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One-Syllable Given Names for Boys

What are some viable names that only have one-syllable? I'm sure you can think of a few, but how many are full names and not nicknames?

Let's see if we can list as many one-syllable full-names as possible! Let me know if I have missed any or if any should be removed because they are actually a nickname. Although some may double as a nickname and a stand-alone name. This is where it gets tricky! For instance, you can be just "Abe" but that could potentially be a nickname for Abel or Abraham. I will include it anyway.

These are names that would work on a boy, whether they're masculine or unisex. You can find the list of one syllable girl names here, but there may be duplicates on both lists.

Short list of semi-common names for those of you that don't want to browse through so many options: 

Blaine, Blake, Boone, Brant, Brent, Brice, Brock, Cade, Cane, Chance, Charles, Chase, Clarke, Craig, Dean, Drake, Dwayne, Earl, Finn, Ford, Gage, Graham, Grant, Gray, Hayes, Heath, Hugh, Jack, James, John, Jude, Keane, Keith, Lance, Lee, Luke, Kyle, Max, Miles, Nash, Neil, North, Page, Paul, Pierce, Quinn, Ray, Reece, Reid, Rex, Rhett, Rhodes, Ross, Scott, Seth, Shawn, Sloan, Stone, Tate, Thorne, Todd, Troy, Vaughn, Wade, Wolf, Yale

Have fun browsing through the rest of them and let me know if there are any that you'd like me to add or delete.  
Abe        
Ace
Ames
Arch
Ash
Aure
Baird
Banks
Bart
Bash
Bay
Beale
Bear
Beau
Beck
Berne
Bert
Birch
Blade
Blaine
Blair
Blaise
Blake
Blaze
Bliss
Blue
Bond
Boone
Booth
Boyce
Boyd
Bram
Brant
Breck
Brent
Brett
Brice
Brick
Bridge
Brit
Brock
Bronx
Brook
Brooks
Brown
Bruce
Bryce
Brynn
Burke
Burt
Butch
Buzz
Byrd
Byrne
Cade
Cael
Cain
Cale
Cane
Carl
Carr
Case
Cash
Chad
Chance
Charles
Chas
Chase
Chaz
Chet
Cid
Clark
Claude
Claus
Clay
Cleave
Clem
Cliff
Clint
Clive
Cloud
Clove
Clyde
Coeur
Cole
Colt
Coy
Craig
Crane
Creed
Crew
Cruz        
Curt
Cyd
Czar
Dale
Dane
Darth
Dash
Dax
Dean
Dirk
Doug
Doyle
Drake
Drew
Duane
Duke
Dunn
Dwayne
Dwight
Earl
Falk
Field
Finn
Fionn
Fisk
Flint
Floyd
Flynn
Forbes
Ford
Fox
Frank
Franz
Fred
Fritz
Frost
Gael
Gage
Gale
Garth
Gates
Gene
Geoff
George
Gil
Giles
Glenn
Graham
Grant
Gray
Greer
Grey
Gregg
Gus
Guy
Haines
Hank
Hayes
Heath
Herb
Holt
Howe
Huck
Hugh
Hume
Ives
Jace
Jack
Jacques
Jake
Jam
James
Jan
Jarl
Jase
Javes
Jax
Jay
Jazz
Jean
Jem
Jett
Jiles
Job
John
Jon
Jones
Joss
Juan
Judd
Jude
Judge      
Juke
Jules
Kade
Kael
Kai
Kale
Kane
Karl
Keefe
Keane
Keith
Ken
Kent
Kern
Kerr
King
Kipp
Kirk
Kit
Klaus
Knox
Knute
Kris
Kurt
Kyle
Laird
Lance
Lane
Lee
Leif
Lev
Link
Lisle
Lloyd
Locke
Lorne
Luce
Luke
Lux
Luz
Lyle
Lynn
Lyre
Mace
Maine
March
Mark
Max
Mayes
Mead
Merle
Miles
Mills
Milne
Mitch
Mitt
Moon
Mose
Nash
Neal
Neil
Niles
Noor
North
Nowles
Nox
Nye
Oak
Oakes
Orde
Page
Park
Patch
Paul
Pax
Paz
Penn
Perth
Pier
Pierce
Platt
Price
Prince
Quade
Quinn
Rafe
Rain
Ralph
Ray
Reece
Reed
Reese
Reeves
Reid
Reign
Ren
Rex
Rhett
Rhodes
Rhys
Rock
Rogue
Rolf
Rome
Ross
Roy
Royce
Rush
Sage
Saul
Scott
Scout
Sean
Serge
Seth
Shae
Shane
Shaun
Shaw
Shawn
Shay
Shea
Shields
Sky
Slade
Sloan
Smith
Spence
Sprague
Stone
Storm
Strom
Sven
Sain
Tadhg
Tate
Tave
Teague
Teal
Teige
Thai
Thane
Thor
Thorne
Todd
Trace
Trent
Trey
Tripp
Troy
Twain
Tyme
Tyne
Vail
Vance
Vaughn
Verne
Vlad
Voss
Vox
Wade
Ward
Wayne
Webb
West
Wolf
Woods
Worth
Wright
Wynn
Xan
Xarles
Yale
Yates
York
Yule
Yves
Zane
Zeal
Zeus
If it is short and sweet names that you're looking for, you may also like this article: The Very Best 4-Letter Boys Names!  If you need help coming up with first and middle name combinations that flow well, take a look at some of the naming services I currently offer!

Comments

Goomba said…
Lorne is my favorite from this list! It has a positive connotation for me because Lorn is a dragon in one of my favorite book series. I think I'd prefer Oak to Oakes but I find that appealing too.

The only suggestion I can think of that's not already there is Lev. Great list!

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