One Syllable Names for Girls
- Thayer
Origin:
French variation of TaylorMeaning:
"tailor"Description:
Thayer sounds like a modern update '90s success-story Taylor — although it's much rarer and will likely never reach Taylor's heights. It is also reminiscent of currently trendy Thea, which could also be used as a nickname.
- Liene
Origin:
Dutch, LatvianMeaning:
"light"Description:
A light and lovely short form of Helena, also used in its own right in Latvia and the Netherlands.
- Neige
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"snow"
- Matte
- Yza
- Flore
- Fainne
- Do
- Mie
Origin:
Danish, Norwegian diminutive of Marie, JapaneseMeaning:
"bitter; beauty; three"Description:
A sweet and simple nickname for Marie that could serve to freshen up the outdated full form.
- Ade
Origin:
YorubaMeaning:
"crown"
- Leor
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"I have a light"Description:
Spelling variation of Lior.
- Trueth
Origin:
CornishMeaning:
"compassion"Description:
This could be a good option for people looking for a virtue name, though the virtue most people will understand will be different to the meaning.
- Bayan
Origin:
Kurdish, KazakhMeaning:
"morning; woman"Description:
A rare but rising unisex name — used more often on baby girls.
- Nayab
Origin:
PersianMeaning:
"rare, unique"Description:
This is a lovely Persian name for a rare, special girl.
- Boa
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"snake"
- Miah
Origin:
Swedish variant of MiaDescription:
Made most familiar by Miah Persson, a famous Swedish opera singer.
- Tau
Origin:
Indigenous Australian or Tswana, SothoMeaning:
"dusk, twilight; lion"Description:
Tau, which rhymes with cow, is the alphabetical nickname Grimes and Elon Musk chose for their third child, Techno Mechanicus. Tau is the nineteenth letter of the Greek alphabet and a common variable in physics, biology, and mathematics. In ancient Greece, it was a symbol of life and resurrection.
- Spark
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"glowing particle"Description:
A nonbinary word name that could work perfectly in the middle, especially for a child born under a fire sign.
- Fem
- Aure