One Syllable Names for Girls

Keats is both poetic and easier to pronounce (it's keets) than Yeats (which is yates).

Despite its rakish western charm, still remains a cowboy (or girl) costume without a real persona inside. Emily Robison used it as the middle name for her daughter Julianna.

Rare but stylish Nigerian name for boys and girls.

A two-initial nickname occasionally used on birth certificates — and a minimalist spelling of Kaci/Casey.

Flip is a down-to-earth, attitude nickname for the very proper Philippa. If you want to downshift even further from Pippa, Flip may be your gender-neutral choice.

A lovely and lovable Hawaiian word meaning "sweetheart," Ipo is sometimes used as a given name or found as an element of names, as in Kaipo.

Old-fashioned unisex nickname for Constance.

This rare virtue name has an appealing meaning, but the potential for confusion with "fiancé" (which comes from the same root) would give most people pause. It can also be short for the more feisty name Defiance.

The Spanish version of popular Jasmine has that zippy Z many parents are loving in recent years.