1900+ Four Letter Boy Names

Isra is a gender-neutral Arabic name. The name of a chapter of the Quran, it refers to the Prophet's journey from Mecca to Jerusalem.

Egyptian mythology place-name with an intriguing sound and appealingly peaceful meaning. Update for Aaron?

As a surname, Viel is a French and English variation of Vial, ultimately from the Latin word for "life". The German variation is derived from the word vil, meaning "swamp" or "bog".

In demonology, Bael is a shapeshifting evil king who can appear as a cat, a toad, or a man.

While there is some disagreement over the origins of this name, it's clearly fashionable and a new idea, for English speakers, of a way to spin either an old classic or a familiar favorite. Still, Loic is one of those French names for boys that is rarely heard outside its native land.

Three Stooges name (he's the one who wasn't Moe or Curly).

Rarely used on its own and irrevocably tied to former House Speaker Gingrich -- who was christened Newton.

A name that looks intriguing and masculine on paper, but is, unfortunately, a homonym for a girl's name.

In the Bible, Joram and "all his chariots" pass over Zair.

Despite the light, pretty sound of Bella for a girl, the boys' name Bela has dark and mysterious undertones, thanks to Dracula actor Bela Lugosi. Béla is also the first name of composer Bartók.

Another winning and relaxed but energetic o-ending Latin name, sometimes associated with designer Paco Rabanne.

A fresh, green, rising nature name for girls that would make a cool possibility for a baby boy as well. It has ranked in the US Top 1000 for boys a handful of times since naming records began.

Pleasing crossover possibility.

Baseball player Ryne Sandberg's nickname is RYNO. Need we say more?

Rock definitely has a macho image, if a somewhat caricatured one, ala The Rock. But with the rise of word names and also of tough guy names, Rock feels more plausible than it did a generation ago.

Lively nickname form of overused biblical favorite.

Now that the Irish Ciaran and Ciara -- aka Kieran and Kiera -- are becoming more popular beyond their native shores, the short and strong Ciar might find some favor. As of now, more than 160 baby girls were named Ciara in the US last year, with half that many boys named Ciaran, but so far no baby boys named Ciar, though 17 were called Keir.

Ubbe or Ubba was a 9th-century Viking and one of the commanders of the Great Heathen Army that invaded Anglo-Saxon England in the 9th century.