1900+ Four Letter Boy Names

A Cherokee word name. Usti's feminine counterpart, Usdi, means "baby."

Borne by early enslaved people in America and the Caribbean who were born on Thursday. This follows the traditional West African day naming tradition.

In Norse mythology, Auðr is a male character — son of the night and uncle of Thor. However, even before its mention in the Prose Edda, Auðr was primarily a female name. It survives today as Auður, a feminine name in Iceland. Auðr was also the basis of several more familiar names, including Otto, Ottilie, and Odette.

Modern French spelling of the Arabic name Qays or Qais.

Leul is not a traditional Ethiopian name, but rather, a 20th-century Ethiopian title from the Ge'ez language. Leul, or Leoul, was used for sons and grandsons of the Emperor from 1916 until the monarchy was abolished in 1974. It's also associated with Guenete Leul Palace — literally, "Paradise of the Princes" — the royal residence built by Emperor Haile Selassie.

Both Soho and Noho--no-no.

Riff is the name of the leader of the Jets in West Side Story, drawn from the musical word for a repeated phrase in a song. Riff is a jaunty sounding name but a tragic character.