209+ Handsome One Syllable Boy Names That Are Short & Strong

On the hunt for some cute, short one syllable boy names to add to your baby name list?

Well then kick up your feet, mama, because *these* are the most handsome one syllable boy names – including short, old-fashioned boy names, one syllable country boy names, whimsical boy names and cool names for boys, too.

Here’s what’s in store – 

The Best One Syllable Boy Names

Here are my favorite short and sweet one syllable boy names that are hand-picked for 2022:

Modern One Syllable Boy Names

Love the cool edge of modern baby boy names?

There are so many ways to really make these modern one syllable boy names shine. 

For a super interesting juxtaposition, try pairing one of these modern one syllable boy names with a super classic, old fashioned or Biblical boy’s name, like William Beau, Lane Theodore, or Cole Charles.

For a super cool, contemporary first and middle name combo, try mixing one of these modern one syllable boy names with another modern name, like Zealand Ace, Rhett Wyatt or Sawyer Dean.

Miles

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: soldier; one who is meriful
• Popularity: #54

Kai

• Origin: Hawaiin, Welsh, Greek
• Meaning: of the sea; keeper of the keys; of the earth
• Popularity: #71

Beau

• Origin: French
• Meaning: beautiful
• Popularity: #94

Jace

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: God is my salvation
• Popularity: #102

Cole

• Origin: Greek, English
• Meaning: victorious people, or swarthy, black coal
• Popularity: #132

Rhett

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: to speak
• Popularity: #148

Jude

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: praised
• Popularity: #150

Ace

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: one, unity
• Rank: #156

Dean

• Origin: English
• Meaning: from the valley, a church leader
• Popularity: #165

Finn

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: fair
• Popularity: #184

King

• Origin: English
• Meaning: the royal ruler
• Popularity: #185

Colt

• Origin English
• Meaning: a young horse
• Popularity: #220

Hayes

• Origin: English
• Meaning: hedged area
• Rank: #229

Nash

• Origin: English
• Meaning: by the ash tree
• Popularity: #233

Jett

• Origin: British, English
• Meaning: a type of black gemstone similar to onyx, or referring to an airplane, also known as a jet
• Rank: #244

Cash

• Origin: English
• Meaning: maker of chests, money case, or hollow, but could also be a tribute to Johnny Cash
• Popularity: #253

Lane

• Origin: English
• Meaning: one who takes the narrow path
• Popularity: > 1000

Zayn

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: God is gracious
• Popularity: #281

Reid

• Origin: English
• Meaning: a red haired man; a reed is a tall type of grass that grows in marshlands
• Popularity: #299

Tate

• Origin: English
• Meaning: cheerful
• Popularity: #305

Wade

• Origin: English
• Meaning: to cross the river ford
• Popularity: #325

Kane

• Origin: Celtic
• Meaning: warrior
• Rank: #329

Cade

• Origin: English
• Meaning: round or barrel, but also a type of juniper tree
• Popularity: #340

Kyle

• Origin Gaelic
• Meaning: from the narrow channel
• Popularity: #364

Clark

• Origin English
• Meaning: a cleric; a clerk
• Popularity: #396

Quinn

• Origin Gaelic
• Meaning: one who provides counsel; an intelligent man
• Popularity: #405

Sage

• Origin English
• Meaning: a storyteller
• Popularity: #427

Hank

• Origin: German
• Meaning: home ruler
• Popularity: #433

Ford

• Origin: American
• Meaning: an iconic auto brand, but could also be an Anglicized version of the Norwegian word fjord, which is a breathtaking long, deep canyon found in Norway
• Rank: #439

Tripp

• Origin: English
• Meaning: a traveler
• Popularity: #445

Dane

• Origin: English
• Meaning: a person from Denmark
• Popularity: #846

Saint

• Origin Latin
• Meaning: a holy man
• Popularity: #454

Dax

• Origin: French
• Meaning: from the French town of Dax
• Popularity: #463

Mack

• Origin: Scottish, Irish
• Meaning: son of or greatest
• Popularity: #470

Wells

• Origin: English, Welsh, Scottish
• Meaning: from the well, or spring
• Popularity: #479

Banks

• Origin: English
• Meaning: one who lives near the edge of the river
• Popularity: #503

Reign

• Origin: American
• Meaning: to rule
• Rank: #608

Flynn

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: son of a red-haired man
• Popularity: #652

Bjorn

• Origin: Scandinavian
• Meaning: bear
• Rank: #766

Riggs

• Origin: English
• Meaning: one who lives near the ridge
• Popularity: #786

Fox

• Origin: English
• Meaning: resembling the animal
• Popularity: #939

Zev

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: wolf
• Popularity: #996

Cool One Syllable Boy Names

Searching for a name that’s totally on trend?

From Hart to Wilde to Grey, many of these names would be considered ‘word’ baby names – so keep that in mind if you find something you like (it’s great to try to seek out more baby names in the same genre to come up with more ideas).

Then these stylish, cool one syllable boy names could be exactly what you’re looking for:

Crew

• Origin: English
• Meaning: a group of people
• Popularity: #267

Hart

• Origin: British, Gaelic
• Meaning: bear, hero or stag
• Rank: > 1000

Wilde

• Origin: old German
• Meaning: hunter
• Rank: > 1000

Van

• Origin: Welsh, Russian
• Meaning: God is gracious
• Rank: #873

Locke

• Origin: English, German
• Meaning: man of the forest
• Rank: > 1000

Jax

• Origin: English
• Meaning: God has been gracious
• Popularity: #243

Jag

• Origin: Urdu
• Meaning: the universe
• Popularity: > 1000

Cruz

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: brave or fierce person
• Rank: #297

Duke

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: leader
• Popularity: #651

North

• Origin: English
• Meaning: one from the north
• Popularity: > 1000

Grey

• Origin: English
• Meaning: river crossing
• Popularity: #716

Rome

• Origin: Italian
• Meaning: one from the Italian city of Rome
• Popularity: #785

Bear

• Origin: English
• Meaning: strong, brave
• Popularity: #826

Vance

• Origin: British
• Meaning: one from near the marshland
• Popularity: #943

Scout

• Origin: French
• Meaning: to listen, sent to discover
• Popularity: > 1000 (#829 for girls)

Steele

• Origin: English, Scottish
• Meaning: like steele
• Popularity: > 1000

Briggs

• Origin: Old Norse (Norwegian)
• Meaning: bridge
• Popularity: #372

Unique One Syllable Boy Names

Love when a name is totally unique? These unique one syllable boy names are all outside of the ranks of the top 500 on the baby names charts.

Or, maybe you’re looking for something even more uncommon? Then don’t miss the list of rare one syllable boy names — up next!

Rhodes

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: where the roses grow; also, a Greek island
• Popularity: > 1000

Bray

• Origin English
• Meaning: one who cries out
• Popularity: > 1000

Cale

• Origin English
• Meaning: one who is manly; a free man
• Popularity: > 1000

Byrne

• Origin: Gaelic
• Meaning: ravens, or brook (a small body of water)
• Popularity: > 1000

Holt

• Origin English
• Meaning: from the forest
• Popularity: > 1000

Vaughn

• Origin: Welsh
• Meaning: little
• Popularity: > 1000

Cairn

• Origin: Scottish
• Meaning: mound of rocks
• Popularity: > 1000

Day

• Origin: English
• Meaning: an occupational name meaning dairyman
• Popularity: > 1000

Deke

• Origin: English
• Meaning: a shortened form of decoy, which means to entice away from an intended course
• Popularity: > 1000

Kace

• Origin: Gaelic
• Meaning: a shortened form of Casey, meaning vigilant or watchful
• Popularity: #872

Foy

• Origin: French
• Meaning: faith
• Popularity: > 1000

Jones

• Origin: English
• Meaning: from the family of John
• Popularity: #913

Giles

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: small goat
• Popularity: > 1000

Jens

• Origin: Scandinavian
• Meaning: God is gracious
• Popularity: > 1000

Mick

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: a form of Micheal; who is like God?
• Popularity: > 1000

Rand

• Origin: German, English
• Meaning: shield, from the riverbank
• Popularity: > 1000

Zeke

• Origin: English
• Meaning: a shortened form of Ezekiel; meaning God strengthens
• Popularity: #619

Hugh

• Origin: German, English, Irish
• Meaning: bright mind
• Popularity: #746

Zade

• Popularity: > 1000

Roth

• Origin: German, Jewish
• Meaning: red hair
• Popularity: > 1000

Brock

• Origin: British
• Meaning: badger
• Popularity: #772

Reeves

• Origin: English
• Meaning: a representative or steward
• Popularity: > 1000

Perth

• Origin: English
• Meaning: from the thorn bush; also a place in Australia as well as Scotland
• Popularity: > 1000

Mills

• Origin: English
• Meaning: one who lived by the mill
• Popularity: > 1000

Roark

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: mighty
• Popularity: > 1000

Stone

• Origin: British
• Meaning: dweller by the rocks
• Popularity: > 1000

Tage

• Origin: Scandinavian
• Meaning: to take
• Popularity: > 1000

Wald

• Origin: German
• Meaning: forest
• Popularity: > 1000

Rare One Syllable Boy Names

Want a name that screams “I am one in a million“?

These rare one syllable boy names are – statistically – uncommon; every one of them are ranked outside of the top 1000 baby names in the United States, as per Social Security Administration data for 2021. 

This means you can be *just about* certain your little one will be the only one in his class with one of these names, right?

Hart

• Origin: British, Gaelic
• Meaning: bear, hero or stag
• Rank: > 1000

Lake

• Origin: British
• Meaning: body of water
• Popularity: > 1000

York

• Origin: English
• Meaning: from the city of York in Northern England
• Popularity: > 1000

Blythe

• Origin: English
• Meaning: cheerful, joyous
• Popularity: > 1000

Bourne

• Origin: British
• Meaning: one who lives near a spring or stream
• Popularity: > 1000

Oakes

• Origin: English
• Meaning: from the oak tree grove
• Popularity: > 1000

Bram

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: father of multitudes
• Popularity: > 1000

Keats

• Origin: English
• Meaning: one who works with cattle or sheep
• Popularity: > 1000

Cairn

• Origin: Gaelic
• Meaning: from the mound of rocks
• Popularity: > 1000

Rook

• Origin: English
• Meaning: crow; charriot
• Popularity: > 1000

Burke

• Origin: English, German
• Meaning: from the fortress
• Popularity: > 1000

Clove

• Origin: French, Latin, English
• Meaning: nail, but also a warming spice
• Popularity: > 1000

Rune

• Origin: Old Norse
• Meaning: secret
• Rank: > 1000

Elm

• Origin: English
• Meaning: red, brown; but also a type of tree
• Popularity: > 1000

Finch

• Origin: British
• Meaning: to swindle, or, a songbird
• Popularity: > 1000

True

• Origin: English
• Meaning: real, genuine
• Popularity: > 1000

Fitz

• Origin: Scottish
• Meaning: son of
• Popularity: > 1000

Birch

• Origin: Engilsh
• Meaning: bright, shining; also a type of tree
• Popularity: > 1000

Fyfe

• Origin: Scottish, Gaelic
• Meaning: from Fifeshire, a country in Scotland
• Popularity: > 1000

Bay

• Origin: English, Latin, French
• Meaning: an inlet from the sea, or berry
• Popularity: > 1000

Hans

• Origin: German, Dutch, Scandianavian
• Meaning: God has been gracious
• Popularity: > 1000

Witt

• Origin: English, Dutch, German
• Meaning: white-haired or pale
• Popularity: > 1000

Reef

• Origin: English
• Meaning: a partly submerged ledge underwater
• Popularity: > 1000

Huck

• Origin: German, English
• Meaning: a short form of either Hugo or Huckleberry; in German, Hugo means mind, in English, Huckleberry is group of small, dark berries similar to a blueberry

Flint

• Origin: English
• Meaning: a small piece of rock from quartz, often used to start a fire
• Popularity: > 1000

Lev

• Origin: Hebrew, Russian
• Meaning: lion, heart
• Popularity: > 1000

Mayes

• Origin: English
• Meaning: child of matthew
• Popularity: > 1000

Byrd

• Popularity: > 1000

Raine

• Popularity: > 1000

Frye

• Popularity: > 1000

Zeus

• Popularity: > 1000

Oak

• Popularity: > 1000

Penn

• Origin: Celtic
• Meaning: enclosure, hill
• Popularity: > 1000

Roam

• Popularity: > 1000

Sven

• Popularity: > 1000

Thor

• Popularity: > 1000

Tradd

• Popularity: > 1000

Yale

• Popularity: > 1000

Country One Syllable Boy Names

These southern-inspired country one syllable boy names are full of rustic charm, and are as sweet as they are rugged:

Knox

• Origin: Scottish
• Meaning: from the small hill
• Rank: #221

Brown

• Popularity: > 1000

Luke

• Popularity: #32

Rhett

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: to speak
• Popularity: #148

Dunn

• Popularity: > 1000

Wade

• Origin: English
• Meaning: to cross the river ford
• Popularity: #325

Brooks

• Popularity: #77

Ridge

• Origin: English
• Meaning: one who lives by the ridge or cliff
• Popularity: #558

Gage

• Popularity: #569

Redd

• Popularity: > 1000

Chase

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: to hunt
• Rank: #125

Kipp

• Origin: English
• Meaning: from the small pointed hill
• Popularity: > 1000

Colt

• Popularity: #220

Jake

• Origin: English
• Meaning: form of Jacob; meaning the one who supplants
• Popularity: #335

Brice

• Popularity: > 1000

Chet

• Popularity: > 1000

Briggs

• Origin: Old Norse (Norwegian)
• Meaning: bridge
• Popularity: #372

Tex

• Popularity: > 1000

Troy

• Popularity: #418

Wells

• Origin: English, Welsh, Scottish
• Meaning: from the well, or spring
• Popularity: #479

Braun

• Popularity: > 1000

Clay

• Origin: English
• Meaning: of the earth’s clay
• Popularity: #614

Ty

• Popularity: #687

Lee

• Popularity: #698

Trace

• Origin: English
• Meaning: find or discover
• Popularity: #738

Wes

• Popularity: #865

Heath

• Origin: English
• Meaning: from the untended land of flowering shrubs
• Popularity: #958

Ames

• Popularity: > 1000

Barnes

• Popularity: > 1000

Beck

• Popularity: > 1000

Brandt

• Popularity: > 1000

Cliff

• Popularity: > 1000

Rigg

• Popularity: > 1000

Wright

• Origin: English
• Meaning: shaper of wood
• Popularity: > 1000

Coy

• Popularity: > 1000

Bud

• Popularity: > 1000

Dierks

• Origin: German
• Meaning: a born ruler
• Popularity: > 1000

Ky

• Popularity: > 1000

Nate

• Popularity: > 1000

Ripp

• Popularity: > 1000

Ryle

• Popularity: > 1000

Buck

• Popularity: > 1000

Trent

• Popularity: > 1000

Trigg

• Popularity: > 1000

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Classic and Old Fashioned One Syllable Boy Names

Next up, old fashioned one syllable boy names. This list of names includes both vintage one syllable boy names that have made a huge comeback and are currently topping the charts, as well some truly “old boy names” from the earlier decades in the 1900s.

James

• Popularity: #5

Jack

• Popularity: #11

Grant

• Popularity: #212

Dale

• Popularity: > 1000

John

• Popularity: #27

George

• Popularity: #134

Kit

• Origin: English
• Meaning:  pure
• Popularity: > 1000

Bert

• Popularity: > 1000

Frank

• Popularity: #444

Blair

• Popularity: > 1000

Mack

• Origin: Scottish, Irish
• Meaning: son of or greatest
• Popularity: #470

Floyd

• Popularity: > 1000

Drew

• Popularity: #509

Roy

• Popularity: #551

Rex

• Popularity: #696

Neil

• Popularity: #719

Fred

• Popularity: > 1000

Clyde

• Popularity: #733

Ben

• Popularity: #763

Cain

• Popularity: #956

Fritz

• Popularity: > 1000

Gus

• Popularity: > 1000

Park

• Popularity: > 1000

Boyd

• Popularity: > 1000

Pete

• Popularity: > 1000

Chip

• Origin: English
• Meaning: diminutive form of Christopher
• Rank: > 1000

Rolf

• Popularity: > 1000

Ted

• Popularity: > 1000

Clive

• Popularity: > 1000

West

• Popularity: > 1000

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Biblical One Syllable Boy Names

Set on a Biblical one syllable boy name for your little guy?

What a beautiful way to thank God for your little blessing, and honor your faith. 

Here they are:

Rhodes

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: where the roses grow; also, a Greek island
• Popularity: > 1000

Cain

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: spear
• Popularity: #956

Jude

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: praised
• Popularity: #150

James

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: supplanter
• Popularity: #5

Luke

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: light-giving
• Popularity: #32

John

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: God has been gracious
• Popularity: #27

Mark

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: warlike
• Popularity: #252

Looking for more Bible-based baby boy name inspo? Check out the full list here: 65+ Unique Biblical Boy Names with Meanings

One Syllable Boy Names – TL;DR

At the end of the day, there’s no debating that choosing the baby name that’s *just right* for your little one is a tough task, but it’s our hope that you’ve found at least a few one syllable boy names on this mega-list to add to your pile.