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In American Sign Language (ASL), proper names are typically fingerspelled. So to sign "Nicole", you would sign the letters N-I-C-O-L-E.
Often with small groups of familiar people, a person will eventually be referred to using a "name sign" that is indicative of them in some way. For example, a woman named "Laura King" may have a name sign made for her that uses the sign for "king" (a fingerspelled K that is touched to the left shoulder, then the right hip) in which the left-shoulder touch is converted to an L instead, effectively spelling her initials with the "king" sign. These very informal "name signs" are usually used for convenience and out of friendship, and are often different between separate social groups.
The general rule in ASL and most other sign languages is that if you don't know the sign for something, you can fingerspell it (and that some things simply have no specific sign, just as certain concepts may not have a word in a spoken or written language).
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Could a signed 'K' rh, and 'N' lh, be used to sign 'Keenan'? .... In a still photo when you can't show movement, one photo, one shot.... the person would have to sign to their family the identity of an unfamiliar neighbor known only by name, Keenan.
Or any other meaning for K N, in ASL, as a one time, final message?(of either a dying victim or suicide)
Ty, Peace
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