One Syllable Names for Boys

A Cornish king whose legend inspired Shakepeare to write King Lear, he supposedly had a daughter named Cordelia who was crowned queen after his death.

Notably the pseudonym used by Mulan in the Disney film Mulan.

This cool surname and place name has multiple origins. As an Irish place name, it may derive from the Gaelic for "fair hilltop" or "head fort', while as a surname it comes from the Norse name Ketill, meaning "helmet, cauldron".

Modern virtue name, playing on the word "tough".

Is it a form of Zayden? Zyden? We're not quite sure. NFL player Odell Beckham Jr. chose this sleek, practically vowelless name for his son, born in 2022.

A powerful, storied name, used by countless significant figures throughout history in Central and South Asia, whose appeal in the U.S. may be limited by its near-homonymy with the word "sure."