Two nights ago, G and I were discussing potential boy’s names for our little unborn son. I spontaneously said: “Why don’t we ask the twittersphere for some ideas?” Within seconds of posting my quest for a cool 4 letter boy’s name suggestions came pouring in. We just sat there refreshing Tweetie and couldn’t believe the amazing and most of all international name suggestions we got.
Crowdsourcing at its best!
I would like to extend this experiment to my blog readers. Have any cool suggestions for a rather unique 4 letter boy’s name for our unborn son? If so, indulge in this extreme crowdsourcing experiment with me and share in a comment below.
Again, the only condition: it has to be a 4 Letter Boys Name.
Here are some of the suggestions we’ve gotten so far:
Abel, Adam, Alan, Amir, Amry, Arno, Bret, Bryn, Cash, Chet, Cole, Dean, Dirk, Doug, Enzo, Finn , Fonz, Fred, Gary, Ginn, Hans, Izak, Jack, Jake, Jude, Keli, Luca, Luis, Luke, Mark, Mees, mort, Noah, Nuno, Olaf, Omar, Orso, Otto, Phin, Raul, Remy, Rene, Sean, Sebu, Stan, Thom,, Tony, Trey Amir, Tymm, Walt, West, Witt, Will, Zach, Zeca
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 10:55 am
Check out this list: http://www.babynames1000.com/four-letter/
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:00 am
Curious. Why four letters?
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:01 am
Bart, Ingo, Jort (Dutch) Dave, Mika, Finn, Tani ;)
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:02 am
milo, miro
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:02 am
Carl, Theo, Miro, Milo
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:04 am
hams – it’s rather spectacular than hans.
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:04 am
Jona, Kurt, Milo, Nemo, Solo
:-)
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:06 am
Some Welsh names might be – Owen, Aled, Alan, Rhys (phon: Reece), you’ve already got Bryn! Rhun (reen), Gwyn, Dion, Elis, Llion (technically Ll is one letter in Welsh, not sure if that counts though!) Ioan (eeow-an).
Can’t think of more off the top of my head, sorry :-)
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:08 am
Dion, Carl, Jean
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:09 am
Jano
Elia
Toni
Hans
Otto
Karl
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:12 am
Tady (pronounced Tay-dee). It’s my name, but you can have it if you want!
T
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:13 am
@Spencer Fry: G, Ella and I all have four letters in our names. So we want to stick to that and also, it helps us narrow down options quite a bit. Helps us to stay focused. :)
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:14 am
Paul
Mike
Dean
Finn
Liev
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:15 am
Cord, Cole, Amos, Beau, Owen, Emry, Evan, Leif, Ford, Penn, Dean, Pike
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:15 am
Kael/Cale
Khan (watch out for his wrath)
Phil
Clay
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:19 am
Some boy names, Noah, John, Alex, Adam, Abel, Brian, Dave, Dale, Jose, Ralph, Paul,Thom.
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:19 am
I just Love Emry!
Also: Eloi, Siam, Leon, Ludo, Liam
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:23 am
Karl with K….old but gold…
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:23 am
Luca, Theo
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:27 am
Oops…you already had those. How about Zane?
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:30 am
I know it sounds a bit strange in English but pronounced the German way I like my own Nickname “Momo” as in Michael Ende’s beautiful book :)
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:35 am
I have a very small, very cute cousin named Arlo.
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:35 am
Otto
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:38 am
Sven
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:38 am
ROCK
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:38 am
Kurt
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:38 am
I’d say Otis, but that’s just for girls. Maybe Scot?
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:39 am
Erik
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:39 am
There are 179 four-letter male first names listed in the 2000 US census. A few of my favorites that aren’t already listed: Aldo, Cody, Hugo, Mose. Also +1 for Milo.
There are only about 450,000 combinations of four letters. If you require at least one vowel and at least one consonant, it gets a lot smaller. Just list them all and pick your favorite! :-)
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:39 am
Thor / Troy / Zion / Cain / Jude / Draz
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:40 am
Toby
Lior
Yoni
Ezra
Omri
Jens
Nils
Aviv
Noam
Shai
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:43 am
orso?? it means ‘bear’ in italian.
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:44 am
My most favorite person in the world is a six year old boy named Lejs :-)
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:46 am
Luca
Aldo
Adam
Eloy
Igor
Ivan
Joel
Levi
Omar
Theo
!!!
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:50 am
Hunk
Bain
Thad
Juli
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:56 am
Beat
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:56 am
Eric
Sean
Yuri
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:59 am
We went with Till, as in Till Eulenspiegel. As a musician Beat was a favorite as well ;-)
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 12:01 pm
Ajax.
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 12:09 pm
Dear SwissMiss,
we went trough this some time ago, we went with:
Timo
He is happy over here in CH, maybe a Timo would be happy in NY?
:-)
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 12:09 pm
EMIL – swiss related, and with an e like ella’s name
greetings from zurich !
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 12:13 pm
Acme
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 12:14 pm
I tell everyone I know, and it just so happens to have four letters, that
Buzz
is a great name for a boy.
2nd and 3rd choices:
Arlo
Theo
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 12:16 pm
GAEL
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 12:18 pm
Reto
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 12:24 pm
Noah is my favorite boy’s name. Then, Max (but that’s not four letters). I also like Adam.
Good luck!
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 12:35 pm
I met a little kid once whose name was Rome. I always liked it – very strong and masculine. You know that kid’s going to be a leader.
I also know someone named Jory. That’s an interesting one.
Oh, and Saul. That’s my brother’s name. I love it!
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 12:42 pm
EVAN, because that’s what I named my son.
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 12:47 pm
Samm
Will
Joel
Jade
Alex
Zach
Zack
Bort (from a great Simpsons episode)
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 12:51 pm
Olen
Lars
Dell
Ryan
Cyan
Mica
Kale
Dane
Ezra
Good luck! I can’t wait to see which one you choose!
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 12:52 pm
Kind of cheezy when speaking english, but in Sweden it’s actually a really old and in my mind rather beatiful name: Love. It’s most commonly known from the writer Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, but I got it stuck in my mind when I was little from one of my older sisters friends. I decided then and there that if I had a boy he would at least have Love as a middle name. Well, we’ll see if there will be any children, and what the father in question would have to say about the name; I’m NOT bringing that question up until the bean is a fact. ;)
Have been struggling to find a girls name that is equally appealing to me. If I go for Love I want all the childrens names to have an “old” touch.
Good luck to you!
A little bit more about Almqvist: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jonas_Love_Almqvist
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 12:53 pm
some that haven’t been named yet:
jael/yael
wynn
wess
shal
iver
olin
+1 for finn and luca and jens
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 12:54 pm
Olle
Pias
Vlad
Nils
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 12:54 pm
oh and +1 for nils!
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 12:55 pm
Imre (pronounced eeem-ray). It’s Hungarian.
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 12:55 pm
Thank you all so much! I already discovered 3 that I have never heard before and really like. YAY!
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 12:56 pm
Cary. Has anyone said Cary yet?
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 12:57 pm
Sean, John, Carl, (or Karl), Sven, Paul (tried to match them with “Roth Eisenberg”)
Good luck! :-)
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 12:58 pm
Kira, Fima (Efim),Itay, Yosi, Erez, Gadi, Yoav, Nils, Egor
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 12:59 pm
gino
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 1:00 pm
Rory, Euan, Jack, Jake?
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 1:04 pm
My name! Alex!
maybe Cats or Lamp.
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 1:05 pm
I plan to name my son – in case I should ever get to have one – Finn Mika. ;-)
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 1:12 pm
Kent
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 1:13 pm
Olie!!
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 1:15 pm
I absolutely love the names Noah and Milo.
But also, Kuno. (Koo-noh) I believe it’s Germanic/Austrian. It means “brave.”
Congrats on the baby boy!
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 1:17 pm
of course, I like Karl…here are some others:
Axel
Jarl (<–I actually just met someone with this name for the first time yesterday)
Clay
Clem
Axis
Mack
Mach
Tibo
Whyn
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 1:22 pm
Seba
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 1:29 pm
Some Norwegian ones:
Olav , Kåre, Ravn (Norwegian word for raven), Pelle, Peer (famous Ibsen character), Knut, Ivar, Lars, Jens, Idar, Odin (Norwegian god of wisdom), Loki (Norwegian trickster God), Thor (Norwegian god of thunder),
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 1:31 pm
Seems like all the possible 4 letter names have already been mentioned above, but have you seen this? A neat way to know just how unique your son’s name is:
http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager#prefix=&ms=false&sw=m&exact=false
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 1:47 pm
…and why not some spaniard ones! (“Ella” means “she” in spanish…):
; )
Juan (John)
Paco
Pepe (Joseph)
Luis (Louis)
Adan
Congratulations for your baby!
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 1:52 pm
Some Portuguese ones: João (it’s really funny to pronounce, you almost have to roar :) ), Luis, Nuno, José, Joel, Raul, Abel, Hugo.
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 1:55 pm
East
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 1:55 pm
imri (pronounced im-rye)
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 1:58 pm
Aimo
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 2:03 pm
Our blue-eyed baby boy’s name is Mats.
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 2:07 pm
Luka (with K). My four kids all have 4-letter names.
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 2:09 pm
Totally pro EMIL.
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 2:10 pm
Soda
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 2:11 pm
Sevn.
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 2:12 pm
Kain, Wilt, Enos, Enzo
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 2:12 pm
Arrow!
Or
Alro.
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 2:12 pm
Nate
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 2:13 pm
Έρως (Eros). Greek name! Think about it! :)
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 2:14 pm
Lars
or my favourite, my lovely boyfriend’s name – Alex
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 2:15 pm
Woops I meant Arlo.
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 2:15 pm
Kyle
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 2:17 pm
Leon, Leno, Rene
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 2:17 pm
Reto
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 2:18 pm
pete =)
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 2:21 pm
Hugh
(It means mind, soul and intellect)
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 2:21 pm
Tink
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 2:23 pm
Lyle, Kyle
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 2:29 pm
Ralf, Rolf, Timm, Rick, Olli, Piet, Marc, Nick, Egon
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 2:32 pm
Seth.
It will sound good when he’s young and ‘different’ when he gets older!
Cheers!
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 2:34 pm
Dali
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 2:39 pm
Brin, Brek
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 2:43 pm
This is easy… the best 4 letter name out there is “Gage”. But I might be a little bit biased. When I’m famous, you can say you named your son after the design legend Gage Mitchell.
Good luck making a decision!
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 2:43 pm
Name him “Four.”
Enumerated names are all the rage. It’s like version control, but for children.
Alternatively consider:
* Chad
* Clay
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 2:46 pm
This feels a lot like the last scene from “She’s Having a Baby”. How about Little Suck?
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 2:53 pm
Mads
York
Brek ! yes! I have a good pal named Brek, great name.
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 3:00 pm
Some Nordic inspired favorites a.o.:
Finland: Sami, Juha, Arto
General Nordic: Birk, Olaf, Olof, Dirk, Eike, Hans, Jens, Leif, Lïfe, Laus, Mads, Mats, Nils, Peer, Rune, Sune, Sven, Stig, Ture, Toke, Tore, Uffe
Others: Cail, Mila, Nima, Noel
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 3:01 pm
How about a name that starts with E? (it’s go great with his sister’s name, not to mention ‘Eisenberg’!)
Offhand, here’s a Hebrew name: Ezra
Some other E names that I saw and liked from others here:
Evan
Erez
Erik
A couple more…
Eden
Edel
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 3:03 pm
my husband spells his name “Arik” (pronounced like Eric), supposedly a semi-Norwegian spelling
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 3:04 pm
Axel
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 3:04 pm
Rafa.
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 3:07 pm
Take mine: Arne ;)
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 3:09 pm
Onni, Finnish name, means luck or happiness.
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 3:11 pm
My mother named me Eric because she hated how Americans shortened everything to nicknames and wanted a name that had no nickname. Being as we are Swiss as well I thought it appropriate to suggest.
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 3:20 pm
Nico
Gino
Leon
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 3:21 pm
Duke
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 3:22 pm
Hi, both my father and my brothers have 4 letters name… José, Nuno and Luís. I like Noah and Finn… John would be nice if you seek some traditional name.
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 3:30 pm
rens
gabe
bert
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 3:31 pm
Jani ( aus Finnland)
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 3:38 pm
Noor or Nour
(means light (sunlight) in arabic)
Seif (sword)
Fahd (puma)
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 3:41 pm
A friend of mine has a son named Milo Jett. I have always liked both those names for a boy.
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 3:44 pm
Nate
Theo
Names of great good greatness, those two are.
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 3:48 pm
Karl
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 3:48 pm
Hugo!
My brother’s name!
It stands for reason, spirit and thought, and it has germanic origin.
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 3:49 pm
Arne, Mats and Nand are the names of my three belgian sons!
Good look with the name hunt!
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 3:49 pm
Some Swedish names for you:
Erik, Adam, Karl, Sven, Emil, Elis, Hugo, Tage, Nils, Kent, Bert, Loke, Odin, Axel, Olle, Tore, Hans, Otto and Leif.
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 3:55 pm
Yves
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 3:56 pm
My son’s name is Gage. It’s French for pledge. He does get called “Gabe” a lot by mistake though!
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 3:57 pm
béla roth eisenberg sounds good to me.
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 3:58 pm
Our son is called Kipp (a great name with four letters)
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 4:03 pm
Neil, Gabi, Reno
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 4:06 pm
Gris… I love letter G!
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 4:10 pm
Leon. My favorite.
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 4:12 pm
Olmo, Zeno
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 4:13 pm
Eero. (The crossword world has long needed an alternative clue for this one besides ‘Architect Saarninen’)
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 4:15 pm
in Jewish tradition, babies are always named for relatives who have recently passed away. The first letter of the first name of said departed relative is used to name the new baby. So if someone in your family has recently died, that will clue you in as to what letter your son’s name will begin with. (male-female distinctions are ignored, since it’s just a first letter.)
By the same token, don’t plan ahead too long, you never know when some great old aunt might kick it.
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 4:26 pm
Nino
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 4:31 pm
i love my own name, but as well i like very much: gerd.
best wishes for your little child!
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 4:45 pm
Kiah or Khai
I also love Jude and Finn
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 4:48 pm
OTTO. I know it has been suggested, but my vote is for otto.
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 4:58 pm
Iago,
Seth,
Oleg,
Sime, (pronounce Seemay, from Serbia)
Malo (from brittany)
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 4:59 pm
Liox
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 5:11 pm
Hebrew names:
Oren ; Alon (trees)
El’ad (my g-d is forever)
Arie , Kfir (lion)
Dani ; Gabi ; Rami (nicknames which stands for Dan, Gabriel and Rahamim (mercy) but also stands on their own)
Yoav ; Amos ; Assa ; Aner ; Levi (bible stuff)
Omer (group of stalk)
Tzvi (deer)
Nevo (where Moses died)
Shir (song)
Tzur (rock and also flint)
Anan (cloud)
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 5:12 pm
Amos
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 5:25 pm
Wild
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 5:27 pm
OTTO — nice, 4 letters, symetric and palindrome.
ANNA — 4 letters and palindrome, not quite symetric though
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 5:38 pm
My favourites are
Roan (row-ahn)
Hugo
Luca
Emil
Pepe
Thom
Kyle
Sean
Will
Nick
We have two girls – Ella and Madeleine (Madi). I like that their names don’t sound too similar… so Luca and Ella might be a bit too alike.
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 5:50 pm
Many good names have been offered, but I give you:
Tron
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 5:59 pm
Alva
Ciro
Elan
Hiro
Ilya
Also, if you haven’t seen it, http://www.babynamewizard.com is a great site. The blog and name voyager are particularly fun.
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 6:07 pm
Classic:
ivan
****
And experimental names are:
Grid
Type
Font
Weby
Idea
Post
kidding:))
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 6:39 pm
How about Isko. It’s such a good, strong name! :)
/Isko
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 6:43 pm
Arlo (my uncle’s name, and I was named after him!)
Mijo (my brother’s name!)
Niko
Joel
Thor
Lars
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 7:47 pm
Hadi. It’s Arabian for guiding light, or something like that.
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 8:08 pm
Rand
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 10:12 pm
Dash
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 10:16 pm
Ryan?
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 10:26 pm
Emil + Ella … Erik + Ella
Sure, they won’t be spending their adult lives together, but it’s nice to have names of a similar sensibility if you’re family. I also like the idea of the double E initials for both kids.
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 10:40 pm
pipp
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 10:41 pm
here are some common indonesian boys name if you’re interested
Argo (mountain)
Arif (wise)
Bayu (the wind)
Bima/Bimo (brave)
Budi (the wise one)
Iman (faithful)
Jati (teak/oak)
Kali (river)
other than that, my wife & I are also love the name Noel :)
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 10:52 pm
Gram
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:16 pm
Aric
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:23 pm
Reed
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:23 pm
Mark
or the french twist Marc
I love my name…
by the way… a fun way to test out some of these names… try making a signature with the name… your hand will breath life into the possibilities!
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:47 pm
Admittedly,I made most of these up…but on the right kid, they just might do the trick!
Daxe
Zain/Zane/Xane
Theo
Reve
Leif
Sare
Thor
Baze
Seff
Zave
Rell
Ezra
Haim
Pren
Zair
Fred
Nov 23rd, 2009 / 11:59 pm
leon
Nov 24th, 2009 / 12:18 am
Hi, our son is called *Luis Finn*
Nov 24th, 2009 / 1:35 am
Beck
Hiro – it’s Japanese and I’ve always loved it as a homonym for the English ‘Hero’
Others have mentioned, and I second:
Alex, Amir, Cole, Gael, Jake, Jens, Liam, Noah, Noam, Mark, Milo, Rafa, Reed, Sean, Seth, Troy
Names that are conventionally short for other names:
Drew (short for Andrew)
Jess (short for Jessie)
Josh (short for Joshua)
Pier (short for Pierangelo)
But most importantly, choose a name that makes you happy!
Nov 24th, 2009 / 1:44 am
Came over from Twitter… My faves from above and other suggestions:
Milo, Drew, Sean, Miles, Beck, Seth, Evan, Gage, Finn, Gray, Liam, Oran, Rafe, Jack, Jake, Dean, Luke, Tate, Zack, Zane.
And I will through a non-4 letter name in the hat, our son’s awesome name Declan. ;)
Good luck!
Nov 24th, 2009 / 2:10 am
oops. THROW. Need to go to bed.
Nov 24th, 2009 / 2:10 am
Alma
Amos
Arze
Ezra
Filo
Hans
Izzy
John
Joel
Jude
Levi
Luke
Matt
Nefi
Noah
Owen
Sean
Seth
Theo
Zach
Zion
Nov 24th, 2009 / 2:32 am
My son is called YVEN.
Nov 24th, 2009 / 2:33 am
Okke
Nov 24th, 2009 / 3:10 am
I like Phil a lot. Don’t know why. Hehe.
Have fun coming up with a name!
Phil
Nov 24th, 2009 / 3:36 am
Arial
Nov 24th, 2009 / 3:41 am
töna (anton in graubünden)
josé
alex
juan
gian
egon
otto
yves
luis
Nov 24th, 2009 / 3:49 am
Juri
Nov 24th, 2009 / 4:01 am
You can’t go wrong with a Noah.
Nov 24th, 2009 / 4:01 am
siro – the brightest star in the northern hemisphere…
my son’s name
unfortunately it doesn’t really work in english…. to similar to zero i guess….
Nov 24th, 2009 / 4:01 am
Not ‘El Vetica’?
IL
NY?
Rudi?
Nov 24th, 2009 / 4:11 am
Leon is my suggestion :) And yes, it is the name of one of my boys (the other’s is Linus, which I really like but it has 5 letters)
Nov 24th, 2009 / 4:33 am
Finn
Jude
Nov 24th, 2009 / 4:54 am
manu
Nov 24th, 2009 / 5:15 am
Cian
Nov 24th, 2009 / 5:43 am
Paco
Hugo
Nov 24th, 2009 / 5:50 am
just in case, here are some simple Italian names I like: Zeno, Olmo, Elio, Enzo, Lapo
Nov 24th, 2009 / 5:53 am
Leon – works in English & German, well just about anywhere.
Nov 24th, 2009 / 5:59 am
Jono
Nov 24th, 2009 / 6:05 am
Few from Iceland, maybe not the best names internationally, but since no one has posted them yet:
Adel, Atli, Bent, Boas, Geir, Haki, Holm, Isar, Jaki, Kato, Mias, Okto, Saer, Ymir.
Nov 24th, 2009 / 6:31 am
my votes go to
Amos Arlo and Milo
and I add Tito
Nov 24th, 2009 / 6:49 am
SAMI
Nov 24th, 2009 / 6:54 am
emil.
Nov 24th, 2009 / 7:13 am
AXEL
that’s a cool name isn’t it…
in fact you can’t have that
I’m keeping it for my next
Nov 24th, 2009 / 7:20 am
kush
atit
ajay
shan
saty
megh
alay
kash
Indian Names… if u r interested will send you more
Nov 24th, 2009 / 7:27 am
What about Mads or Mats?
Nov 24th, 2009 / 8:23 am
EMIL
Nov 24th, 2009 / 8:52 am
Sepp
Olli
Duff
Nov 24th, 2009 / 9:11 am
blog
Nov 24th, 2009 / 9:20 am
rafi
Nov 24th, 2009 / 9:30 am
Levi
Nov 24th, 2009 / 9:58 am
—-> nevo
there are so many great suggestions.
you should print a name-book out of this posts.
Nov 24th, 2009 / 10:06 am
I have a one year old boy named Cole. My wife really wanted to name him Otto, but Cole was our winner. Good luck!
Nov 24th, 2009 / 10:18 am
Oh ya, my friend just named their son Huck.
Nov 24th, 2009 / 10:19 am
Grae
Nov 24th, 2009 / 10:26 am
Audi!
After my favorite car brand, or Ford, like Harison.
Nov 24th, 2009 / 10:58 am
How about Tate!
Nov 24th, 2009 / 10:59 am
Or what about Alps?
Ressemblance to the Swiss origin.
Nov 24th, 2009 / 11:00 am
in the end: doodle it please
http://www.doodle.com/BSPmd4ssmt5th9dt
Nov 24th, 2009 / 11:27 am
True
Nov 24th, 2009 / 11:47 am
Fake
Nov 24th, 2009 / 11:48 am
Thor (that’s Roth inspired)
María de las Mercedes Sagrario (but you can call her Mari)
Nov 24th, 2009 / 11:49 am
Gian, Leon, Beat, Dash, Will, Saul, Finn
Nov 24th, 2009 / 12:20 pm
Gion
(as found in Graubünden …:-)
Nov 24th, 2009 / 12:39 pm
I haven’t given it much thought ,but in reading through the suggestions I have to say that Milo struck a nerve. I was immediately reminded of the lead character from my favorite book of all time, “The Phantom Tollbooth” (not to be confused with the insipid movie made with the same name). Milo was a smart boy and this is a smart book.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_Tollbooth
Nov 24th, 2009 / 12:40 pm
For this exercise I think there maybe only one option –
TILL
It is of German origin, and its meaning is “power of the tribe” which I think is rather appropriate considering the exercise you and your partner have embarked on here. Added bonus is that no far flung relative will struggle with pronunciation as it sounds good in both English and German.
Nov 24th, 2009 / 12:41 pm
jimi after jimi hendrix?!
Nov 24th, 2009 / 12:41 pm
Swet – that`s my nickname and I`m a designer :) in Bulgarian this is ‘to give light” word.
Nov 24th, 2009 / 12:42 pm
One last note on Till – if you got family from Oklahoma like I do, many relatives will think you named your son after farming equipment.
(drumroll)
Nov 24th, 2009 / 12:45 pm
I think Mark is a good name for a designer’s kid.
Nov 24th, 2009 / 12:55 pm
here’s one that I think hasn’t been named yet –
Beau (pronounced “bow” as in bow-tie) – kind of a southern name, but charming
Nov 24th, 2009 / 1:28 pm
My very favourite….. Cino, a XIII century bard from Erza Pound
and of course Egon, as in Schiele
Aldo as in Rossi, as in Van Eyck
Ivan as in the Terrible….
Omar as in Shariff
Very cross-cultural, as you can see… Best of luck with your pregnancy…
Nov 24th, 2009 / 1:52 pm
…and Emil, as in Nolde
Nov 24th, 2009 / 1:53 pm
… and Liam
Nov 24th, 2009 / 1:54 pm
Cade- simple but unique.
Nov 24th, 2009 / 2:20 pm
We named our son Anno after the children’s book illustrator and author Mitsumasa Anno.
Nov 24th, 2009 / 2:42 pm
BORA
It means a very powerful wind in Turkish and is a common boy’s name.
Nov 24th, 2009 / 3:45 pm
This must be so fun for you! I see that a couple of people watch Seinfeld (Soda, Sevn). I can’t add any–just wanted to say hi.
(but I’m partial to Mark, Finn, Liam and Sean).
Nov 24th, 2009 / 4:23 pm
Zane or Cruz
Nov 24th, 2009 / 4:52 pm
I think he should be called ‘Mojo’. That’d be cool.
My name is Kurt and I have always been happy with my name. It’s always been a bit different. The only downside is that when I used to go on holiday, they never had any souvenir mugs or erasers with my name on it :0(
Nov 24th, 2009 / 4:55 pm
Big shout going out to… Zbig. Not already listed..? strange…; o)
Take care TRE!
Nov 24th, 2009 / 5:08 pm
I have to add – Ryan – my 2nd son’s name
Nov 24th, 2009 / 5:25 pm
HeyU
Nov 24th, 2009 / 6:09 pm
Lucas and I have decided: Noah (though Lucas thinks that Ella’s choice of Otto is pretty cool)
Nov 24th, 2009 / 8:19 pm
Eoin
alternate spelling of Owen
Nov 24th, 2009 / 8:39 pm
Elmo (goes great with Ella, could call them the L’s !)
Nov 24th, 2009 / 8:53 pm
Did anyone say Axel yet? Super cool! My son is Finley and goes by Finn. I of course love that name.
Nov 25th, 2009 / 1:40 am
Lowe
Owen
Wens
Enso
Nov 25th, 2009 / 2:10 am
Andy
Nov 25th, 2009 / 3:16 am
Some Estonian boy-names: :))
Jaak
Egon
Joel
Mati
Siim
Peep (pronounced with e, like in elmo)
Gert
Tõnu
Ilmo
Paap
Karl
Hugo
Raul
Ralf
Jens
Otto
Sulo
Rain
Aare
Ardo
All pronounced somewhat differently than you would do in English.
Nov 25th, 2009 / 5:28 am
zeek
chet is also awesome, suggested by the first commenter.
Nov 25th, 2009 / 6:08 am
FOUR?
Nov 25th, 2009 / 7:14 am
Enzo
Nov 25th, 2009 / 7:21 am
I love the name Luca …
Nov 25th, 2009 / 8:13 am
my new godson’s name is Arlo.
Arlo Guthrie is a muso & NYC native
Nov 25th, 2009 / 8:14 am
Joah (pronounced JOH-(upsidedown e) to be technical, my attempt – joe-ah)
Nov 25th, 2009 / 8:15 am
Some Maori names…
Maui (famous Maori who discovered Aotearoa according to legend)
Tama (son, boy)
Tane (pronounced Ta-nay, means man, also god of the forest)
Nov 25th, 2009 / 8:15 am
mink
it comes from minke, which is a dutch womans name, but i think mink is perfect for a boy.
Nov 25th, 2009 / 9:01 am
Shay (israelien boys-name)
Nov 25th, 2009 / 9:07 am
Zane
Nov 25th, 2009 / 9:11 am
Off the top of my head…
Thom
Kirk
Jude
Hank
Ralf
Timo
Will
Echo
Lars
Marc
Chas
Erik
Fran
Otto
Yves
Seth
Nov 25th, 2009 / 9:37 am
Levi
Nov 25th, 2009 / 9:49 am
once again: Zeno (and good luck for the little swissmisster :)
Nov 25th, 2009 / 10:38 am
Matt.
I’m biased as this is my own name.
Nov 25th, 2009 / 10:40 am
I don’t think Colm has been mentioned yet.
My votes are for Finn, Milo (my cat’s name), Arlo, Amos, Otto, Jude… you’ve got a difficult decision ahead!
I say make a list of five or so you *really, really* like and then wait until you meet him to decide which fits best! My fiance was going to be a Matt (which is my brother’s name- gross!) until he was born and they just decided that Jesse “fit” him better!!! Congrats!
Nov 25th, 2009 / 12:38 pm
Novi
and then change your daughter’s name to Ivon and you’ll have IvonovI which looks pretty cool.
Nov 25th, 2009 / 1:49 pm
all these suggestions and no one has mentioned my name.
Ewan!
Nov 25th, 2009 / 2:23 pm
mio
Nov 25th, 2009 / 2:53 pm
Some polynesian names :
Teva (big rain)
Ari’i (the prince )
Hiro (king of thieves – a legend)
Mana (power of the spirit )
Reia ( the man who understand, who catch)
tane (the man, the male )
Reva (the sky)
Nov 25th, 2009 / 3:27 pm
and, my son’s first name : Noé. 3 letters only but so perfect for who live in Tahiti, a paradise surrounded by the sea
Nov 25th, 2009 / 3:34 pm
Puck for a literary choice
Nov 25th, 2009 / 4:59 pm
Tahi
(means number 1 in Maori)
Nov 25th, 2009 / 10:45 pm
Coco
Nov 26th, 2009 / 3:47 am
Lars
Nov 26th, 2009 / 5:17 am
…probably something that works in both langauges…
Onno
Juri
Beat (especially for the swiss-american co-production…)
Nick
Enzo
Nov 26th, 2009 / 5:44 am
Enno
(Old german)
Nov 26th, 2009 / 7:27 am
or:
Aden
Wils
Race
Tray
Nash
Hank
Jett
Jaxx
Ezra
Rudy
Jude
Nov 26th, 2009 / 8:17 am
i almost named my son gray but opted for stanley instead, but i still love the name gray.
Nov 26th, 2009 / 9:17 am
Keir
Nov 26th, 2009 / 10:06 am
Foma – it’s Russian derived from Thomas
Yona – is a nice powerfull name
Ando – i don’t know if it doesn’t sound as a girl’s name in English
Nord – just made up myself
Uvis – it’s Latvian pronounces something like “oovis” with a short “oo”
Nov 26th, 2009 / 10:57 am
We named our son Archie, but if we’d been contrived enough to want just 4 letters then here’s some ideas…
My top choices:
Kaio _ Brazilian, I think
Tomo – The diminutive of the Japanese name Tomohiro
Arne – After the guy who illustrated our website header
Others I like:
Hiro
Lars
Finn
Jose
Bear
Nov 26th, 2009 / 12:24 pm
Tane
Nov 26th, 2009 / 6:33 pm
Leif
Nov 26th, 2009 / 6:44 pm
despite the fact that i second the name neil, the greek name:
ares
wasn’t mentioned already and sounds pretty cool to me. besides the well known god of war, it’s also a synonym for the manly strength and beauty.
greetings from switzerland,
patrick
Nov 27th, 2009 / 4:21 am
Loki.
It’s pretty much our fave boys name :0) … it’s all about mischief!
All the best and congrats on the little fellow.
Nov 27th, 2009 / 5:36 am
WOLF
Nov 27th, 2009 / 8:35 am
Just in case you still need more…
Four four-letter basque names:
Iker
Unai
Ibai
Urko
Nov 27th, 2009 / 10:25 am
Spanish names: Jose/José (also called Pepe), Juan, Abel, Francisco (which is also called Paco, that’s why I added it), Rafael (Rafa), Javier (Javi), Luis, Manuel/Manolo (Manu)… well, actually I think there are more names in Spanish which have more letters and they’re shortened to names of four letters, sorry.
I love your website, regards!
Nov 27th, 2009 / 11:45 am
some more Welsh names:
Sion (Welsh for John), Adda (Adam), Bran (raven/crow), Elis (Welsh for Elijah),Glyn (valley), Gwil (short for Gwilym, Wesl for William), Gwyn (white, shining, holy), Gwyr (from the Gower), Hedd (peace), Hydd (deer), Ifor (archer), Kian (ancient), Penn (from the peak), Prys (son of Rhys), Rhys (ardour, passion), Stef (short for Steffan, Welsh for Stephen), Wren (ruler) and Wynn (handsome).
I love Sion!
Nov 27th, 2009 / 11:58 am
Joep
It’s a Dutch name..
The “oe” is prenounced like oo in the word loop.
And the “j” like the y in you..
Good luck!
Nov 27th, 2009 / 12:12 pm
It’s usually used for girls, but what about HOPE?!
Be happy!
Nov 27th, 2009 / 1:00 pm
Dara
Finn
Liam
Cian
Eoin
Milo
Ness
Ryan
Nov 27th, 2009 / 6:03 pm
How about TEVA? it’s Hebrew for nature.
Nov 27th, 2009 / 7:23 pm
Kern
Typography for the win!
Nov 27th, 2009 / 8:09 pm
Liam!
Nov 27th, 2009 / 8:39 pm
Grey!
Nov 27th, 2009 / 9:52 pm
Penn
Nov 27th, 2009 / 11:33 pm
nico
Nov 28th, 2009 / 10:19 am
Mies.
4 letters, less is more :)
I also liked the suggestions of Jett, Emil, and Ezra.
Nov 28th, 2009 / 2:28 pm
mein sohn heisst EMIL und auch THEO (und fridolin). selbst nach jahren noch wunderbar!
Nov 28th, 2009 / 5:31 pm
Leif
Nov 28th, 2009 / 9:51 pm
EMIL, was suscht !?!
Nov 28th, 2009 / 10:59 pm
i put forward Rady..
I just like it..
Nov 29th, 2009 / 7:28 am
I was obsessed with four letter boys names – my boys are Milo and Ivan.
Nov 29th, 2009 / 10:03 am
here’s some portuguese four-letter boy names: nuno, josé, gino, hugo, joão, alex, luis, quim.
Nov 29th, 2009 / 4:54 pm
Thom
Juri
Andy
Lars
Jorg
Kris
Rhet
Nov 30th, 2009 / 9:12 am
Milo has been voted for a bit and also has mine! To add something new to the mix (at least in my semi-thorough skimming I didn’t come across this) I at one time also wanted to have a child named Cyhisen (like Tyson but with a “K” sound)…..so what if you just went with Cyhi? I think that spelling is so fun!
Nov 30th, 2009 / 4:07 pm
Hugo
Nov 30th, 2009 / 6:29 pm
Portuguese names:
João, José, Igor, Joel, Luís, Raúl, Abel, Adão
Dec 1st, 2009 / 12:30 pm
Otto
Side note… I wanted my son’s middle name to be Triptin. Wife wouldn’t go for it. Our last name is Fell
Dec 1st, 2009 / 12:32 pm
Hugo…I chose it for my now 2 and a half year old..because it works in sooo many languages,is traditional yet modern….and also has great Japanesekanji to go with it too..(I can send if anyone’z interested)
I was so tired of all the east/west babies named here with one foreign+one japanese name then+family name…soooo boring…
Hugo works with us…
Dec 1st, 2009 / 12:44 pm
it’s probably been mentioned already, but:
HUGH: gotta love that it sounds like “hue”
Dec 1st, 2009 / 6:40 pm
jack
luke
jose
quin
lars
jona
leon
aris
Dec 1st, 2009 / 10:45 pm
RUDY!
Dec 2nd, 2009 / 5:57 pm
Grey
Finn
Sage
Arch
Dec 3rd, 2009 / 11:16 pm
Rane
Dec 4th, 2009 / 1:46 am
Abel
Fred
Lars
Luis
Hans
Adam
Mark
Luke
Axel
John
Jeff
Erin
Jean
Sean
Paul
Bart
Gert
Josh
Karl
Jake
Amir
Eric
Alva
Bert
Knut
Cole
Leon
Luka
Finn
Noah
Joel
Nico
Nils
Hugo
Emil
Ryan
Enzo
Evan
Olaf
Liam
Ivan
Raul
Ilya
Jose
Dec 4th, 2009 / 3:14 am
How about Iain? A version of my brother’s name, Ian. I’ve always loved it.
Dec 6th, 2009 / 8:13 am
BROD!
JENS!
NICO!
Dec 6th, 2009 / 6:12 pm
Evan!
Dec 8th, 2009 / 7:41 pm
All the Finns I’ve heard of seem to have the best names…
Eero (Saarinen)
Mika (hakkinen)
Keke (Rosberg)
Kimi (Raikkonen)
Ismo (Alanko)
Dec 10th, 2009 / 12:50 am
I’ve always liked my name: Skye
Dec 10th, 2009 / 9:59 am
Redd
Dec 11th, 2009 / 10:42 pm
We also have a four letter name thing going in our household. Our three boys are named Zane, Jett and Luke. But we were also into Rhys, Skye, Finn, and Kees.
Dec 14th, 2009 / 7:30 pm
Naim
lacks in your list. This lovely boy’s name is of arabic origin and its meaning is “to be contented”… So matches also with Joy :)
Alles Gute für Eure gewachsene Familie und bei der Namensfindung!
Liebe Grüsse aus der kalten Schweiz :)
Dec 16th, 2009 / 4:45 pm
Rafi, Ziad – Names of my nephews.. From Brunei.
Dec 20th, 2009 / 8:02 pm
I have friends with a little boy named Cade, which I think is pretty cool
Dec 20th, 2009 / 9:41 pm
Eron.
Cori.
Jann. Joah. Joas.
Laia. Levi. Lele. Lino. Luca. Leon.
Kian. Kyan.
Miro. Manu.
Neel.
Rafi.
Timo.
Es guets nois jahr in nyc!!
Dec 26th, 2009 / 5:49 am
Thanks again to everyone sending in their name suggestions. What a fun ride this has been! G and I are happy to announce that we came to a decison on the name. YAY! And of course, we bought the domain names, got the twitter and flickr name and are ready to welcome to the little man into this world. Only 5 more weeks and I shall reveal what we decided on.
Jan 10th, 2010 / 8:34 am
Nero. It means black in Italian, besides being the name of a very wacky emperor.
Jan 21st, 2010 / 3:11 pm
Tiger-Lo
or
Lukas-Leo
Feb 24th, 2010 / 3:48 pm
THOR
Feb 26th, 2010 / 8:52 am
i know someone called lake
Mar 6th, 2010 / 6:38 pm
Here’s the name:
YAWN
Mar 17th, 2010 / 9:10 am
Alan.
Sorta like my name.
Mar 17th, 2010 / 12:54 pm
Todd
Tarl
Asha
Biff
Rexx
Reid
Rudy
Shey
Mar 22nd, 2010 / 10:54 am
Dare.
Mar 22nd, 2010 / 5:19 pm
Odin ;)
Mar 22nd, 2010 / 5:20 pm
Reid, Remy,Dane, Kane, Joel, Shea, Ford, Beck, Quin, Reed, Lane, Gray, Finn
Mar 22nd, 2010 / 8:58 pm
Götz
My german boyfriend´s name
Mar 23rd, 2010 / 10:00 am
My son is Eben. It means stone in Hebrew.
Mar 23rd, 2010 / 7:13 pm
Adel
The ‘A’ will keep him at a good place on the lists,, i think he will really appreciate that
Mar 27th, 2010 / 10:36 am
joão
Apr 1st, 2010 / 12:50 pm
Piet (…little Piet)
Oct 6th, 2010 / 7:33 pm
Totally late on this but my future son’s name is going to be Atom. Like Adam, but exponentially better (in my opinion at least).
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