Very short: a crop
The buzz cut, crew cut, caesar and pixie. 26 hairstyles.
🇨🇳 ChinaChinese hairpin
Traditional Chinese hair ornaments used to secure buns and signify status.Adorned · Any hair
🇺🇸 United StatesDurag
Close-fitting head cloth for hair protection and style maintenance.Wrapped · Curly hair · 1960
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreGuan Li
A traditional Han Chinese coming-of-age ritual for men involving the wearing of a guan cap.Wrapped
WorldBangs
Strands of hair cut to cover the forehead and fall over the eyebrows.Cut · Any hair · 1880
🇺🇦 UkraineOseledets
Traditional Ukrainian Cossack style with a shaved head and long top lock.Shaved · Any hair
🇷🇸 Serbia and 4 moreBuzz cut
A very short, uniform haircut made with clippers.Cut · Any hair · 1890
WorldFlattop
Short sides with a flat, upright top.Cut · Any hair
🇺🇸 United StatesCrew cut
A short, graduated men's haircut with upright top hair.Cut · Thick hair · 1920
EuropeCaesar cut
A short, evenly layered haircut featuring a straight horizontal fringe.Cut · 1980
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
WorldWaves
A ripple pattern formed by brushing short curly hair flat.Curls · Curly hair · 1900
WorldBrush cut
A very short, uniform haircut following the head shape.Cut · Any hair
WorldFrosted tips
Short spiky hair with bleached ends.Cut · Any hair · 1998
WorldNubian wig
A short, curly Ancient Egyptian wig mimicking Nubian tribal hair.Styled · Curly hair
🇺🇸 United StatesIvy League haircut
A side-parted crew cut with graduated top length.Cut · Any hair
🇺🇸 United StatesSkin fade
A men's haircut where hair blends down to bare skin on the sides and back.Cut · Any hair · 1950
🇿🇦 South AfricaBantu knots
Twisted coils of hair worn as a protective style or permanent look.Styled · Curly hair
🇫🇷 France and 1 moreFrench crop
Short men's cut with faded sides and a blunt fringe.Cut · Straight hair · 1920
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Brush cut: IMasc, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- Crew cut: greginhollywood, CC BY 2.0, source
- Caesar cut: Luděk Kovář, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Nubian wig: Keith Schengili-Roberts, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Bangs: Circle of Girolamo Mocetto (Active 1490-1530), Public domain, source
- Waves: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chinese hairpin: Augusthaiho, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- High and tight: Chrismillar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Flattop: NASA, Public domain, source
- Ivy League haircut: U.S. Navy photo by Chief Journalist Robert Benson, Public domain, source
- Short hair: Alex Neman, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Durag: The original uploader was Calliopejen at English Wikipedia ., CC BY 2.0, source