By Jody Allen
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.
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All these baby names are four letters or less!
Short and Sweet Baby Boy Names:
Abe
Abel
Ace
It is an English name meaning ‘unity’.
Adam
Alec
Andy
Ardo
Ares
Axel
Bard
Boyd
Bran
Blue
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’.
Cade
Clay
Colt
Cory
Crew
Coen
Coby
Curt
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
Dale
Dana
Dane
Duke
Dirk
Dion
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
Eddy
Emit
Ezra
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
Ford
Frey
Gad
In Hebrew, it means “fortune, luck”.
Gus
It is from the Latin name Augustus or Augustine, meaning ‘majestic’.
Guy
Gray
Gale
Gage
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
Hoyt
Huck
Huey
Hugo
Hyde
Hans
Ivor
Iwan
Iggy
Igor
Jace
Jax
It is an English name meaning ‘God has been gracious; has shown favor’.
Jay
Jace
Jett
Joel
Jake
Judd
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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
Kash
Khan
King
Kyle
Kit
Kobe
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
Lyre
Loki
Link
Lane
Luis
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
Matt
Mako
Moss
Mitt
Mael
Noah
In Hebrew, it means “rest, comfort”.
Nash
Niko
Noel
Nyle
Nero
Nate
Odin
Omar
Olin
Otis
Otto
Owen
Pax
It is derived from the Latin pax meaning ‘peace, the binding thing’.
Penn
It is an English name meaning ‘from the enclosure.’
Pete
Phil
Penn
Paul
Paco
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’.
Rene
Reno
Roby
Rock
Rome
Rook
Rory
Rudy
Russ
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
Stan
Skip
Shea
Shaw
Scot
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’.
Troy
Tuck
Tate
Thad
Toby
Todd
Tory
Van
It is a Dutch name and is equivalent of ‘de’ in French names.
Wade
Walt
Wolf
Wynn
Webb
West
Wyn
It is a Welsh name meaning ‘handsome’.
Yuri
Yves
Yule
York
Yael
Zac
It is of Hebrew origin meaning ‘remembered by God’.
Zane
It is a Hebrew name meaning ‘Gift from God’.
Zuma
Zion
Zack
Zed
