One Syllable Names for Boys

Turns Axel into a word name.

Watts is a patronymic surname derived from Watt, a popular Middle English nickname for Walter. Today, Watts makes a contemporary and stylish way to honor a Walter in your life.

In its native Nigeria, Agu is a surname that signifies strength and being a force of nature. Agu as a first name has some pedigree, however: most notably via Agu Casmir, a famous Nigerian-Singaporean soccer player.

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.

Spence is occasionally used as a name all on its own and it has more of a sense of completeness than many nickname-names.

A very Christmas-y Christmas baby name, that may avoid the Santa image by instead adopting the alternative spelling Klaus.

Despite its genderless sound and appearance, Swayze is used for girls over 80% of the time.

Hervé was a legendary French saint, patron of the blind, who performed many miracles -- it's a lot more sophisticated than the English Harvey.

This surname-name originated as a nickname for redheads.

This marvelously medieval name had a moment in the 1910s and 1920s but has dropped completely off the radar now.

Among the Ewe people of Ghana and Togo, Yao is the name for babies born on Thursday.

There are lots of grandpa Daves and Davids out there, and Dawes can make an original honor name. It's right in step with the current craze for surname names that end in S: Brooks, Wells, Rhodes etc.

Depending on how you look at it, a variation of the word name Colt or an abbreviated form of Kolton.

The name of a bitter African fruit, as well as a name used for boys. Akuol is the feminine variation.

Short but not particularly sweet surname.