One Syllable Names for Girls
- Gift
Origin:
English word nameDescription:
Surprisingly, one of the fastest-rising names for girls.
- Helje
- Beej
- Aihe
Origin:
MaoriMeaning:
"dolphin"Description:
A light and airy Māori nature name with an adorable meaning.
- Fierce
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"untamed; proud"
- Kye
- Grethe
- Tex
Origin:
Place name, nickname for state of Texas residentDescription:
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:
JapaneseMeaning:
"plum"
- Klio
- Cymbre
- Breigh
- Blayn
- Koraline
Origin:
Variation of Coraline, EnglishMeaning:
"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:
EnglishMeaning:
"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 nameDescription:
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 JasmineDescription:
This abbreviated form chosen by tennis greats Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi couldn't be jazzier.