One Syllable Names for Boys

Rise joins the latest class of modern Christian names for its uplifting spiritual associations. Rise may be especially appropriate for an Easter baby. We expect it will, erm, rise now that Nick Cannon and Brittany Bell have used it for their son, born in 2022.

Kind of a combination of scoot and fleet, brought into public domain by actor Skeet (born Brian) Ulrich. We would recommend looking into the unsavory slang meaning of this name before choosing it for your child.

As seen on SNL, Pat is the ultimate androgynous name. Stick with long form Patrick, and make sure everyone calls him Patrick.

This phonetic spelling of the Kardashian baby name Dream surprised many by being one of the fastest-rising girl names of 2022. Both Dream and Jream were still only given to under 100 boys the same year.

Before Leif, there was Leifr.

John is a name that's widely translated around the world, and this is one of the more unusual options.

Concise and clipped European version of the earnest Ernest.

The name of the teenaged son on the dear departed television show "Huff."

The Welsh way to spell Price, which is more complicated but elevates it beyond the monetary realm.

Lech (brother of Czech and Rus) was the mythical father of the Poles, and also the name of the Polish worker-president Lech Walesa, but it still isn't a name that travels well.