One Syllable Names for Girls

  1. Klaire
    • Liah
      • Origin:

        Variation of Lia
      • Meaning:

        "weary"
      • Description:

        Lia variant popular in Puerto Rico.
    • Eeve
      • Sidhe
        • Origin:

          Irish
        • Description:

          In Irish mythology, sidhe refers to the mounds of earth that are home to the aos sí, a race of fairies.
      • Ryah
        • Madhbh
          • Luce
            • Urse
              • Saint
                • Origin:

                  American word name
                • Meaning:

                  "Saint"
                • Description:

                  Saint went quickly from word to celebrity baby name to accepted baby boy name and now to baby girl name. And there's nothing historically or etymologically gendered about Saint, so why not?
              • Kayde
                • Thames
                  • Origin:

                    Nature name
                  • Description:

                    This name of London's famous river (it's pronounced tehms) might be an evocative if confusing choice for a non-British child. But if you want an unmistakably British girl name, this would be a clear choice.
                • Nur
                  • Origin:

                    Arabic
                  • Meaning:

                    "light"
                • Oba
                  • Origin:

                    Nigerian
                  • Description:

                    Intriguing name of the ancient goddess of rivers.
                • Hagne
                  • Bjork
                    • Origin:

                      Icelandic
                    • Meaning:

                      "birch tree"
                    • Description:

                      Associated with the mononymic Icelandic singer and her iconic swan dress.
                  • Lute
                    • Nsia
                      • Origin:

                        Akan
                      • Meaning:

                        "sixth born child"
                      • Description:

                        West African naming tradition dictated that children were named for their time of birth or birth order — Nsia would have been given to a sixth-born baby girl.
                    • Dair
                      • Klare
                        • Yeats
                          • Origin:

                            English
                          • Meaning:

                            "gates"
                          • Description:

                            Yeats, the strong name of the great Irish poet, would work better for a boy. Also has possible pronunciation problem with people who might think it rhymes with Keats. Yeats rhymes with the word from which it's derived: gates.