Short Baby Names

Baby names with 4 letters or fewer — short, strong, and beautifully memorable. Short names are easy to say, easy to spell, and often the most timeless. From Ava and Isla for girls to Jack and Finn for boys — short names have a clean, confident elegance that never goes out of style.

Showing 145–192 of 4,956 names

the only one

Finnish, Japanese, Sanskrit

air, atmosphere; also 'respect' or 'song'

wind, air

Love, jasmine, pear, or airy, ethereal, sprite, light, melody

149.Aisa

♀ Female

Arabic, Slavic, Japanese, Irish

living, alive; goddess of fertility; bitter, sorrowful; pear

living, prosperous

Slavic, Persian, Hebrew

life; beautiful; bird

life, bird

gift of God

life, or ivy plant

life, or a combination of Ava and Ivy

living, alive

beautiful; love; design; purple

158.Aïya

♀ Female

Arabic, Japanese, Russian, Hebrew

life, bird, or beautiful

159.Aiza

♀ Female

Germanic, Arabic, Hebrew

noble, exalted, living, prosperous, or life

living, alive

A combination of two initials, often without a specific inherent meaning.

162.Aja

♀ Female

Sanskrit, Yoruba, Hebrew, Russian

goat; born on Monday; leader; eternal

163.Ajai

♂ Male

Sanskrit

unconquered, invincible

164.Ajan

♂ Male

Sanskrit

unconquered, invincible

Born on Monday

unconquered, invincible

167.Ajaz

♂ Male

Arabic

miracle, wonder, surprise

168.Ajda

♀ Female

Turkish, Slavic

moonlight, or buckwheat

169.Aje

⚥ Unisex

Yoruba

wealth, prosperity, abundance

eagle

Wondrous, marvelous, amazing

egg, dawn

Moonlight, halo

returning, repentant

unconquered, invincible

176.Ajra

♀ Female

Arabic

reward, recompense, wages

177.Ajsa

♀ Female

Arabic

living, prosperous, or life

gift of God

patient, enduring

date palm tree, specifically a type of date from Medina

181.Akas

⚥ Unisex

Sanskrit

All-pervading, as great as the sky

182.Akay

♂ Male

Turkic

white moon, bright moon

183.Akeo

♂ Male

Japanese

bright boy, clear boy, dawn boy

184.Aki

♂ Male

Finnish, Japanese

autumn, or a variant of Joachim meaning 'established by God'

ancestor

Intelligent, discerning, wise

187.Akio

♂ Male

Japanese

bright boy, clear man, bright man

188.Akis

♂ Male

Greek

edge, point, or healing

189.Akın

♂ Male

Turkic

raid, assault, attack; brave, valiant

190.Ako

♀ Female

Japanese

Child of light; my child; peace; jewel

to listen, to hear

white falcon

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