One Syllable Names for Boys

A Welsh biblical name that currently doesn't chart in its homeland. If you like the sound, you might also consider spelling it (the unrelated name) Powell.

Also spelled Rioc, this little-known Breton name is short yet strong.

In medieval times, Tibb and Tib were nicknames for Theobald, which also gave way to short forms Tebb and Tipp.

This English surname offers an interesting mix of images: it sounds upper-crusty yet macho, and also conjures up the coziness of a wintery ski lodge. As a surname it is associated with the Massachusetts Republican Senate Minority Leader in the Woodrow Wilson era, Henry Cabot Lodge, who was the father of poet George Cabot Lodge and grandfather of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., who was ambassador to the UN and Richard Nixon's 1960 presidential running mate.

This surname was used by Grant Show and Katherine La Nasa for their daughter Eloise's middle.