Afro a hairstyle popular with people of African descent; however the hairstyle can be worn by anyone of any ethnic background; it is usually curly, and can be worn short or long
Beatle haircut or Moptop, after the fashion of the early Beatles, long all around, neatly cut, very new to Americans at the time, but not an uncommon British haircut; during the height of Beatlemania Beatle wigs were sold
Caesar cut, a short men's cut with longer bangs, also called a Clooney cut; widely popular among men from the early 1990s to the present
Chonmage, a samurai's topknot; the hair on the top of the head was usually shaved, and the rest of the hair gathered together and tied in a topknot; a modified version is still worn by some sumo wrestlers
Cornrows, raised, continuous braids woven closely to the scalp; originating in Western Africa, they remain a popular African American hairstyle
Crew cut, similar to buzz, originally worn by college rowers in the 1900s to distinguish themselves from football players, who had long hair (to supplement the inadequate helmets of the time)
Curllet, a type of mullet characterized by long curly neck hair
DA, for "duck's ass", combed long on sides, parted in back, also called ducktail or southback; the parting in the back caused the hair to stick up, hence the name
Devilock, Short in back and on sides, long in front
Dreadlocks, where hair is divided into many long, matted plaits; well known as a Rastafarian hairstyle
Fauxhawk, a fake Mohawk: short on the sides and back, medium length on top pushed up in a Mohawk direction, a portmanteau of the French 'faux' (false) and 'Mohawk'
Feathered, a style which rose dramatically in popularity during the 1970s but died down in the mid 1980s; it is slowly gaining back popularity; Tim in The Goodies has this hairstyle.
Flattop, just as it says, when combined with DA, called a Detroit; because the flat top is not always compatible with a round head, there is often a spot on the top that is buzzed shorter, almost to the point of being shaved; this area is called the landing strip
Fofa, short to medium length on the sides and back, with a receding hairline from the forehead back due to a natural baldness; usually found on distinguished gentlemen and derived from the style of the monks
French braid/French plait/French twist, a classic "updo" in which long hair is gathered into a ponytail, then twisted together, and finally tucked and pinned together along the length of the roll
High and tight, cut/buzzed very short (or even shaved) on sides and back up to the crown where the hair is left longer, can be a variation of crew cut or flattop
Hockey Hair, short bangs with medium length "flipped up" hair in the back and sides
Horseshoe Flattop, The sides and are shaved also shaved up in the back to the top of the head making the remaining hair looks from above like; the top is cut like a flattop
Induction Cut, the very shortest of hairstyles, without actually shaving the head with a razor
Ivy League Cut, Cut short and tapered at the back and sides and cut close (about 1/4 inch) across the crown of the head, but getting a little longer (up to 1.5 inches) at the front of the head. It provides a little more flexibility in terms of styling while still having a crisp "buzzed" appearance.
Jheri curl, A perm that loosens the curls of a person with coarse hair; known more for the oily residue of the chemicals used ("Jheri Curl Juice") than the actual style
Japanese Hair Straightening, A process that takes wavy or curly hair and breaks the cystine bonds by way of chemicals, then a hot iron reorganizes the structure of the hair leaving it permanently straight and healthy looking
khokhol/chochol/chachol, a Slavic name for a longer tuft of hair left on top or on the front side of the otherwise cleanly shaven or shortly cut man's hair
Layered hair, where the top layers of hair are cut shorter than the layers beneath
Liberty spikes, the hair is arranged into long, thick, upright spikes
Low and tight, cut/buzzed very short (or even shaved) on sides and back up to a line above the ears but below the crown, hair is left longer above this line
Messed up Hair - A hair style that looks like you have just got out of bed, usually for men, created using wax or putty
Mohawk, long hair divided into sections which are then braided and worn down (also used interchangeably with "Mohican")
Mohican, both sides shaved or buzzed, long and usually spiked in the middle
Moptop, a shaggy straight cut with straight fringe, over the ears
Mullet, "business" (short) in the front and on top; "party" (long) in the back
Odango, a women's hairstyle consisting of two long pigtails eminating from two perfect "spheres" of hair on the top of the head; Made famous by Sailor Moon
Ofuku, worn by apprentice geisha in their final two years of apprenticeship; similar to the wareshinobu style; also called a momoware ("split peach") because the bun is split and a red fabric woven in the centre
Pageboy, a hairstyle in which the hair is almost shoulder-length except for a fringe in the front
Perm, or "permanent wave," is a chemical-induced curling of naturally straight hair; originally created electrically with an apparatus resembling an electric chair; among African-Americans, a perm is the straight or large-curled look created by chemical relaxers
Pigtails, long hair is parted in the middle and tied on the sides, often curled into ringlets (hence the name)
Ponytail馬尾, a hairstyle where most of the wearer's hair is pulled away from the face and gathered at the back
Quiff額前隆起, a hairstyle where part of the hair is put up high on the top of the head
Recon, a radical version of the High and Tight, with the sides and back cleanly shaved very high up the head, intentionally leaving a very extreme contrast between the longer top hair and the shaved sides
Rat-Tail, is a male with all of his hair cut short all over except for a long strip of his hair growing in the back of the middle of his head typically at about 1/2 inch to an inch wide and can be as long as all the way down his back, but it is mostly found on a boy under 14 years old but some men wear one too
Samurai: long hair where the front and top is tied up similar to a ponytail, with hair underneath that loose.
Shaven head, or "skinhead"; no longer a political statement, but rather a popular hairstyle among men (and occasionally women) from all walks of life
Side-locks: a hairstyle popular amongst Orthodox Jews where the peyos or side-locks are allowed to grow long, whilst the rest of the hair is cut
Side-part: a hairstyle where the hair is, instead of being parted in the middle, parted on the side
Spiked: a hairstyle where hair gel/spray/wax is applied to the hair "usually daily" and spiked into a series of designs varying from large to small
Tonsure, a haircut where the crown of the head is shaven
Über-Patch, Das, shaved to the skin on both sides, completely bald (or shaved to skin) on top, with a large square or rectangular patch of short hair about 1 inch(25 mm) on the back of the head
Undercut, variation of a bowl cut where the sides and back are cut very short (or even shaved) so that the longer top hair (partially) covers buzzed hair
Wareshinobu, a hairstyle worn by geisha; resembles a large bun and is enhanced with a large number of flutters and other decorations
