1900+ Four Letter Boy Names

Short and friendly in sound but with a strong meaning, Hadi is a name of Arabic origin, that appears in one of the names of Allah, al-Hadi.

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.

Bala is both a masculine and feminine name in India. Bala is a famous Tamil film director.

Ovid is the English form of the Roman family name Ovidius, which possibly comes from the word for sheep. It is the usual English name for the first-century poet Publius Ovidius Naso.

A possible alternative to the more popular (and attractive) Omar.

A softer, less vowelly variation of Peter, that appears in the Welsh Bible but not currently in the charts there. The Welsh name for daffodils, the national flower of Wales, is cennin pedr, "Peter's leeks".

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. A tragic character in the musical, but a jaunty sounding name with the vibes of Ridge, Riggs, Raffy, and Lyric too.