Short Names for Boys

There are 78 Short names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Short names 1 to 20. Anthony was the most popular among these names in 2007 with a rank of #7 and a usage of 0.8859%. The name is primarily used in English, and it was followed in popularity by the German and English Austin, the English and Irish Brady, the Scottish and English Colin, the Dutch, English, German, and Hebrew Abraham, the English and German Curtis, the English Chris, the Russian and English Abram, the English Clinton, the English and Greek Adonis, and the English and German name, Conrad. The unusual Short names are Courtney (German), Adolf (German), Aldous (English), Art (English, Irish, and Scottish), Bodo (German), Burton (English), Caradog (Welsh), Claus (Dutch, German, and Scandinavian), and Conn (English and Irish).

Short names are very popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1952, 14.824% of baby boys were given Short names. There were 30 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 2007, 28 Short names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 5.566%. Within all Short names, the Czech, English, and German Michael was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #2 and a usage of 0.9915%.

WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Courtney ... short nose; domain of Curtius; domain of the short one ... meaning is short nose; domain of Curtius; ...

Curtis 336 ... courtly, courteous; ... from the words 'curt' short ; 'hose' leggings. ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Abraham 192 ... father of a multitude ... short form of the name is well-known from Bram ...

Abram 563 ... high father; father ... been used as an English short form of Abraham since ...

Adolf ... noble wolf ... short forms Dolph and Dolphus are sometimes used ...

Adonis 763 ... 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 ... Rivals (1775), and the short form from Tony Lumpkin ...

Art ... stone, bear ... generally taken as the short form of Arthur today, ...

Austin 48 ... august, dignified, holy; to increase ... developed as a medieval short form of the Roman ...

Bodo ... tidings, messenger; ... name was originally a short form of various ...

Brady 93 ... 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'. ...

Chris 350 ... Christian, follower ... origin: From the short form of other given ...

Claus ... victory of the people ... name evolved as the short form of Niclaus or ...

Clinton 755 ... settlement by the River ... (1946-), while the short form has been made ...

Colin 119 ... whelp, puppy ... and Colle were used as short forms of Nicholas in ...

Conn ... leader, chief, high; ... has also been used as a short form of other names ...

Conrad 815 ... bold counsel ... also appeared in Saki's short story Sredni Vashtar ...