One Syllable Names for Boys

All Adolph variations are best avoided, though this takes some of the onus off.

This attractive Scottish surname-name is found in Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove, as the surname of hero Augustus/Gus McCrae. Also spelled MacCrae or McRay among other variations, the meaning is variously given as son of grace or luck.

Wise is a lovely virtue to bestow upon a baby, as seen through the increasingly popular unisex choice Sage. Wise would make for a perfect middle name with the one-syllable flow.

Distinguished actor Hume Cronyn (who shared his father's name) put this unusual choice in the lexicon.

A Hollywood agent created the name Tab Hunter and poof. -- the former Arthur Gelien became a fifties teen idol. We don't advise trying this at home.

Common as a surname, not advisable for a first.

In British slang, a "prat" is an idiot -- enough said.

Retro musical reference to classic Steely Dan rock album, but mostly for girls today.

Flores is one of the most popular Spanish surnames and could certainly be adapted as a first.

Modern Dutch invention — the name of a 2013 science fiction movie and its lead character.

Heavy and horsey.

A name that's unusual in that changing the i to a y -- as in Byrd -- makes it more masculine.

A rare French name derived from Latin lupus "wolf". It is most often found in the compound name Jean-Loup, as in Jean-Loup Chrétien, an astronaut and the first Frenchman in space.