One Syllable Names for Girls

  1. Gift
    • Origin:

      English word name
    • Description:

      Surprisingly, one of the fastest-rising names for girls.
  2. Helje
    • Beej
      • Aihe
        • Origin:

          Maori
        • Meaning:

          "dolphin"
        • Description:

          A light and airy Māori nature name with an adorable meaning.
      • Fierce
        • Origin:

          English word name
        • Meaning:

          "untamed; proud"
      • Kye
        • Grethe
          • Tex
            • Origin:

              Place name, nickname for state of Texas resident
            • Description:

              Despite its rakish western charm, still remains a cowboy (or girl) costume without a real persona inside. Emily Robison used it as the middle name for her daughter Julianna.
          • Ume
            • Origin:

              Japanese
            • Meaning:

              "plum"
          • Klio
            • Cymbre
              • Breigh
                • Blayn
                  • Koraline
                    • Origin:

                      Variation of Coraline, English
                    • Meaning:

                      "coral"
                    • Description:

                      Coraline received a major popularity boost from the Neil Gaiman book and Henry Selick movie by the same name. As with many C names, this influenced the development of a K variant.
                  • Shaw
                    • Origin:

                      English
                    • Meaning:

                      "lives by the thicket"
                    • Description:

                      Shaw is a streamlined and more modern-sounding Shawn, with many notable surname namesakes.
                  • Ryen
                    • Aişə
                      • Layke
                        • Origin:

                          Spelling variation of Lake, nature name
                        • Description:

                          The Layke spelling of this refreshing nature name was introduced for one of the Waldrop sextuplets, Layke Bryars, who is male, but the name is gender neutral.
                      • Nor
                        • Jaz
                          • Origin:

                            Diminutive of Jasmine
                          • Description:

                            This abbreviated form chosen by tennis greats Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi couldn't be jazzier.