One Syllable Names for Boys

A bit too cunning.

Add an s and you've got squirt.

This old short form might be seen as a little dubious by some, though it could make for a fun pet name or an update on Roger.

Jules may be hot in France, but the Jools spelling is almost as familiar in the UK and US, thanks to celebrity bearers Jools Holland and Jools Oliver. Jools is a unisex name.

This marvelously medieval name had a moment in the 1910s and 1920s but has dropped completely off the radar now.

Among the Ewe people of Ghana and Togo, Yao is the name for babies born on Thursday.

Téa Leoni and David Duchovny named their kid Kyd in 2002, but he usually goes by his middle name, Miller. Probably a wise choice, given the homonym.

A very Christmas-y Christmas baby name, that may avoid the Santa image by instead adopting the alternative spelling Klaus.

Spence is occasionally used as a name all on its own and it has more of a sense of completeness than many nickname-names.

Despite its genderless sound and appearance, Swayze is used for girls over 80% of the time.

Professional surfer Craig Elmer Chapman went by the avian nickname Owl. We could see it working as a given name, a la Hawk and Dove.

Hervé was a legendary French saint, patron of the blind, who performed many miracles -- it's a lot more sophisticated than the English Harvey.

This surname-name originated as a nickname for redheads.