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
WorldBangs
Strands of hair cut to cover the forehead and fall over the eyebrows.Cut · Any hair · 1880
🇷🇸 Serbia and 4 moreBuzz cut
A very short, uniform haircut made with clippers.Cut · Any hair · 1890
WorldPixie cut
A short hairstyle with a longer top and very short bangs.Cut · 1953
WorldShort hair
A general category for haircuts kept above the shoulders or chin.Cut · Any hair · 1920
🇬🇧 United KingdomEton crop
A very short, slicked-down women's cut from the 1920s.Cut · Any hair · 1920
WorldNubian wig
A short, curly Ancient Egyptian wig mimicking Nubian tribal hair.Styled · Curly hair
🇿🇦 South AfricaBantu knots
Twisted coils of hair worn as a protective style or permanent look.Styled · Curly hair
🇺🇸 United StatesBig chop
Cutting off chemically treated hair to start natural growthCut · Coily and kinky hair
🇫🇷 France and 1 moreShingle bob
A short haircut with a tapered nape and curled sides.Cut · Straight hair · 1920
🇬🇭 GhanaDensinkran
Short Ashanti mourning cut for royal womenCut · Any hair
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Buzz cut: Fadi El Benni of Al Jazeera English, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Nubian wig: Keith Schengili-Roberts, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Bangs: Circle of Girolamo Mocetto (Active 1490-1530), Public domain, source
- Pixie cut: dvna creative agency: https://www.dvna.fr/, CC BY 3.0, source
- Chinese hairpin: Augusthaiho, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- Shingle bob: Evolvingthinker, CC BY 2.0, source