The private number plates business first started with ageless registration numbers of 3 numbers and 3 letters so most numbers sold represented people’s initials. With the advent of prefix,suffix and the new style registrations combined with “text speak” where numbers can be used as letters and vice-versa, the trend has been towards registration number which spell names. Some examples of this would be ANN 3E for ANNE and DYL 2N for Dylan. These are proving hugely popular with English motorists although there will always be demand for the more traditional type personalised number plates.