All hairstyles
149 hairstyles so far, best known first. 84 more are on the list to be written.
🇺🇦 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
🇯🇵 JapanChonmage
Traditional Japanese topknot worn by men, historically by samurai and now by sumo wrestlers.Updo · Straight hair · 1603
WorldChignon
A knotted hairstyle worn at the nape or back of the head.Updo · Any hair
🇫🇷 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
🇷🇸 Serbia and 4 moreBuzz cut
A very short, uniform haircut made with clippers.Cut · Any hair · 1890
🇺🇸 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
🇬🇧 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
WorldPixie cut
A short hairstyle with a longer top and very short bangs.Cut · 1953
🇪🇬 EgyptSidelock of youth
Ancient Egyptian braided side hair worn by royal children.Braid · Any hair
WorldComb over
A hairstyle for balding men that uses long hair to cover thinning areas.Styled · Straight hair
WorldFlattop
Short sides with a flat, upright top.Cut · Any hair
WorldRinglet
Curled locks of hair formed by wrapping strands around a tool or twisting them.Curls · Curly hair
🇬🇧 United KingdomQuiff
A voluminous front sweep with short sides and back.Styled · Any hair · 1950
🇫🇷 France and 1 moreFontange
A towering headdress and hairstyle popular in late 17th century Europe.Wrapped · 1690
🇺🇸 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
🇺🇸 United StatesBeehive
A conical updo piled high on the crown.Updo · Any hair · 1960
🇩🇪 GermanySuebian knot
A historical male bun worn by the Suebi and other Germanic tribes to signal status and identity.Updo · Straight hair
🇯🇵 JapanHime cut
A Japanese style with straight cheek-length sidelocks and long back hair.Cut · Straight hair · 1970
🇮🇳 IndiaShikha
A traditional Hindu tuft of hair kept at the crown after shaving the rest of the head.Shaved · Any hair
🇯🇵 JapanNihongami
Traditional Japanese hairstyles characterized by elaborate updos, side wings, and wax styling.Updo · Straight hair
WorldPigtails
Two symmetrical ponytails or braids worn on opposite sides of the head.Ponytail · Any hair
🇺🇸 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
🇫🇷 France and 2 morePouf
An elaborate 18th-century French hairstyle featuring extreme height and decorative ornaments.Styled · Any hair · 1775
🇷🇼 RwandaAmasunzu
A traditional Rwandan hairstyle featuring crescent-shaped hair crests.Styled
🇳🇦 Namibia and 1 moreBox braids
Square-parted protective braids with synthetic extensions.Braid · Coily and kinky hair · 1990
🇺🇸 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
🇨🇳 China and 3 moreRattail
A long strip of hair at the napeCut · Any hair · 1980
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreDucktail
A 1950s men's cut with a central rear parting.Cut · Straight hair · 1950
WorldShort hair
A general category for haircuts kept above the shoulders or chin.Cut · Any hair · 1920
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreHigh and tight
A military crew cut with shaved sides and a short top.Cut · Any hair · 1980
WorldMarcelling
A heat-styled curl technique from the 1870s.Curls · Any hair · 1872
🇻🇳 VietnamCurtained hair
A parted fringe with short sides and back.Cut · Any hair · 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
WorldLob
A medium-length haircut falling at or just below the shoulders.Cut · Any hair
🇺🇸 United StatesShag
A layered, unisex haircut featuring feathered top sections and thin edges.Cut · 1969
🇬🇧 United KingdomVictory rolls
A 1940s women's hairstyle featuring voluminous side rolls shaped like the letter V.Styled · Straight hair · 1940
WorldRegular haircut
Classic men's style with tapered sides and combed top.Cut · Any hair
🇫🇷 France and 1 moreBouffant
A puffy, rounded hairstyle with height at the crown.Styled · Any hair · 1950
🇺🇸 United StatesFinger wave
S-shaped waves set by hand with comb and gelStyled · Straight hair · 1920
WorldLiberty spikes
Long, thick upright hair spikes resembling the Statue of Liberty crown.Styled · Any hair · 1970
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Hime cut: kxz Chen, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Fontange: Francesco Solimena, Public domain, source
- Quiff: Anefo, CC0, source
- Comb over: Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo, Public domain, source
- Sidelock of youth: Unknown artist, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Czupryna: Nieznany malarz polski, Public domain, source
- Braid: Ciell, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cornrows: Rod Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Shikha: Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, source
- Ringlet: Margaret Sarah Carpenter, Public domain, source
- Jheri curl: Olugold, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Suebian knot: Bullenwächter, CC BY 3.0, source
- Pouf: After Jean-Baptiste André Gautier-Dagoty, Public domain, source
- Bun: Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Nihongami: 都新聞社 Miyako Shinbun, Public domain, 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
- Beehive: MGM, Public domain, source
- Box braids: Randen Pederson, CC BY 2.0, source
- Sangtu: Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, source
- Lob: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
- Bouffant: Bain News Service, Public domain, source
- Finger wave: Unknown author Unknown author (Either deceased family member or work f, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Caesar cut: Luděk Kovář, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Shag: ABC Television Network ., Public domain, source
- Liberty spikes: THOR, CC BY 2.0, source
- Pigtails: Ykstyyppi123, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pixie cut: dvna creative agency: https://www.dvna.fr/, CC BY 3.0, source
- Polish plait: Adrian Grycuk, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl, source
- Marcelling: The Bridgeport times and evening farmer, Public domain, 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
- Short hair: Alex Neman, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Chonmage: not listed, Public domain, source