One Syllable Names for Boys

The only thing wrong with the name James is its popularity: James has been among the Top 20 boys' names in the US since the dawn of baby naming time.

Of course, you can just name him Park. But that's so pedestrian.

Cool and casual, a la humorist Ring (born Ringgold. ) Lardner.

Notably the pseudonym used by Mulan in the Disney film Mulan.

A Cornish king whose legend inspired Shakepeare to write King Lear, he supposedly had a daughter named Cordelia who was crowned queen after his death.

This cool surname and place name has multiple origins. As an Irish place name, it may derive from the Gaelic for "fair hilltop" or "head fort', while as a surname it comes from the Norse name Ketill, meaning "helmet, cauldron".