If you’re the type of parent who thinks less is more when it comes to your bub’s name, then you’ve come to the right place.
For the minimalist parent, gone are the days when your child has to practise their super long names a hundred times just to get it right. Also gone are the days when they have to put down their pen in the middle of writing their names to relax their hands, and enough with running out of space in filling up forms with their lengthy names.
So, choosing short names is in for the minimalist in you. But short doesn’t mean plain. You can make your bub’s names short and sweet or better yet, short and sophisticated. If you don’t want the risk of misspelling a lengthy name for your bub, then we’ve got you covered. Pick one or two of these short and sophisticated baby names that your kids will thank you for later.
All these baby names are four letters or less!
Boy’s Names:
Abe
Abel
Ace
It is an English name meaning ‘unity’.
Adam
Axel
Bay
It is a French name meaning ‘auburn-haired.’
Beau
It is a French name meaning ‘handsome’.
Beck
Cale
It is a Hebrew name meaning ‘dog; brave’.
Cash
It is the short form of the name Cassius meaning “vain”.
Cole
Cy
It is an English name meaning ‘master, lord,” It could also be a nickname for Cyrus.
Dash
Dax
It is a French name and is a town in southwestern France dating back before the Roman occupation.
Dean
Dee
It is a nickname for a swarthy person. From the Welsh, du, meaning ‘dark’, ‘black’. It also originated from a Celtic word meaning ‘sacred’, ‘goddess’.
Dex
Drew
It is a Scottish name meaning ‘manly.’
Earl
Eli
It is a Hebrew name meaning ‘high, ascended, or ‘my God’.
Elon
It is a Jewish name meaning “tree” or “oak tree”.
Eryk
Fin
It is an Irish name meaning ‘fair’.
Fox
Gad
In Hebrew, it means “fortune, luck”.
Gus
It is from the Latin name Augustus or Augustine, meaning ‘majestic’.
Guy
Hale
It could have originated from the Old English name halh, which means “a nook, hollow or recess” or from the Old Saxon name haelaeh, which means “hero”.
Hank
Jace
Jax
It is an English name meaning ‘God has been gracious; has shown favor’.
Jay
Jude
It is the shortened version of the Hebrew name Judah/Judas meaning “praise”.
Kai
In Basque, it is a common word meaning “pier of a harbour”. It could also be a variant of Kaio (from the old Latin name Caius, meaning “happy”). In Burmese, it means “strong” or “unbreakable” and in Hawaiian, it means “ocean” or “ocean water”.
Kent
Knox
Kurt
Lars
Derived from the Roman name Laurentius, meaning “from Laurentum” or “crowned with laurel”.
Leo
It is the Latin name for “lion”. In German, it is a short form of the names Leon or Leopold, meaning “brave people.”
Levi
In Hebrew, it could mean “joined, attached”.
Luca
Mo
Mack
Mark
Max
It is a shortened version of Maximilian meaning “greatest” or Maxwell meaning “great spring”.
Mika
Mills
In Ireland, it may be a translation of a Gaelic topographic byname, an Mhuilinn ‘of the mill’.
Milo
Noah
In Hebrew, it means “rest, comfort”.
Pax
It is derived from the Latin pax meaning ‘peace, the binding thing’.
Penn
It is an English name meaning ‘from the enclosure.’
Reid
Remy
It is a French name which is developed from a Latin name, Remigius meaning “oarsman”, which is derived from the Latin “remigis” meaning “oar”.
Rhett
It is a Welsh name meaning ‘form of Rhys: ardent; fiery’.
Rio
In Spanish or Portuguese, it means “river”.
Ryan
Sam
It is of Hebrew origin meaning either “name of God” or “God has heard”.
Saul
Sean
Seth
It is a Hebrew name meaning ‘anointed; compensation’.
Ted
Tom
Trey
It comes from the Old French word treis, meaning three.
Tye
It is an English name meaning ‘from the enclosure’.
Van
It is a Dutch name and is equivalent of ‘de’ in French names.
Wade
Wyn
It is a Welsh name meaning ‘handsome’.
Zac
It is of Hebrew origin meaning ‘remembered by God’.
Zane
It is a Hebrew name meaning ‘Gift from God’.
Zed
Short and Sweet Girl’s Names:
Alix
Alma
Amy
Anya
It is a Russian diminutive of Anna, and is derived from Hannah which means “gracious” or “bringing goodness”.
Arya
Ava
It may be from the Latin word “avis,” meaning “bird.”
Bree
Bren
It is a German name meaning ‘flame’.
Cady
Cia
It is a diminutive of Cynthia and means “of the moon”. .
Cleo
It is a Greek name meaning ‘pride’, ‘fame’ or ‘glory’.
Coco
Cora
It is a variant of the Greek KORË or CORINNA meaning “maiden.”
Dana
In Hebrew, it means “arbiter” or “God is my judge”.
Dot
Dove
Eden
Edie
It is an English name meaning ‘happy warfare’.
Elke
It could be a Low German and East Frisian diminutive of Adelheid, meaning “of noble birth”.
Elle
Elsa
Emma
Erin
Esme
Etta
It is a German name meaning ‘Little one’.
Evie
Faye
It is derived from the Middle English word faie meaning “fairy”, or it could have come from the Old French word meaning loyalty or belief.
Gia
It is a short form of Gianna, which in turn is a diminutive of Giovanna meaning “God’s gracious gift.”
Gigi
Gwen
Hope
Iris
Isla
It is derived from “Islay”, which is the name of an island off the west coast of Scotland. It is also the name of two Scottish rivers.
Ivy
It is an English name meaning ‘faithfulness’.
Jada
It comes from the Hebrew word “yadha” meaning ‘he knows, the knowing one.’
Jill
Juno
It could possibly be related to an Indo-European root meaning “youth”, or possibly of Etruscan origin.
Kate
Kira
Lacy
Lana
It can be short for Alana (in English) or Svetlana (in Russian), as well as a derivative of the Greek name Helen. It could also come from the Gaelic word ailin, meaning “little rock”.
Lara
In Greek, it means cheerful, happy.
Lark
It is taken from the name of the songbird, which is derived from the Middle English larke, laverke (lark).
Lily
Lois
Lyla
Lu
It is of Old German and Latin origin meaning”famous warrior; light; famous warrior; other, foreign”.
Luna
It is an Italian and Spanish name of Latin origin meaning ‘moon’.
Lux
It is derived from the Spanish word luz meaning light.
Mae
It is a French name meaning ‘the month of May’.
Maya
Mila
Mia
Myra
It is related to the Latin, Sanskrit and Slavic words for “wonder”, “peace” and “wonderful”.
Nala
In African, it means ‘successful’ and ‘beloved’. In Sanskrit, it means stem, hollow reed.
Nell
It is an English pet form of “Helen”, (meaning: light) and by extension, derivatives “Ellen”, “Elinor”, etc.
Nora
Nova
Opal
It is derived from the Sanskrit ‘upala’, meaning “jewel”.
Pia
It is a Latin name meaning “pious, devout, prayerful”.
Rain
It means abundant blessings from above.
Rose
Rhea
It is a Greek name meaning ‘the mother of the Greek god, Zeus. Wife of Cronus’.
Roxy
It is a Persian name meaning ‘dawn; bright’.
Rue
It is an English name meaning “regret.”
Shea
It is an Anglicised form of Gaelic Ó Séaghdha or ‘descendant of Séaghdha’, and a byname meaning ‘fine’ or ‘fortunate’.
Tara
Tess
An abbreviation of Teresa, it is an English name meaning ‘harvester’.
Thea
It is a Greek name meaning ‘goddess; godly’.
Tori
It is an English name and derived from Victoria, meaning triumphant.
Uma
In Sanskrit, the word umā can mean “tranquillity”, “splendour”, “fame” and “night”. In Hebrew and Aramaic, it means “nation”.
Vera
In Russian, it means “faith” although it is sometimes associated with the Latin word verus, meaning “true”.
Vi
It is an English name meaning ‘Violet’.
Wila
It is a Hawaiian name meaning ‘loyal; faithful’.
Xara
A respelling of the name Sara or Sarah, it means princess.
Zoe
In Greek, it means “life”.
Zoya
Zuri
It is the Swahili name for “beautiful”. It could also mean good, nice, pretty, lovely, cute and attractive.
Aren’t these names super cute?
