1900+ Four Letter Boy Names

Ryle, rhymes with Kyle, was used by author Colleen Hoover for the neurosurgeon hero of her bestselling novel, It Ends With Us. Twenty-nine baby boys were named Ryle in the US in 2023, with many more named all variations of Riley, along with many spellings of Rylen, Ryler, and Rye.

A grassy place with trees is a nice image to attach to a name.

Extreme cool possibilities in either of these modern categories, like a postmodern Linc.

Devi is the name of a Hindu goddess. Deva or Dev are male forms.

The name of the second-biggest (and third-most populous) island in Hawaii was one of the fastest-rising boys' names of 2017. A major factor was surely Dwayne Johnson's character in Moana, the Polynesian demigod named Maui, a mythological trickster who slowed the sun to create the days. (It fell back to normal levels in the following years.)

Masculine short form of the Berber name Tiziri, meaning "moonlight" in Tamazight.

Could cause pronunciation problems.

Strictly for the girls.

A common Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean unisex name, and the name of a culturally rich Chinese Dynastic period. Yao Ming is the seven and a half foot Shanghai-born basketball star. Trivia tidbit: His parents were the tallest couple in China at the time of his birth.

Strongly associated with Cuban revolutionary Guevara.

Whether it's an Asian surname-name or short for Channing, has a sound and feel that's both simple and stand-out.

If you can name a boy Max instead of Maxwell, or Jax instead of Jackson, then why not Brax instead of Braxton? Over 3300 boys were named the trendy Braxton in the US in one recent year, but snappy short form Brax is a newcomer used for only a handful of babies. Brax may feel more popular than that, though, as many Braxtons are called Brax.

Preferable to its parent name, Arnoud, in the Netherlands.