Ultimate List of One Syllable Boy Names (with meaning)

Choosing the perfect name for your baby boy can be one of the most challenging things. When deciding on a name, the number of syllables play an important part. A short first name often pairs well with a longer middle name or last name. While a short middle name complements a long first name nicely. 

If you’re searching for a one syllable boy name for your son, we’ve compiled the ultimate list.

Here are the most common one syllable boy names, unique one syllable boy names, old fashioned one syllable boy names, masculine one syllable boy names, and strong one syllable boy names.

A – One Syllable Boy Names that Start with A

• Abe (of English origin meaning “father of many”)
• Ace (of English origin meaning “highest rank”)
• Al (of English origin meaning “noble and bright”)
• Arch (of English origin meaning “genuine” or “bold”)
• Art (of Celtic origin meaning “bear”)
• Ash (of English origin meaning “ash tree clearing”)
• Axe (of English origin meaning “someone who lived by the Axe Rivers in Somerset or Dorset”)

B – One Syllable Boy Names that Start with B

• Bain / Baine (of English origin meaning “bones”)
• Banks (of English origin meaning “someone who lived near a hillside or bank of land”)
• Bear (of English origin meaning “bear”)
• Beau (of French origin meaning “handsome”)
• Beck (of English, German, Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian origin meaning “stream”)
• Ben (of Arabic origin meaning “son” or “offspring”)
• Bill (of English origin meaning “will helmet”)
• Birch (of English origin meaning “birch tree”)
• Blade (of English origin meaning “leaf of a plant”)
• Blain / Blaine (of Scottish, Scottish Gaelic, and English origin meaning “yellow,” “a point,” “weary,” “troublesome” or “blister”)
• Blake (of English origin meaning “black”)
• Blaze / Blaise (of French origin meaning “lisping”)
• Bo (of Italian origin meaning “bull” or “ox”)
• Bob (of English and Dutch origin meaning “bright fame”)
• Boone (of English origin meaning “good” or the placename for the “town of Bohon, France”)
• Boyd (of Scottish origin meaning “island of Bute”)
• Brad (of English origin meaning “broad clearing”)
• Brant (of Scandinavian origin meaning “sword” or “fire”)
• Brett (of English origin meaning “someone who was a Breton or a person from Brittany”)
• Brent (of English origin meaning “hill”)
• Brice / Bryce (of French and English origin meaning “speckled”)
• Briggs (of English and Flemish origin meaning “of the bridge”)
• Brock (of English origin meaning “badger”)
• Bronx (of English origin from a place name “borough in New York City”)
• Brook (of English origin meaning “someone who lied near a brook”)
• Bruce (of Scottish and English origin meaning the “town of Brix in France”)
• Buck (of English origin meaning “buck” or “male deer”)
• Butch (of English origin meaning “someone who is a butcher”)
• Buzz (of modern origin with unknown meaning; nickname given for variety of reasons)

C – One Syllable Boy Names that Start with C

• Cade (of English origin meaning “round”)
• Cain / Cane (of Biblical Latin origin meaning “acquired”)
• Cal (of English origin meaning “bald”) 
• Cale (of English origin meaning “whole” or “all of”
• Cash (of English origin meaning “case”)
• Chad (of English origin meaning “battle”)
• Chance (of English origin meaning “luck” or “fortune”)
• Chase (of English origin meaning “chase” or “hunt”)
• Chet (of English origin meaning “camp” or “fortress”)
• Chip (of English origin meaning “son who is similar to his father” aka chip off the old block)
• Chris (of English, Dutch, German, and Danish origin meaning “bearing Christ”)
• Chuck (of English origin meaning “man,” “army,” or “warrior”) 
• Clark (of English origin meaning “cleric” or “scribe”)
• Claude (of Roman origin meaning “lame” or “crippled”)
• Clay (of English origin meaning “a person who lived near or worked with clay”)
• Cliff (of English origin meaning “ford by a cliff”)
• Clint (of English origin meaning “settlement on the River Glyme”)
• Clive (of English origin meaning “cliff”)
• Clyde (of English origin meaning “the River Clyde in Scotland”)
• Cole (of English origin meaning “charcoal”)
• Colm (of Irish origin meaning “dove”)
• Colt (of English origin meaning “young male horse”)
• Coy (of English origin meaning “quiet,” “shy,” or “coy”)
• Craig (of Scottish and English origin meaning “crag” or “rocks”)
• Creed (of English origin meaning “that which is believed,” “a set of beliefs,” or “set of principles”)
• Crew (of English origin meaning “town of Crewe” or “group of people”)
• Cruz (of Spanish and Portuguese origin meaning “cross”)

D – One Syllable Boy Names that Start with D

• Dag (of Norwegian and Swedish origin meaning “day”)
• Dale (of English origin meaning “person who lived near a dale or valley”)
• Dane (of English origin meaning “someone from Denmark” or “valley”)
• Dash (of English origin meaning “to run quickly”)
• Dax (of French origin meaning “leader” or of Germanic origin meaning “badger”)
• Dean (of English origin meaning “valley” or “person who was a dean or worked for one”)
• Dev (of Indian, Hindi and Marathi origin meaning “god”)
• Dirk (of Dutch, German and English origin meaning “type of dagger”  or “ruler of the people”)
• Dom (of English origin meaning “of the Lord”)
• Dov (of Hebrew origin meaning “bear”)
• Drake (of English origin meaning “dragon”)
• Drew (of English origin meaning “manly” or “masculine”)
• Duke (of English origin meaning “leader”)
• Dwayne / Duane (of Irish and English origin meaning “descendant of Dubhan”)

E – One Syllable Boy Names that Start with E

• Ed (of Dutch and English origin meaning “rich guard”)

F – One Syllable Boy Names that Start with F

• Fahd (of Arabic origin meaning “panther”)
• Finn / Fynn (of Irish origin meaning “fair” or “white”)
• Fitz (of English origin meaning “son of”)
• Flint (of English origin meaning “flint”)
• Floyd (of English origin meaning “grey”)
• Flynn (of English origin meaning “descendant of Flann”)
• Ford (of English origin for a place name called “Ford”)
• Fox (of English origin meaning “fox”)
• Frank (of French and English origin meaning “Frenchman”)
• Franz (of French and English origin meaning “Frenchman”)
• Fred (of German origin meaning “peaceful ruler”)
• Fritz (of German origin meaning “peaceful ruler”)
• Frost (of German origin meaning “frost,” “person who has a cold personality,” or “person who has a white beard”)

G – One Syllable Boy Names that Start with G

• Gabe (of Hebrew origin meaning “God’s able-bodied one” or “hero of God”)
• Gael (of Welsh origin meaning “Gaelic”)
• Gage / Gaige (of French origin meaning “measure”)
• Garth (of English origin meaning “garden”)
• Gates (of English origin meaning “person who lives near the town gates”)
• Gene (of Greek origin meaning “well born”)
• Geoff (of German origin meaning “peace”)
• George (of Greek origin meaning “farmer” or “earthworker”)
• Gil (of Greek origin meaning “young goat”)
• Gleb (of Russian origin meaning “god” or “heir”)
• Glen / Glenn (of Scottish origin meaning “valley”)
• Graham (of Scottish origin meaning “gravelly homestead”)
• Grant (of Scottish and English origin meaning “great” or “large”)
• Greg (of Greek origin meaning “watchful” or “alert”)
• Grey / Gray (of English origin meaning “someone who has grey hair or clothing”)
• Gus (of Roman origin meaning “exalted” or “venerable”)
• Guy (of French origin meaning “wood” or “wide” or of Hebrew origin meaning “valley” or “ravine”)

H – One Syllable Boy Names that Start with H

• Hank (of German origin meaning “home ruler”)
• Hans (of German origin meaning “to be gracious”)
• Hart (of German and English origin meaning “hardy” or “strong”)
• Hawk (of English origin meaning “hawk”)
• Hayes (of English origin meaning “enclosure” or “fence”)
• Haze (of English origin meaning “reddish brown color” or “hazel tree”)
• Heath (of English origin meaning “person who is a dweller on the heath or open land”)
• Holt (of English, Dutch, and Old Norse origin meaning “forest”)
• Hoyt (of English origin meaning “someone who lives on a hill or high ground”)
• Huck (of English and Dutch origin meaning “dawn-power”)
• Hugh (of French origin meaning “heart,” “mind,” or “spirit”)
• Hyde (of English origin meaning “a unit of land”)

I – One Syllable Boy Names that Start with I

• Ives (of German origin meaning “son of Ive”)

J – One Syllable Boy Names that Start with J

• Jace / Jayce / Jase (of Greek origin meaning “healer”)
• Jack (of English origin meaning “man”)
• Jad (of Arabic origin meaning “serious”)
• Jake (of English origin meaning “man”)
• James (of Hebrew origin meaning “holder of the heel” or “supplanter”)
• Jarl (of Norwegian origin meaning “chieftain” or “nobleman”)
• Jax / Jaxx (of English origin meaning “son of Jack”)
• Jay (of Hebrew origin meaning “holder of the heel” or “supplanter”)
• Jean (of French origin meaning “God is gracious”)
• Jeb (of Hebrew origin meaning “holder of the heel” or “supplanter”)
• Jeff (of German origin meaning “peace,” “territory,” “foreign,” or “hostage”)
• Jem (of Hebrew origin meaning “God will exalt”)
• Jens (of Danish origin meaning “God is gracious”)
• Jett (of English origin meaning a “jet aircraft” or an “intense black color”)
• Jez (of Hebrew origin meaning “God will exalt”)
• Jim (of Hebrew origin meaning “holder of the heel” or “supplanter”)
• Joe (of Hebrew origin meaning “he will add”)
• Joel (of Hebrew origin meaning “Yahweh is God”)
• John / Jon (of Hebrew origin meaning “God is gracious”)
• Jorge (of Greek origin meaning “farmer” or “earthworker”)
• Juan (of Spanish origin meaning “God is gracious”)
• Judd (of Hebrew origin meaning “descend” or flow down”)
• Jude (of Hebrew origin meaning “praise”)
• Jules / Juelz (of Roman origin meaning “downy-bearded”)

K – One Syllable Boy Names that Start with K

• Kade (of English origin meaning “round”)
• Kai / Kye (of Hawaiian origin meaning “sea”)
• Kane / Kain (of Irish origin meaning “battle”)
• Kase (of Irish origin meaning “descendant of Cathasach”)
• Kash (of English origin meaning “case”)
• Keir (of Scottish origin meaning “rough wet ground”)
• Keith (of Scottish origin meaning “wood”)
• Kent (of English origin meaning “coastal district”)
• Kim (of Welsh origin meaning “chief” and “war”)
• King (of English origin meaning “king”)
• Kip (of English origin meaning “male salmon”)
• Kirk (of Scottish and English origin meaning “church”)
• Kit (of Greek origin meaning “bearing Christ”)
• Klaus (of German origin meaning “victory of the people”)
• Knox (of Scottish origin meaning “round hill”)
• Kole (of English origin meaning “charcoal”)
• Kolt (of English origin meaning “young male horse”)
• Krew (of English origin meaning “town of Crewe” or “group of people”)
• Kris (of English, Dutch, German, and Danish origin meaning “bearing Christ”)
• Krish (of Indian origin meaning “dark” or “black”)
• Kurt (of German origin meaning “brave counsel”)

L – One Syllable Boy Names that Start with L

• Laith (of Arabic origin meaning “lion”)
• Lance (of German origin meaning “land”)
• Lane / Layne (of English origin meaning “lane” or “path”)
• Lars (of Roman origin meaning “from Laurentum”)
• Lee (of English origin meaning “clearing”)
• Leif (of Old Norse origin meaning “descendant” or “heir”)
• Len (of German origin meaning “brave lion”)
• Lev (of Russian origin meaning “lion”)
• Lex (of Greek origin meaning “defending men”)
• Link (of English origin meaning “lake” or “pool”)
• Lloyd (of Welsh origin meaning “grey”)
• Locke (of Dutch origin meaning “enclosure”)
• Lou (of German and French origin meaning “renowned warrior”)
• Luc (of Greek origin meaning “from Lucania”)
• Luke (of Greek origin meaning “from Lucania”)
• Lux (of Latin origin meaning “light”)

M – One Syllable Boy Names that Start with M

• Mack / Mac (of English origin meaning “son”)
• Mark / Marc (of Roman origin meaning “male”)
• Max / Maxx (of Roman origin meaning “greatest”)
• Mick (of Irish origin meaning “who is like God?”)
• Mike (of Hebrew origin meaning “who is like God?”)
• Mitt (of English origin meaning “mill town”)
• Mo (of Latin origin meaning “dark-skinned” or “moorish”)
• Moss (of Hebrew origin meaning “son”)

N – One Syllable Boy Names that Start with N

• Nael (of French origin meaning “God has given”)
• Nate (of Hebrew origin meaning “he gave”)
• Ned (of English origin meaning “rich guard”)
• Neil / Neel (of Irish origin meaning “champion” or “cloud”)
• Nick (of Greek origin meaning “victory of the people”)
• Nils (of Scandinavian origin meaning “victory of the people”)
• Noor (of Arabic origin meaning “light”)

O – One Syllable Boy Names that Start with O

• Oakes (of English origin meaning “plural variant of oak”)
• Ole (of Estonian origin meaning “exist” or “entity”)
• Om (of Dutch origin meaning “maternal uncle”)
• Oz (of English origin meaning “god”)

P – One Syllable Boy Names that Start with P

• Pace (of English origin meaning “peace”)
• Park (of Irish origin meaning “nobleman”)
• Parth (of Indian origin meaning “son of Pritha”)
• Pau (of Catalan origin meaning “peace”)
• Pat (of Latin origin meaning “nobleman”)
• Paul (of Roman origin meaning “small” or “humble”)
• Pax (of Latin origin meaning “peace”)
• Payne (of Latin origin meaning “heathen” or “pagan”)
• Penn (of English origin meaning “hilltop” or “head”)
• Pete (of Greek origin meaning “stone”)
• Phil (of Greek origin meaning “friend,” “dear,” or “beloved”)
• Pierce / Pearce / Piers (of Greek origin meaning “stone”)
• Pike (of West Frisian origin meaning “stone”)
• Pip (of Greek origin meaning “friend of horses”)
• Price / Pryce (of Welsh origin meaning “son of Rhys”)
• Prince / Prynce (of English origin meaning “prince”)

Q – One Syllable Boy Names that Start with Q

• Quade (of German origin meaning “evil man” or “mud, dirt, refuse”)
• Quan (of Chinese origin meaning “of the Quan village”)
• Quay (of French origin meaning “wharf”)
• Quest (of Latin origin meaning “long search”)
• Quill (of Irish origin meaning “wood,” “forest,” or “shrub”)
• Quince (of Latin origin meaning “applelike fruit”)
• Quinn / Quin (of Irish origin meaning “descendant of Conn”)

R – One Syllable Boy Names that Start with R

• Rab (of Scottish origin meaning “bright “frame”)
• Ralph (of Old Norse origin meaning “counsel” and “wolf”)
• Raul (of Portuguese, Italian, Romanian, and Estonian origin meaning “counsel” and “wolf”)
• Ray / Rey (of English origin meaning “beam of light” or German origin meaning “advice” and “protector”)
• Reece / Reese (of Welsh origin meaning “enthusiasm”)
• Reid / Reed (of Scottish origin meaning “red”)
• Reign (of English origin meaning “royal power’)
• Ren (of Japanese origin meaning “lotus” or “love”)
• Rex (of English origin meaning “king”)
• Rhett (of Dutch origin meaning “advice” or “counsel”)
• Rhys (of Welsh origin meaning “enthusiasm”)
• Rick (of German origin meaning “brave ruler”)
• Riggs (of English origin meaning “a person who lives on or by a ridge”)
• Rob (of German origin meaning “bright “frame”)
• Rolf (of German origin meaning “fame” and “wolf”)
• Rome (of German origin meaning “advice” and “protector”)
• Ron (of Scottish origin meaning “advice” or “counsel”)
• Ross (of Scottish origin meaning “promontory” or “headland”)
• Russ (of French origin meaning “little red one”)
• Roy (of Irish origin meaning “red”)
• Royce (of German origin meaning “famous type”)

S – One Syllable Boy Names that Start with S

• Sage (of English origin meaning “a type of spice” or “a wise person”)
• Saif (of Arabic origin meaning “sword”)
• Saint (of English origin meaning “holy” or “consecrated”)
• Sam (of Hebrew origin meaning “name of God” or “God has heard”)
• Saul (of Hebrew origin meaning “asked for” or “prayed for”)
• Scott (of English and Scottish origin meaning “Gaelic speaker”)
• Scout (of English origin meaning “one who gatherers information covertly”)
• Sean / Shawn (of Irish origin meaning “Yahweh is gracious”)
• Seth (of Hebrew origin meaning “placed” or “appointed”)
• Shaan (of Indian origin meaning “dignity” or “dignified”)
• Shane (of Irish origin meaning “Yahweh is gracious”)
• Shea / Shay (of Irish origin meaning “esteemed” or “majestic”)
• Shiv (of Indian origin meaning “benign,” “kind,” or “auspicious”)
• Sid (of English origin meaning “wide island”)
• Sky (of Old Norse origin meaning “cloud”)
• Slade (of English origin meaning “valley”)
• Smith (of English origin meaning “metal worker” or “blacksmith”)
• Sol (of Spanish origin meaning “sun”)
• Spike (of English origin meaning “someone with spiky hair”)
• Stan (of English origin meaning “stone clearing”)
• Sten (of Old Norse origin meaning “stone”)
• Steve (of English origin meaning “crown” or “wreath”)
• Stone (of English origin meaning “stone”)

T – One Syllable Boy Names that Start with T

• Taj (of Arabic origin meaning “crown”)
• Tate (of Old Norse origin meaning “cheerful”)
• Ted (of English origin meaning “rich guard”)
• Tex (of English origin meaning “someone from the state of Texas”)
• Thor (of Old Norse origin meaning “thunder”)
• Tim (of Greek origin meaning “honoring God”)
• Todd (of English origin meaning “fox”)
• Tom (of Greek origin meaning “twin”)
• Trace (of French origin meaning “domain belonging to Thracius”)
• Trent (of English origin meaning “someone who lives by the River Trent in England”)
• Trey (of English origin meaning “three”)
• Tripp (of English origin meaning “third” or “three”)
• Tris (of Celtic origin meaning “riot” or “tumult”)
• Troy (of French origin meaning “a person from the city of Troyes in France”)
• Tru / True (of English origin meaning “true”)
• Truth (of English origin meaning “truth”)
• Ty / Tye (of English origin meaning “tiler of roofs”)

V – One Syllable Boy Names that Start with V

• Val (of Roman origin meaning “strong,” “vigorous,” or “healthy”)
• Vale (of English origin meaning “wide river valley”)
• Van (of English origin meaning “marsh” or “fen”)
• Vance (of English origin meaning “marsh” or “fen”)
• Vaughn (of Welsh origin meaning “little”)
• Ved ( of Hindu origin meaning “sacred knowledge,” “riches,” or “precious”)
• Vic (of English origin meaning “victor” or “conqueror”)
• Vin / Vinn (of Roman origin meaning “to conquer”)
• Vince (of Roman origin meaning “to conquer”)
• Vir (of Hindi and Sanskrit origin meaning “brave man”)
• Vlad (of Slavic origin meaning “rule”)
• Von (of Old Norse origin meaning “hope” or “expectation”)

W – One Syllable Boy Names that Start with W

• Wade (of English origin meaning “a ford”)
• Wake (of Old Norse origin meaning “wakeful” or “vigilant”)
• Walt (of German origin meaning “ruler of the army”)
• Wayne (of English origin meaning “wagon maker”)
• Wells (of English origin meaning “spring”)
• Wes (of English origin meaning “west meadow”)
• West (of English origin meaning “evening” or “night”)
• Whit / Whitt (of English origin meaning “white”)
• Will (of German origin meaning “will helmet”)
• Wolf (of German origin meaning “wolf”)
• Wren (of English origin meaning “small songbird”)
• Wynn (of Welsh origin meaning “blessed,” “white,” or “fair”)

X – One Syllable Boy Names that Start with X

• Xan (of Greek origin meaning “yellow” or “fair hair”)
• Xane (of Hebrew origin meaning “God is gracious”)
• Xen (of Sanskrit origin meaning “absorption” or “meditative state”)
• Xi (of Chinese origin meaning “careful” or “happiness”)

Y – One Syllable Boy Names that Start with Y

• Yael (of Hebrew origin meaning “ibex” or “mountain goat”)
• Yates (of English origin meaning “gate” or “gatekeeper”)
• Yan (of Chinese origin meaning “willow,” “poplar,” or “aspen”)
• Yug (of Sanskrit origin meaning “linking or joining something together” or of Hindi origin meaning “world”)
• Yves “of French origin meaning “yew”)

Z – One Syllable Boy Names that Start with Z

• Zack / Zac / Zach (of Hebrew origin meaning “Yahweh remembers”)
• Zade (of Hebrew origin meaning “righteous”)
• Zaid (of Arabic origin meaning “to increase”)
• Zair (of English origin meaning “little”)
• Zan (of Greek origin meaning “yellow” or “fair hair”)
• Zane / Zain / Zayn / Zayne (of Hebrew origin meaning “God is gracious”)
• Zeek (of Hebrew origin meaning “God will strengthen”)
• Zen (of Sanskrit origin meaning “absorption” or “meditative state”)
• Zeus (of Greek origin meaning “God,” “sky,’” or “shine”)
• Zev (of Hebrew origin meaning “wolf”)

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Benefits of One Syllable Names

Easy to Write

We write our names a lot throughout our lifetime. From school papers, to medical forms, to mortgage papers, our name ends up on a ton of documentation. Having a shorter first name or middle name that is quick to write can come in handy.

No Nickname

Some parents adore nicknames! Other parents gravitate away from nicknames. If you’re a parent that doesn’t want a nickname option, a shorter one-syllable name might be perfect for you! 

A Good Bridge

One syllable names help bridge a name together. As a middle name it can bridge a longer first name and last name together. As a first name it can flow better with a longer middle name option. 

Make Good Middle Names

Do you have a longer last name and are considering a longer first name? Shorter one syllable baby names make for a great middle name option! It can help bridge the first and last name together creating the perfect name that rolls off the tongue. 

Final Thoughts on One Syllable Boy Names

Long names can sometimes be a mouthful. Especially when you have a long first, middle, and last name. Sometimes a shorter single syllable name makes the perfect addition to longer names. 

These shorter names can be easy to pronounce, spell and pair well with longer surnames. We hope our list of one syllable boy names helps you to find the perfect name for your son!

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