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.

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greatest, supreme

light, shadow, or protection

star

God is my oath

honor, power, might, glory

God is my oath

God is my oath (from Elizabeth/Isabel) or God is salvation (from Isaac/Isaiah)

2072.J.J.

⚥ Unisex

English

Often a diminutive or nickname formed from two given names starting with 'J'.

harvest, gather

victory, triumphant, or a type of flower

2075.Jaap

♂ Male

Dutch diminutive of Jacob

supplanter

2076.Jabr

♂ Male

Arabic

compeller, restorer, giant

supplanter

English (diminutive of Jason or short form of J.C.)

healer, the Lord is salvation

moon

Dutch diminutive of Jacob

supplanter

Moon

good, beautiful

Hand, side, or bounty

precious green stone

stone of the flank

stone of the flank

wild goat, ibex

supplanter

dignity, honor, glory

2090.Jahi

♂ Male

Swahili, Egyptian

dignity, exalted, or beautiful

God is gracious

Sanskrit, Greek, Portuguese, Latin

victorious, to rise, psychological healing, earth

2093.Jaïa

♀ Female

Greek, Sanskrit, Basque

victorious, to conquer, or earth

2094.Jaïd

♂ Male

Arabic

good, excellent, generous

he enlightens

He enlightens; he shines

victorious

God's gift

supplanter

supplanter; he who supplants

supplanter

Sanskrit, Arabic, Slavic

clear, splendid, or net, web

dew, dewdrop

noble, dignified

English, diminutive of James

supplanter

2106.Jamy

⚥ Unisex

Hebrew, French

Supplanter (male); Beautiful, supplanter (female)

God is gracious

God is gracious

God is gracious

God is gracious

American, diminutive of Janet or Jan

God is gracious

2112.Jano

♂ Male

Hebrew

God is gracious

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