One Syllable Names for Girls

  1. Emy
    • Thym
      • Origin:

        Spelling variation of Thyme, nature name
      • Description:

        Fragrant herb often used for cooking, but scarcely as a name.
    • Ude
      • Kaite
        • Ellke
          • Airmed
            • Origin:

              Celtic
            • Description:

              Airmed is a Celtic goddess of healing and herbalism, said to have healed those injured in battle.
          • Ros
            • Brenn
              • Hodge
                • Origin:

                  English
                • Meaning:

                  "son of Roger"
                • Description:

                  Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick used Hodge as the middle name of their daughter Tabitha.
              • Nikk
                • Kayce
                  • Origin:

                    Variation of Case or Casey
                  • Description:

                    Kayce is a unisex name that was the fastest-rising boy name of 2022 — thanks to a male character on the hit show Yellowstone. This particular Kayce pronounces the name like Casey, which feels particularly approachable for a girl as well.
                • Brier
                  • Origin:

                    Form of Briar
                  • Meaning:

                    "thorny plant"
                  • Description:

                    Briar, but less wordy, more surname-y.
                • Guin
                  • Origin:

                    Welsh
                  • Meaning:

                    "white, fair, blessed"
                  • Description:

                    Yet another member of the Gwyn/Gwen/Finn family of names ultimately deriving from a Celtic element meaning "white", Guin gets rare use in England and Wales; a notable bearer is Olympic-medal winning rower Guin Batten.
                • Jhream
                  • Gill
                    • Origin:

                      Short form of Gillian, feminization of Julian, Latin
                    • Meaning:

                      "youthful"
                    • Description:

                      Gill and Jill are both medieval short forms of Gillian or Jillian, a feminine form of Julian. The problem with the G spelling is that some people will pronounce it with a hard G, like Gil, the short form of Gilbert. It's easy to see why the J spelling is more popular.
                  • Tiff
                    • Zhin
                      • Mave
                        • Glail
                          • Origin:

                            Invented name
                          • Description:

                            Variation of Gail.
                        • Carme
                          • Origin:

                            Catalan and Galician form of Carmel, Hebrew
                          • Meaning:

                            "garden"
                          • Description:

                            Currently considered a grandma name in Catalonia, but fresh and unusual (though easily confused with Karma) elsewhere.