One Syllable Names for Girls
- Kyo
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"village; capital city; apricot; unite"
- Tab
- Skii
- Hyatt
- Drum
Origin:
Word nameDescription:
Cool, musical modern choice, especially as a middle name.
- Cace
- Kait
- Elf
Origin:
Short form of Elfrida or ElfriedaDescription:
Elf is an adorable nickname for the otherwise-clunky Elfrida or Elfrieda. Elf was used for the tragic sister in Miriam Toews' novel All My Puny Sorrows.
- Bret
- Wende
- Hedde
- Méline
- Əsma
- Kyall
- Trace
Origin:
Diminutive of Tracy, word name "of Thracia; to track down, to discover; to copy"Meaning:
"of Thracia; to track down, to discover; to copy"Description:
This diminutive of 20th century fave Tracy (or sometimes Teresa) is more commonly used on boys though it has been occasionally given to girls too.
- Laiyah
Origin:
Variant of LeiaDescription:
Is this a yoonek spelling of Star Wars name Leia? A shortened take on Aaliyah? Laila with a Valley Girl accent? A complicated anagram of Hailey? Maybe all of the above. It's been growing in popularity for years, along with many other similar-sounding names, which will all surely be confused for one another, a la Kirsten/Kristen/Kirsta.
- Dill
Origin:
Diminutive of Dillon, IrishMeaning:
"little"Description:
More commonly a pet form of Dillon than an independent name, but Suzanne Collins used it as such for a female character in her series The Hunger Games.
- Seane
- Gwinn
- Lene