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1900+ Four Letter Boy Names

  1. Sire
    • Origin:

      Word name
    • Meaning:

      "royalty; father, senior"
    • Description:

      Historically, Sire was a formal term for addressing male royalty, particularly a king. Sire can also mean "father" or "senior" as both a noun and a verb. Now, like Prince, Sir, Messiah, and Saint, this title is now a name on the rise.
  2. Emet
    • Origin:

      Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "truth"
    • Description:

      Looks like a pared-down Emmett, but it actually derives from a difference source.
  3. Jeno
    • Kano
      • Origin:

        African place-name or Japanese
      • Meaning:

        "the god of the waters"
      • Description:

        Pleasing crossover possibility.
    • Esca
      • Origin:

        Gaelic
      • Meaning:

        "water"
      • Description:

        The name Esca appears in Rosemary Sutcliff's 1954 historical adventure novel The Eagle of the Ninth, which is set in 2nd century Roman Britain. Esca is the name of a freed slave who accompanies his ex-master Marcus Flavius Aquila on various adventures. He was portrayed in the 2011 film adamptation The Eagle by English actor Jamie Bell.
    • Eder
      • Origin:

        Basque
      • Meaning:

        "handsome"
      • Description:

        This is one Basque name that is very transferable to the American context — and it has a great meaning, too. The feminine version is Eider or Ederne.
    • Emyr
      • Origin:

        Welsh
      • Meaning:

        "king"
      • Description:

        Emyr is a name that is well-known in Wales, but little heard outside of it. There are several well-known Emyrs, from the famed Welsh novelist and poet Emyr Humphries to footballer Emyr Huws.
    • Bela
      • Origin:

        Czech
      • Meaning:

        "white"
      • Description:

        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.
    • Paco
      • Origin:

        Spanish, diminutive of Francisco; Native American
      • Meaning:

        "eagle"
      • Description:

        Another winning and relaxed but energetic o-ending Latin name, sometimes associated with designer Paco Rabanne.
    • Josh
      • Fern
        • Origin:

          English
        • Meaning:

          "plant name"
        • Description:

          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.
      • Kick
        • Origin:

          English word name, diminutive of Katherine, Greek
        • Meaning:

          "pure"
        • Description:

          Kick is a word name that some parents might use for their baby in utero — akin to Bean or Booboo — but it's increasingly being heard as a word name especially used in the middle, a la Jeremy Sisto for son Bastien. The Kennedy family has historically called daughters Kathleen "Kick" for short, and Kick can work as a nickname for a whole range of names male and female, from Nicholas to Keturah.
      • Egon
        • Origin:

          German
        • Meaning:

          "strong with a sword"
        • Description:

          Muscular German name that never fully assimilated into American culture.
      • Wild
        • Origin:

          Word name
        • Description:

          Asking for trouble.
      • Witt
        • Origin:

          English word name
        • Meaning:

          "a talent for banter or persiflage"
        • Description:

          In the old days, this might have been a short form for Dewitt, but today it's more likely to appear as a witty word name. We approve.
      • Five
        • Origin:

          English word name
        • Description:

          Five is a number name introduced to the lexicon by famous crazy baby namers The Novogratz Family. Five is, yes, their fifth child, who happens to be a boy, but there's no reason Five -- and Seven and Eleven -- can be unisex baby names.
      • Ezri
        • Origin:

          Variation of Ezra, Hebrew
        • Meaning:

          "help"
        • Description:

          Ezra is a Biblical name that is being rediscovered, which means its variation Ezri can't be far behind. Ezri is one of the up-and-coming unisex names starting with E, with the gender divide surprisingly running five to one in favor of girls.
      • Yuli
        • Origin:

          Diminutive of Yulian, Russian and Bulgarian
        • Meaning:

          "youthful, downy-bearded, sky father"
        • Description:

          Easy and approachable nickname for Yulian, the Russian and Bulgarian variation of Julian.
      • Kris
        • Origin:

          Short form of Kristof or Kristofer
        • Meaning:

          "Christian"
        • Description:

          Many European cultures spell Christopher with a K and thus the short form Kris. There were about 35 baby boys named Kris, just Kris, in the US last year, and only a handful of baby girls -- this after the name ranking in the Top 1000 for both genders from the late 1940s through the 1970s. However you spell it, it's an appealing name that's in a slump right now because of overexposure. It's also one of the original gender neutral names, paving the way for a new way of thinking about names and gender.
      • Igor
        • Origin:

          Old Norse via Russian
        • Meaning:

          "warrior"
        • Description:

          Musical association with Igor Stravinsky, but also Dr. Frankenstein's right-hand man.