What are the Symbol Names in English?

Have you ever stopped to think about the names of the symbols we use every day in English? The ampersand, the at symbol, the dollar sign etc. Here is a full list of symbol names in English:

  • Ampersand: &
  • At symbol: @
  • Dollar sign: $
  • Percent sign: %
  • Plus sign: +
  • Minus sign: –
  • Asterisk: *
  • Forward slash: /
  • Backward slash: \
  • Caret: ^
  • Tilde: ~
  • Pipe: |
  • Exclamation mark: !
  • Question mark: ?
  • Period: .
  • Comma: ,
  • Colon: :
  • Semicolon: ;
  • Quotation marks: ” “
  • Parentheses: ( )
  • Brackets: [ ]
  • Braces: { }
  • Greater than sign: >
  • Less than sign: <
  • Equal sign: =
  • Hyphen: –
  • Underscore: _
  • Dagger: †
  • Double dagger: ‡
  • Section sign: §
  • Paragraph sign: ¶
  • Pilcrow sign: ¶
  • Copyright symbol: ©
  • Registered trademark symbol: ®
  • Trademark symbol: ™
  • Ellipsis: …
  • Em dash: —
  • En dash: –
  • Prime: ′
  • Double prime: ″
  • Single quote: ‘
  • Double quote: “
  • Degree symbol: °
  • Plus-minus sign: ±
  • Inverted exclamation mark: ¡
  • Inverted question mark: ¿

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