One Syllable Names for Boys

Buoyant but lightweight.

A minimalist choice, Uz is the Biblical home of Job. It's also the name of a character in the Bible, the father of Aram and the grandson of Shem, as is Uzziah. Uz is one of those names that could go either way depending on the personality of your child: super-cool or scuzzy. Proceed with caution.

This common Swedish name gains science connections from bearer Manne Siegbahn who won the Nobel prize for his work on X-ray spectroscopy.

A Top 20 name in Iceland with a lupine meaning.

A Welsh saint who is the namesake of the village of St Breock in Cornwall, and is also venerated in Brittany. The name is a diminutive of Briafael ("mighty prince"). Variants include: Breock, Bryok, Brioc, Briec, Brieuc, Briog.

Once a Top 15 name in Slovenia, now at risk of falling out of the Top 100. In Slovene, the Ž is pronounced like an English ZH.

Creative spelling of Cadence notably used by T-Pain for his son in 2009.