There are 102 Short names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Short names 1 to 20. Anthony was the most popular among these names in 2008 with a rank of #7 and a usage of 0.8442%. The name is primarily used in English, and it was followed in popularity by the English and German Austin, the English and Irish Brady, the Dutch, English, German, and Hebrew Abraham, the English Chris, the English and German Curtis, the English, Hebrew, and Russian Abram, and the English and Greek name, Adonis. The unusual Short names are Bass (English), Courtney (English), Adlai (English and Hebrew), Adolf (German), Aldous (English), Art (English, Irish, and Scottish), Artemas (English), Bodo (German), Boris (German, Russian, and Slavic), Burton (English), Caradog (Welsh), and finally Chi. Short names are very popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1953, 10.863% of baby boys were given Short names. There were 38 Short names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Short names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but are nonetheless used on a very heavy scale now. In 2008, 29 Short names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 4.856%. Within all Short names, the Czech, English, German, and Yiddish Michael was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #2 and a usage of 0.9437%.
WORD/MEANING MATCH: | Bass | short ...Bass is of the meaning 'short'. ... |
Courtney  | short nose; domain of Curtius; domain of the short one ... 'court' meaning short ; 'nez' meaning nose ; ... |
Curtis  380 | courtly, courteous; ... from the words 'curt' short ; 'hose' leggings. ... |
DESCRIPTION MATCH: Abraham  187 | father of a multitude ... short form of the name is well-known from Bram ... |
Abram  548 | high father; father ... been used as an English short form of Abraham since ... |
| Adlai | Yahweh is just; my ornament ... is derived as a short form of Adaliah (Hebrew), ... |
Adolf  | noble wolf ... short forms Dolph and Dolphus are sometimes used ... |
Adonis  854 | lord, ruler ... is pronounced with a short 'o' while in the UK, it ... |
| Aldous | noble, honorable; old ... have originated as the short form of Germanic names ... |
Anthony  7 | priceless, inestimable ... Rivals (1775), and the short form from Tony Lumpkin ... |
Art  | stone, bear; follower ... generally taken as the short form of Arthur today, ... |
| Artemas | follower of Artemis; ... and Artemas is a short form of Artemisios as ... |
Austin  55 | august, dignified, holy ... developed as a medieval short form of the Roman ... |
| Bodo | tidings, messenger; ... name was originally a short form of various ... |
Boris  | fight, battle; famous ... taken to be from the short form of Borislav and ... |
Brady  94 | descendant of Brádach, ... probably derived as a short form of Brághadach ... |
Burton  | fortified town ... short form Burt is in recent times known from the ... |
| Caradog | beloved ... Round Table, 'Caradog Short Arm'. ... |
| Chi | God; careful ... is derived from the short form of longer Igbo ... |
Chris  348 | Christian, follower ... the short form of other given names, but now used ... |
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