One Syllable Word Names Part 1

Brick

Word name, various origins

This is an Anglicized form of various names; the Irish Gaelic O Bruic; German, Bruck or Breck, meaning "swamp" or "wood"; Yiddish, Brik, "bridge"; and Slovenian, Bric, "dweller from a hilly place."…

Bridge

Word name

"bridge"

A new name with the potential for spanning across a far-reaching future. Bridges and Bridger are other possiblities.

Bright

English word name

"bright"

Rare word name that works for either gender.

Brisk

Brisk is an extremely unusual masculine name derived from an English word meaning 'quick,' 'lively,' or 'energetic.' As a name, it falls into the category of word names or virtue names that directly…

Brook

English nature name

"small stream"

Now that the popularity of Brooke is waning, and surname style variant Brooks is on the rise, Brook seems live a newly fresh nature-inspired option.

Buck

English

"male deer or rabbit"

Comedian Roseanne Barr chose this macho nature name for her son. In the 18th century it was used to describe a dashing, fashionable dressed man. Buck fits in well alongside names like Beck, Jack and…

Bud

English nickname

"friend"

An upbeat and friendly nickname, Bud is more often reserved as a term of endearment, though it was once a Top 500 choice in the US and remained in the charts right up until the 60s. While long-form…

Buff

Modern nickname, also color name

Has too many slangy connotations to be considered.

Burn

Burn is a masculine name with origins as an English surname derived from either geographic locations (someone who lived near a stream or 'burn' in Old English) or from the Old English personal name…

Buzz

Modern nickname

Brother for Biff and Bud. McFly rocker Tom Fletcher transformed this from midcentury short form to modern cool name when he used it for his newborn son.