Three Letter Boy Names

A lovely name with many possible meanings depending on the characters used. A common feature of Chinese names for both sexes.

Even if you love Brian Eno, this doesn't make the most melodic name.

Most names with the Ab beginning, including the more familiar Abigail and Abner, mean father, as does this streamlined Arabic choice. American children might recognize Abu as the name of Aladdin's pet monkey in the Disney film.

A close relative of Dax that's on the rise: It was one of the fastest-growing boys' names of 2017.

Icy baby names are currently hot, with names like Icelynn and Iceland trending up for girls. Rapper Gucci Mane chose simple, streamlined Ice for his son 2020-born son, appropriately a winter baby. In 2021, it debuted on the charts for both boys and girls (9 boys, 6 girls).

In addition to being the term for a job performing music, Gig has been used as a name, as in onetime actor Gig Young--who was born Byron but took his stage name from a character he played.

Not the most aspirational word names you could give to a child, although it does work as a nickname. Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's daughter Chicago is often called Chi, pronounced "shy."

This name, also a term of affection, is popular in Turkey but has a spelling that may confuse English speakers.

A cross between Ian and a group of atomic particles.

Gender-neutral choice with the covetable X initial. Xue's snowy meaning makes it especially well suited to a winter-born child.

Along with Shem and Japheth, a son of Noah with a name that's almost never used -- for more obvious reasons than those of his brothers.

Ode could be part of the extended Otto/Otis family, or it might be a literary term, referring to an elaborate lyric poem.