One Syllable Names for Boys

  1. Zeév
    • Origin:

      Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "wolf"
    • Description:

      Sharp and sleek, it refers to Benjamin being compared to a wolf in Genesis.
  2. Ryo
    • Origin:

      Japanese
    • Meaning:

      "exceed; cool; refreshing; distant; reality"
  3. Pen
    • Oy
      • Ade
        • Origin:

          Yoruba
        • Meaning:

          "crown"
      • Count
        • Origin:

          English
        • Meaning:

          "nobleman"
        • Description:

          Nobility names like Duke and Count seem to be forming a minitrend: actor Danny Bonaduce named his son Count Dante Jean-Michel Valentino. Beat that. Or wait: don't.
      • Rron
        • Origin:

          Albanian
        • Meaning:

          "to live; to survive"
        • Description:

          Hearty name derived from the Albanian word rronj, meaning "to survive".
      • Wolff
        • Origin:

          Variation of Wolf, German surname
        • Meaning:

          "wolf"
      • Redd
        • Tait
          • Origin:

            Norse
          • Meaning:

            "cheerful"
          • Description:

            Tate would be much more user-friendly in this country.
        • Raffe
          • Daine
            • Leifr
              • Origin:

                Old Norse
              • Meaning:

                "heir, descendant"
              • Description:

                Before Leif, there was Leifr.
            • Yvor
              • Yrie
                • Origin:

                  Variation of Irie, Jamaican
                • Meaning:

                  "positive and powerful"
                • Description:

                  A new spelling of Irie, a Rastafarian word-turned-name. News correspondent Yamiche Alcindor named her son Yrie Myles in 2023.
              • Rua
                • Origin:

                  Irish
                • Meaning:

                  "red"
                • Description:

                  Anglicized form of Ruadh
              • Kass
                • Swede
                  • Ernst
                    • Origin:

                      German variation of Ernest
                    • Description:

                      Concise and clipped European version of the earnest Ernest.
                  • Bane