One Syllable Names for Girls

Maori form of Mary

This Dutch name derives from the old Germanic name, Farahild. It is quite common in the Netherlands.

Popular girl name in Armenia with a biblical meaning.

While Kash may look like an edgy spelling of the already edgy word name Cash, Kash has history as a girl's name in India where it is a diminutive of various names like Kashmira, Kashni, Kashi, or Kashtha. Associated with two Indian place names, the female protagonist of a Salman Rushdie novel, the Goddess Lakshmi, the word for shining and for sky, Kash could also be a diminutive of the Ancient Roman name Kassia, giving it the meanings "cinnamon" or "hollow".

One of the more unusual word names used by Plymouth pilgrims for their children. Fear Brewster is an example of the usage of this name. Definitely one of the historic pilgrim names best left in the past.

You can just hear some sassy dame in a 1930s movie using this name. We prefer the original -- or even its original, Amabel.

A much prettier and feminine version of the boys name Ryan which is starting to be used for girls, while still retaining the Irish feel and the regal meaning.

Cute tomboyish diminutive that's popular in Germany but has not spread far. An interesting choice for the parent who wants an elaborate feminine proper name with a modern short form.

Angliziced form of the Cornish name Ia. According to legend, the Cornish saint Ia was an Irish princess who sailed across the sea to Cornwall on a leaf. She was martyred and buried at the spot where the church of St Ives (called Porth Ia - "St Ia’s cove" - in Cornish) now stands. Ive may be an anglicized form of her name or a variant of the masculine Ivo or Yves, "yew".

Glyn is a pretty, glimmery name that is heard much less often than Welsh sisters Gwen and Bryn. It is also used for boys and might make a good honor name for an ancestral Glenn.

Simple short form Shiv can be used as a nickname for names from a variety of cultures, from the Irish Siobhan to the Hindi Shivani.

Either a patriotic option, or a nature name referring to the flag iris.

Young Japanese stars Shione Sawada and Shione Kaminaga have brought some attention to this uncommon Japanese name.

Yule is one Christmas baby name that doesn't sound very festive. We prefer Winter or even Christmas itself.

An ancient elfin name borne by a granddaughter of Alfred the Great. The name appeared on a character in The Lost Kingdom, a ruler of Mercia.

A diminutive of the Yiddish name Yente, ultimately from French gentille meaning "noble, aristocratic". Barbra Streisand played a character named Yentl in a 1983 film of the same name.

Fresh and witty word name.