All hairstyles
207 hairstyles so far, best known first. 4 more are on the list to be written.
🇺🇸 United StatesDurag
Close-fitting head cloth for hair protection and style maintenance.Wrapped · Curly hair · 1960
🇮🇳 India and 3 moreDastar
A turban worn by Sikhs to cover uncut hair and signify faith.Wrapped · Any hair · 1699
🇰🇷 South KoreaBinyeo
A traditional Korean hairpin used to secure chignons and signal social status.Adorned
🇪🇬 EgyptNemes
Striped head cloth worn by ancient Egyptian pharaohs.Wrapped · Any hair
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreGuan Li
A traditional Han Chinese coming-of-age ritual for men involving the wearing of a guan cap.Wrapped
🇨🇳 ChinaChinese hairpin
Traditional Chinese hair ornaments used to secure buns and signify status.Adorned · Any hair
South AsiaPatka
Square cotton head covering worn by Sikh men and boys.Wrapped · Any hair
🇻🇳 VietnamKhăn vấn
A traditional Vietnamese head wrap coiled tightly around the hair.Wrapped · Any hair · 1744
WorldBangs
Strands of hair cut to cover the forehead and fall over the eyebrows.Cut · Any hair · 1880
🇬🇷 Greece and 2 morePonytail
A practical hairstyle where hair is gathered and secured at the back of the head.Ponytail · Any hair
WorldLong hair
Head hair grown to a considerable length, often past the shoulders.Styled · Any hair
WorldPayot
Sidelocks worn by Orthodox Jewish men based on religious law.Styled · Curly hair
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreMullet
An asymmetric haircut with short hair at the front and sides, and long hair at the back.Cut · Any hair · 1980
🇨🇳 ChinaQueue
A historical hairstyle featuring a shaved forehead and a long braided tail of hair.Braid · 1645
🇺🇦 UkraineOseledets
Traditional Ukrainian Cossack style with a shaved head and long top lock.Shaved · Any hair
WorldBun
A hairstyle where hair is gathered and coiled into a circular shape on the head.Updo · Any hair
WorldBowl cut
A short haircut with a straight fringe and even length around the head.Cut · Any hair · 1400
WorldChignon
A knotted hairstyle worn at the nape or back of the head.Updo · Any hair
🇯🇵 JapanChonmage
Traditional Japanese topknot worn by men, historically by samurai and now by sumo wrestlers.Updo · Straight hair · 1603
🇫🇷 France and 2 morePompadour
High-volume hair swept up and back from the forehead.Updo · Any hair · 1950
WorldBraid
Interlaced strands of hair used for style and social signalling.Braid · Any hair
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreCornrows
Tight three-strand braids woven close to the scalp in straight or curved lines.Braid · Coily and kinky hair · 1902
🇷🇸 Serbia and 4 moreBuzz cut
A very short, uniform haircut made with clippers.Cut · Any hair · 1890
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 2 moreUndercut
Long top hair with shaved or buzzed sides and back.Cut · Any hair · 1910
🇵🇱 Poland and 1 morePolish plait
A matted hair formation viewed as both a medical condition and a folk amulet in Eastern Europe.Styled · Coily and kinky hair · 1600
WorldFlattop
Short sides with a flat, upright top.Cut · Any hair
🇬🇧 United KingdomQuiff
A voluminous front sweep with short sides and back.Styled · Any hair · 1950
WorldComb over
A hairstyle for balding men that uses long hair to cover thinning areas.Styled · Straight hair
🇺🇸 United StatesCrew cut
A short, graduated men's haircut with upright top hair.Cut · Thick hair · 1920
🇬🇧 United KingdomPageboy
Straight hair hanging below the ear with an inward turn.Cut · Straight hair · 1950
🇩🇪 GermanySuebian knot
A historical male bun worn by the Suebi and other Germanic tribes to signal status and identity.Updo · Straight hair
🇷🇼 RwandaAmasunzu
A traditional Rwandan hairstyle featuring crescent-shaped hair crests.Styled
🇺🇸 United StatesDevilock
A punk style featuring short sides and a long front section combed forward.Cut · Any hair · 1970
🇵🇱 PolandCzupryna
A traditional Polish haircut with shaved sides and a long top, worn by nobility.Cut · 1308
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreDucktail
A 1950s men's cut with a central rear parting.Cut · Straight hair · 1950
🇨🇳 China and 3 moreRattail
A long strip of hair at the napeCut · Any hair · 1980
🇺🇸 United StatesJheri curl
A glossy, wet-look perm popular in the 1980s among Black communities.Curls · Curly hair · 1980
EuropeCaesar cut
A short, evenly layered haircut featuring a straight horizontal fringe.Cut · 1980
🇬🇧 United KingdomLovelock
A single long braid worn over the left shoulder by 17th-century Europeans.Braid · Any hair · 1580
🇰🇷 South KoreaSangtu
Traditional Korean topknot worn by married men.Updo · Any hair · 57
🇻🇳 VietnamCurtained hair
A parted fringe with short sides and back.Cut · Any hair · 1980
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreHigh and tight
A military crew cut with shaved sides and a short top.Cut · Any hair · 1980
WorldShort hair
A general category for haircuts kept above the shoulders or chin.Cut · Any hair · 1920
WorldRegular haircut
Classic men's style with tapered sides and combed top.Cut · Any hair
🇺🇸 United StatesHi-top fade
Tall flat top with shaved sides from hip hop cultureCut · Coily and kinky hair · 1984
🇺🇸 United StatesConk
Chemically straightened hair popular with African-American men mid-20th century.Styled · Coily and kinky hair · 1920
🇫🇷 FranceTitus cut
Short layered cut with curls from late 18th-century FranceCut · Curly hair · 1791
WorldWaves
A ripple pattern formed by brushing short curly hair flat.Curls · Curly hair · 1900
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Long hair: Adam Jones Adam63, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Binyeo: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Nemes: Trailer screenshot,, Public domain, source
- Mullet: Wordzandguitar, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Quiff: Anefo, CC0, source
- Comb over: Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo, Public domain, source
- Czupryna: Nieznany malarz polski, Public domain, source
- Braid: Ciell, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dastar: Photography by Harkanwal Singh., CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Khăn vấn: André Salles, Public domain, source
- Cornrows: Rod Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Ponytail: Dick Thomas Johnson, CC BY 2.0, source
- Queue: Lai Afong, Public domain, source
- Payot: Mark Neyman, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Jheri curl: Olugold, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Suebian knot: Bullenwächter, CC BY 3.0, source
- Bun: Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Oseledets: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Buzz cut: Fadi El Benni of Al Jazeera English, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Undercut: Dick Thomas Johnson, CC BY 2.0, source
- Pompadour: Pearson Scott Foresman, Public domain, source
- Crew cut: greginhollywood, CC BY 2.0, source
- Pageboy: Jacometto Veneziano, Public domain, source
- Sangtu: Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, source
- Lovelock: Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599 - 1641) Details on Google Art Project, Public domain, source
- Ducktail: Rockbillyboogie, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Curtained hair: Jacques-Émile Blanche, Public domain, source
- Caesar cut: Luděk Kovář, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hi-top fade: Kct02, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Titus cut: Adrien Pierre François Godefroy, Public domain, source
- Bangs: Circle of Girolamo Mocetto (Active 1490-1530), Public domain, source
- Waves: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Polish plait: Adrian Grycuk, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl, source
- Chinese hairpin: Augusthaiho, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Regular haircut: JParker9, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Chignon: www.GlynLowe.com, CC BY 2.0, source
- High and tight: Chrismillar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Flattop: NASA, Public domain, source
- Devilock: mitchbuchannon, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Bowl cut: Audun Gjerdi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Conk: NBC Television, Public domain, source
- Short hair: Alex Neman, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Chonmage: not listed, Public domain, source
- Durag: The original uploader was Calliopejen at English Wikipedia ., CC BY 2.0, source