One Syllable Word Names Part 1

  1. Noon
    • Origin:

      Word name
    • Description:

      Cool middle name possibility.
  2. North
    • Origin:

      English word name
    • Meaning:

      "cardinal direction of north"
    • Description:

      A lot of attention was drawn to this name when Kim Kardashian and Kanye West announced it as the name of their baby daughter, making it instantly unisex.
  3. Note
    • Pace
      • Origin:

        Word name
      • Description:

        Calm, straightforward, patrician sounding: Pace is one new-style name that's well-grounded.
    • Park
      • Origin:

        Word name
      • Description:

        A grassy place with trees is a nice image to attach to a name.
    • Peg
      • Origin:

        Diminutive of Margaret, Greek
      • Meaning:

        "pearl"
      • Description:

        Peg is a nostalgic turn-of-the-last-century nickname, sociable but slight. Like near-identical twin Peggy, Peg is in mothballs.
    • Pen
      • Pine
        • Origin:

          Nature name
        • Description:

          Worthy sibling for Oak, Elm, Juniper, and Spruce.
      • Pink
        • Origin:

          Color name
        • Description:

          The singer known as Pink (born Alecia) brought this hue onto the name-possibility palette, especially as a middle choice. Could Pink be the next Blue?
      • Praise
        • Origin:

          Word name
        • Description:

          Generally used in conjunction with another name to form a religious phrase -- for instance the daughter of rapper DMX is called Praise Mary Ella.
      • Price
        • Origin:

          Welsh
        • Meaning:

          "son of Rhys"
        • Description:

          Some names referring to expensive things -- Tiffany, Armani, Porsche -- are in fact declasse, but Price transcends that label with its simplicity and strength.
      • Pack
        • Palm
          • Pi
            • Prize
              • Race
                • Rain
                  • Origin:

                    Nature name
                  • Description:

                    Mostly feminine, though "Office" star Rainn Wilson gives it a slight masculine twist. You might also use this as a short form of Raines.
                • Ray
                  • Origin:

                    Diminutive of Raymond
                  • Meaning:

                    "wise protector"
                  • Description:

                    Ray, still and forever, is one of the all-time hippest boys' names, with its jazzy Ray Charles biopic overtones. It's one of the coolest middle names), but works perfectly fine as a first.
                • Read
                  • Description:

                    See REED.
                • Red
                  • Origin:

                    Color name
                  • Description:

                    Fiery but slight middle name choice; much more apt to be a redhead's nickname.