One Syllable Names for Boys

The name of a rural communal area in Zimbabwe. Thandiwe Newton used it as a middle name for her son Booker.

A surname and first name in Wales, similar to (but less familiar than) Lloyd.

Walter is an old school boys' name that is gently on the rise again. Short forms include Walt (as in Disney) and Wally, but Wat was once commonly used in England as a diminutive of Walter.

Modern French spelling of the Arabic name Qays or Qais.

Marks is a surname that independently arose in several languages, most all of them as a patronymic form of Mark. Among Jewish families, Marks is typically a variation of Marx. Marx was a given name derived from Marcus that Ashkenazi Jews used as a Germanized form of Mordechai.