Short Names
Four letters or fewer, or one syllable. Short names pair well with long surnames and badly with short ones, which is the single most reliable thing anyone can tell you about choosing on sound.
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Cole Cole is a boy's name of Old English origin meaning "coal-black" or "swarthy."Boy English #183 in US
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Xander Xander is a boy's name, a short form of Alexander meaning defender of men.Boy Greek #259 in US
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Bodhi Bodhi is a boy's name of Sanskrit origin meaning "awakening" or "enlightenment."Boy Sanskrit #265 in US
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Cash Cash is a boy's name of English origin meaning a maker of boxes or cases.Boy English #287 in US
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Gia Gia is a girl's name, the Italian short form of Gianna, meaning God is gracious.Girl Italian #287 in US
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Leia Leia is a girl's name whose modern use comes almost entirely from Star Wars.Girl Invented #297 in US
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Tessa Tessa is a girl's name that grew out of Theresa and is now used independently.Girl Greek #311 in US
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Wells Wells is a boy's name of English origin meaning someone who lived by a spring.Boy English #347 in US
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Hope Hope is a girl's name of Old English origin taken from the virtue, from hopian.Girl English #352 in US
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A style is our reading of a name. A decade is the register — the names children were actually given, in order, with the counts.