Best One Syllable Girl Names

Oak

Nature name

Ten times as many boys are named Oak as girls: about 50 boys last year to five girls. Of course, nature names don't have any traditional gender identification the way names like John and Mary do, so…

Park

Word name

Green-hued name that evokes images of fields, trees, and summertime picnics.

Pax

Latin

"peace"

A cool name, representing the Roman goddess of peace and offering a positive message to bestow upon a child. Pax is one of the most stylish new names that mean peace .

Pleun

Dutch

"of the sun god"

Pleun is a unisex Dutch name deriving from Apollonius or Apollonia, although now it ranks far higher for girls in its native land than the original form. In 2024, it ranked in the Top 140 in The…

Pam

Diminutive of Pamela, English

"all honey"

This mild-mannered short form was Queen of the Prom in the fifties and sixties, but today is mostly heard on TV's The Office (and of course as one of the founders of Nameberry). While about 100 baby…