1900+ Four Letter Boy Names

A Desi variation that moves the name away from Lucy -- though it's just as dizzy. TV star Jaime Pressly used it for her son.

As Zane and Zayn (and Zayne) get more popular, can Xane be far behind? Xane is one of the names that have risen the most on the charts since the turn of this century, though it's still under the Top 1000.

Traditional Swahili choice for the eldest child.

A nickname for Isak, the Nordic variation of Isaac.

Thảo is a unisex, though primarily feminine, name in Vietnam.

Pronounced CHY, it's a word name meaning tea in many Eastern languages. The Hebrew name is pronounced without the C as HAI.

Pius is the very definition of a religious name, used appropriately enough for several popes. Only a handful of baby boys receive this name every year.

International spelling of Noah.

Arun is the common masculinization of the name Aruna, the Hindu god who drives the sun god Surya across the sky in his chariot. Aruna is also used as a female name.

Name bestowed on Choctaw men after a hunting achievement.

Like others in this vein, problematic due to the feminine Hailey connection.

While Kaya is used predominantly as a feminine name in English speaking countries, it is also a Turkish masculine name with a rugged meaning. It has ranked in the English and Welsh Top 1000 for boys several times since the 90s and was given to 18 boys in the US in a recent year.

Here, it's strictly for girls, though Celine Dion's boy Rene-Charles reminded us of its masculine origins.

A cool and rare Welsh nickname, though it may put some people in mind of the Banana Boat Song.

The name of a prophet in the Book of Mormon, coinciding with a Latin prefix meaning "all, every".

Ancient martyr name that sounds totally modern, but perhaps too close to rumor.