One Syllable Names for Girls

  1. Adi
    • Bert
      • Origin:

        Diminutive of Alberta or Bertha
      • Description:

        Bert is certainly cuter than any of the possible long forms.
    • Bine
      • Brenn
        • Zhin
          • Tiff
            • Saide
              • Liis
                • Rusnė
                  • Origin:

                    Lithuanian
                  • Meaning:

                    "the river Rusnė"
                  • Description:

                    The name of an island in the Neman River of Lithuania, and used as a given name for over 2000 baby girls between 1990 and 2020 and peaking at Number 20 in 2014.
                • Sher
                  • Blaer
                    • Origin:

                      Icelandic or Scottish
                    • Meaning:

                      "breeze or field"
                    • Description:

                      Blær is a rare Icelandic name meaning "light gust or breeze" that made headlines due to one family's battle to be allowed to use it for their daughter. Iceland has strict name laws and it is not permitted to use a traditionally male name for a girl. The name was finally allowed when she was 15 years old. Blær is also a (female) character in a novel by the famous Icelandic writer Halldór Laxness.
                  • Brá
                    • Origin:

                      Faroese, Old Norse
                    • Meaning:

                      "eyelash"
                    • Description:

                      Too ripe for teasing for an English speaker, but Brá is heard on occasion in Scandinavia.
                  • Carme
                    • Origin:

                      Catalan and Galician form of Carmel, Hebrew
                    • Meaning:

                      "garden"
                    • Description:

                      Currently considered a grandma name in Catalonia, but fresh and unusual (though easily confused with Karma) elsewhere.
                  • Yaa
                    • Origin:

                      Arican, Akan
                    • Meaning:

                      "born on a Thursday"
                    • Description:

                      A traditional day name used by Akan speakers in Ghana.
                  • Tzvia
                    • Origin:

                      Hebrew
                    • Meaning:

                      "gazelle"
                    • Description:

                      Feminine form of Tzvi/Zvi
                  • Cosme
                    • Juut
                      • Troi
                        • Origin:

                          Variant of Troy
                        • Description:

                          About a dozen parents a year give their daughters this girls' version of Troy as a first name.
                      • Ude
                        • Thym
                          • Origin:

                            Spelling variation of Thyme, nature name
                          • Description:

                            Fragrant herb often used for cooking, but scarcely as a name.