One Syllable Names for Girls

  1. Thayer
    • Origin:

      French variation of Taylor
    • Meaning:

      "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.
  2. Liene
    • Origin:

      Dutch, Latvian
    • Meaning:

      "light"
    • Description:

      A light and lovely short form of Helena, also used in its own right in Latvia and the Netherlands.
  3. Neige
    • Origin:

      French
    • Meaning:

      "snow"
  4. Matte
    • Yza
      • Flore
        • Fainne
          • Do
            • Mie
              • Origin:

                Danish, Norwegian diminutive of Marie, Japanese
              • Meaning:

                "bitter; beauty; three"
              • Description:

                A sweet and simple nickname for Marie that could serve to freshen up the outdated full form.
            • Ade
              • Origin:

                Yoruba
              • Meaning:

                "crown"
            • Leor
              • Origin:

                Hebrew
              • Meaning:

                "I have a light"
              • Description:

                Spelling variation of Lior.
            • Trueth
              • Origin:

                Cornish
              • Meaning:

                "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, Kazakh
              • Meaning:

                "morning; woman"
              • Description:

                A rare but rising unisex name — used more often on baby girls.
            • Nayab
              • Origin:

                Persian
              • Meaning:

                "rare, unique"
              • Description:

                This is a lovely Persian name for a rare, special girl.
            • Boa
              • Origin:

                Latin
              • Meaning:

                "snake"
            • Miah
              • Origin:

                Swedish variant of Mia
              • Description:

                Made most familiar by Miah Persson, a famous Swedish opera singer.
            • Tau
              • Origin:

                Indigenous Australian or Tswana, Sotho
              • Meaning:

                "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 name
              • Meaning:

                "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