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Four-Syllable Baby Names

3441 baby names with four syllables — boys and girls, each with meaning and audio pronunciation.

Baby names that have four syllables, most-popular first — useful when you want the rhythm to fit a longer or shorter surname.

Girl Names

NirvireddyThis entry pairs a given name (Nirvi-) with the Telugu surname Reddy, recorded together as one ▶OdeliahA Hebrew name (Odeliah), 'I will praise the Lord' — a name of thanksgiving and devotion (also l▶Ohwentsiameadow; flat open land▶OnarayaA modern coinage; its sound echoes names like Anaya and Soraya but it has no single documented ▶OriellaA modern name echoing Latin aurum ('gold') and the Oriel/Muriel family; read loosely as 'golden▶Paraguaçugreat river; great water▶ProserpinaFrom the Latin Proserpina (from the Greek Persephone), variously linked to proserpere, 'to emer▶RenenutetFrom the Egyptian Renenutet, 'she who nourishes; the nourishing snake' (linked to renen, 'to no▶RozalinaA z-spelled form of Rosalina/Rosalind, from the Latin rosa ('rose'); the Rozalina spelling is c▶RyalaniA modern coinage joining a Rya-/Rye- sound with the Hawaiian element lani ('heaven; sky; royal'▶SaelianaSaeliana has no documented etymology. It is a newly built name in the taste for long, ornate gi▶SareliaSarelia is a modern coinage with no documented etymology. It joins the Sara sound — from the He▶SerephinaA spelling of Seraphina, from the Hebrew seraphim, 'the burning ones' — the highest order of an▶ShakuntalaFrom the Sanskrit Shakuntala, 'bird-protected; one raised by birds' (from shakunta, 'bird'); th▶TarareddyThis entry combines the given name Tara (Sanskrit, 'star'; a revered goddess in Hindu and Buddh▶TerpsichoreFrom the Greek terpsichore, 'delighting in dance' (terpein, 'to delight', + choros, 'dance/chor▶Uiaralady of the water▶VyomikaFrom the Sanskrit vyoma, 'sky; heaven; open space,' with the feminine -ika ending — so 'of the ▶Waawaatesifirefly▶XamariaA modern coinage whose sound echoes Samaria (a biblical place) and Xiomara; spelled with an X- ▶XarianaA modern name that echoes Ariana ('most holy') with a decorative X- opening; as this spelling i▶YaraceliA form of Araceli, from the Latin ara caeli, 'altar of heaven' — a Marian title. The devotional▶ZaraeyahA modern coinage joining Zara (Arabic route, 'blooming; radiant') with the -eyah/-aya ending. A▶ZavianaA modern coinage echoing Xaviana (a feminine of Xavier) and Ariana, with a flowing -iana ending▶ZoelaniA modern coinage joining Zoe (Greek, 'life') with the airy -lani ending of Leilani and Kehlani.▶

Boy Names

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