Three Letter Boy Names

Take your pick of pleasant meanings, depending on the character used.

Gender-neutral choice with the covetable X initial. Xue's snowy meaning makes it especially well suited to a winter-born child.

With River and Ocean becoming mainstream, why not consider Sea?

As Huxley and Huck become more popular and accepted, so does Hux, either as a full name or a diminutive.

Ebo is a powerful African day name that can be used to fit its definition.

Ibo is short but striking. Another, unrelated but equally appealing name is Ivo.

Even for lovers of Cab (born, yes, Cabell) Calloway's music, the connection to 'Taxi!' is too strong.

The Biblical Simon has been rediscovered and this appealing short form, an alternative to Sam, might be a way to make your Simon even more special.

A cross between Ian and a group of atomic particles.

Even if you love Brian Eno, this doesn't make the most melodic name.

A common Scandinavian name, but hard to imagine being used elsewhere.

Sef is a rising short form of Jozef in the Netherlands, where it outranks its parent form.

Bartholomew is one vintage name with Biblical antecedents that hasn't risen again in the modern world, perhaps because short form Bart, as in Simpson, would be too difficult for a contemporary boy to bear. But antique nickname Bat might work better. Might.

We can get behind Divine, Saint, and even Messiah. But God? It's too loaded for us to recommend in good faith.

An appealing Hindi name borne by Mindy Kahling's architect father Avu Chokalingam. She bestowed it on her son Spencer as a middle name in 2020.