tier list of international radiotelephony spelling alphabet letters by how well they work as personal names
Echo - shades of Greek mythology, interesting and distinct while also being an actual name that some people have
November - @postoctobrist is the reason why I am making this list
Sierra - from the Spanish for "mountain range", falls under the same distinct-but-reasonable category as Echo
A - perfectly reasonable names
*these names are cool but be warned that if you choose one you will get the same three Shakespeare jokes for the rest of time
Delta - I have never heard of anyone with this name but I think it could work?
Mike - deeply boring name, try and be more imaginative. (the only reason Charlie isn't down here is that I know a couple of Charlies and they're lovely)
Zulu - probably don't name yourself this if you're white
C - I am really curious how you're gonna make these work
Bravo - I feel like this has the cadence and feel of a name, but it's definitely out there
Lima - people named after cities are not that common, but I guess if Paris can be a name then so can this
Papa - not sure this works as a legal name but it's definitely plausible as a nickname within a very specific in-group
D - maybe salvageable somehow?
Foxtrot - pretty odd, but you could shorten it to Fox and it's kinda reasonable
Tango - another dance, but even harder to make work than Foxtrot
Whisky - occupies a similar nickname space as Papa, with the extra downside that it makes you sound like an alcoholic
X-Ray - "Ray" on its own is fine but randomly shoving Xs at the start of things is something that basically only Elon Musk does
Yankee - it's not completely insane as a name but it has enough unpleasant connotations that I wouldn't recommend it
F - do not under any circumstances use these
Alpha - if someone introduces themself to me as "Alpha" I will immediately cover my drink
Golf - all issues with the sport aside, I just think this is a really ugly sequence of phonemes
Hotel - you are not a Monopoly token
Kilo - usually units of measurement are named after people, not the other way round
Uniform - too on-the-nose even for a badly written dystopia novel
