One Syllable Names for Boys

A sleek nickname name more attractive than its longer form, there have been a couple of prominent baseball player Cletes as well as the broadcast journalist Clete Roberts.

An English surname originally given to someone quick-witted.

Pryor is for those in search of an unusual occupational name...or in memory of comedian Richard.

Toge is a character afflicted with curse speech in the Jujustu Kaisen anime series.

Though a variation of Dion, this name made it into 2013's Top 1000 while the original did not.

Not the most aspirational word names you could give to a child, although it does work as a nickname. Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's daughter Chicago is often called Chi, pronounced "shy."

This name, also a term of affection, is popular in Turkey but has a spelling that may confuse English speakers.

French form of Fiachra

In the 18th century, Tiah was seen as a nickname for the biblical name Azariah. Nowadays it's used a variation of the feminine names Thea and Tia.

Sef is a rising short form of Jozef in the Netherlands, where it outranks its parent form.

Interestingly, Locke is a gender-neutral name used only for boys, while word name Lock is so rare it was given to fewer than five children of either gender in the US last year.

A name commonly heard on New York's Lower East Side at the turn of the last century.

A cross between Ian and a group of atomic particles.

A Blaise/Blaze hybrid that maintains neither the history of Blaise nor the wordiness of Blaze.

Appealing short form of the stuffy Cleveland, occasionally used on its own.

Dutch road cyclist Steven Kruijswijk introduced the world to this name when he chose it for his son born in 2016. It is related to the name Perry, which also means pear tree.