Our buddies over at Babyname Wizard came up with a great list of one-syllable baby names. The whole concept of choosing a baby name because it only has one-syllable kind of blew my mind only because I had never thought about it. But now that I think about it there are ALL kinds of great reasons to choose a one-syllable baby name.
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Let's say you don't want people shortening your kid's name or giving them a nickname, well, it's pretty impossible to go shorter than one-syllable. Let's say your extended family speaks multiple languages, well, one-syllable names are pretty easy to pronounce, which makes them all that harder to butcher. Let's say you are looking for a short middle name to go with a rather multisyllabic first name, well, one-syllable names are a good place to start.
Inspired by the Babyname Wizard list, I came up with my own list of 35 one-syllable names for boys and girls. Some of the names appear twice because sometimes names work for both niños and niñas.
Girls
1. Anne
2. Blue
3. Cher
4. Dot
5. Faith
6. Fe (Perhaps you prefer the Spanish version of Faith?)
7. Flor
8. Grace
9. Gris (Like the color gray, but in Spanish.)
10 Hope
11. Joy
12. Kai
13. Love
14. Mar
15. Paz
16. Peach (Whatever, don't judge. You know it's totally cute! )
17. Rose
18. Sky
19. Sol (Pronounced like the Spanish word for sun.)
20. Vic
Boys
1. Ace
2. Art
3. Blue (Very non-gender specific name, if you ask me.)
4. Cash (This name is totally money. Sorry, couldn't help myself.)
5. Chris
6. Cruz
7. Jax
8. Juan
9. Len
10. Luke
11. Roy
12. Royce
13. Sol (No reason why Sol can't be a name for both a girl and a boy.)
14. True
15. Vic (Another name that works for both genders.)
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