Python Mistake - Number of letters in name

Question

Write a program that checks how long a name is. The program should take a name as input from the user.

If the name has 3 or fewer letters, your program should work like

Answer 1

a = input('Enter your name: ')

if len(a) <= int(3):
  print ('Hi', a+ ',', 'you have a short name.')

elif len(a) <= int(8):
 print ('Hi', a+ ', nice to meet you.') 

elif len(a) > int(8):
  print ('Hi', a+ ', you have a long name.')