative forms

Inglish (dated, rare)
Englishe (archaic)
(spin / spinning): english (American)

Anagrams

Hingles, shingle

Noun

english (uncountable)
Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in billiards or bowling.
You can't hit it directly, but maybe if you give it some english.
(by extension, figuratively) An unusual or unexpected interpretation of a text or idea, a spin, a nuance.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA(key): /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/
Rhymes: -ɪŋɡlɪʃ
Homophone: English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA(key): /ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/, (non-standard) /ˈɪŋɡəlɪʃ/
(US) IPA(key): /ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/, (also) /ˈɪŋlɪʃ/
(General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɪŋɡləʃ/
Rhymes: -ɪŋɡlɪʃ
Hyphenation: Eng‧lish

Adjective (Hyponyms)

Anglish

Adjective (Synonyms)

(related to England): southron (Scots)

Noun (Coordinate terms)

(sidespin): draw, follow

Noun (Synonyms)

(spinning motion): side, spin, sidespin

Noun (Synonyms)

(English people): southrons (Scots)
(type size): (German contexts) Mittel, (French contexts) Augustin

Noun (Usage notes)

The use of the plural form Englishes occurred in early modern English but is only seldomly and exceptionally encountered in contemporary English. As with other collective demonyms, English is preceded by the definite article or some other determiner when referring to the people of England collectively.

Proper noun (Hypernyms)

(language spoken in British Isles, North America, etc.):
language

Proper noun (Meronyms)

See also Thesaurus:English language
(language spoken in British Isles, North America, etc.):
Standard English(diachronic)
Middle English, Medieval English
Early Middle English, early Middle English
Late Middle English, late Middle English
New English, Modern English
Early New English, Early Modern English
Late Modern English

Proper noun (Usage notes)

(language spoken in British Isles, North America, etc.):
As with the names of almost all languages, English, when it means "the English language", does not usually require an article. Hence: "Say it in plain English!"