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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Briggs Briggs is a boy's name of English origin meaning someone who lived by a bridge.Boy English #356 in US
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Demi Demi is a girl's name usually explained as French for "half", from the Latin dimidius.Girl French #380 in US
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Elio Elio is a boy's name of Italian origin meaning "sun," from the Greek helios.Boy Italian #388 in US
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King King is a boy's name taken from the English title, from the Old English cyning.Boy English #405 in US
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Hank Hank is a boy's name of Germanic origin, a short form of Henry meaning "home ruler".Boy Germanic #413 in US
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Willa Willa is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "resolute" or "will".Girl Germanic #422 in US
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Bo Bo is a boy's name of Scandinavian origin meaning "to live" or "to dwell".Boy Scandinavian #450 in US
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Johnny Johnny is a boy's name, the pet form of John, meaning God is gracious.Boy English #458 in US
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Odin Odin is a boy's name of Old Norse origin meaning roughly "the frenzied one".Boy Norse #502 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.