240+ Best One Syllable Girl Names

Compact and creative, it has been associated with one-time Cagney & Lacey star Tyne Daly.

With the growing popularity of Celia and Cecilia, this vintage canasta-playing nickname name could be due for a comeback.

This geographic name has lots of Gallic elan. France Nuyen is a French-Vietnamese actress who starred in the Broadway hit The World of Suzie Wong.

There was an eighties cartoon queen named Jem (& The Holograms), and this is as likely to be a full name as a short form – deriving from Jemma, Jemima or Jameela.

Vi is a common short form for Violet and Viola, not commonly used as a full name. But if you're trying to bridge a long first name and a long last, the minimalist Vi might be exactly what you need in the middle.

Duke has recently been seen on the TV show Better Things as the name of the youngest of three sisters, the other two being named Max and Frankie.

Puts the -min in diminutive.

Commonly used in Japan, and so much more distinguished than Jen.

Occasionally used as an independent name, but why.

Cool, gender-neutral short form of Alexandra and company.

Cool, cruising choice for either sex.

An Irish classic for boys that has a streamlined, surnamey, unisex appeal in this spelling.

Many C forms of this name are becoming more popular, from Cassia for girls to Cassian, Cassius, and Caspian for boys, so Kass feels more possible today too. And Kassia and Kassiani are both intriguing longer forms.

Has followed mother name Maureen off the radar screen.

Reef is a rare gender-neutral word name in the stylish ocean category. There were a handful of baby girls named Reef last years, and 60 baby boys — a not inconsiderable number.

There are almost the exact same number of female and male Sidneys born in the US these days, which makes Sid a perfect gender-neutral nickname. And cute for boys or girls.

Time was, even C-starting Catherines who called themselves Kate spelled it with a K, but Cate Blanchett changed all. Cate is now as acceptable as (but not as well used as) Kate. Cait might be short for Caitlin.

River is rising as a new favorite name, and names of rivers are also increasingly used for our child.

Not one but two Spice Girls are named Mel, which led to it briefly being more popular for girls than boys in the 90s and early 00s, but it has now fallen out of favor for both sexes.