240 short and sweet baby names

There are the kind of people who've had their future baby's name picked out since middle school, and then there are people like me who wait until they are in the delivery room to finally decide on a name. It's a pretty big task to be in charge of what another person will be

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There are the kind of people who've had their future baby's name picked out since middle school, and then there are people like me who wait until they are in the delivery room to finally decide on a name. It's a pretty big task to be in charge of what another person will be known as for the rest of his or her life. If you aren't careful you can find yourself in paralysis by analysis.

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Whether you have decided to go short and sweet for your little one's name, or you went a little "extra" for the first name and are looking for the perfect one-syllable middle name, you're in luck. We have compiled a list of 240 monosyllabic name options for the newest member of your family.

One-syllable names most commonly given to females:

  • Anne
  • Bay
  • Bea
  • Belle
  • Beth
  • Bette
  • Blaire
  • Blanche
  • Blake
  • Blue
  • Blythe
  • Brae
  • Bree
  • Britt
  • Brooke
  • Bryn
  • Cass
  • Cher
  • Claire
  • Dawn
  • Dee
  • Dew
  • Dot
  • Dove
  • Elle
  • Eve
  • Faith
  • Fawn
  • Fay
  • Fern
  • Fleur
  • Flo
  • Flor
  • Frost
  • Gayle
  • Gem
  • Grace
  • Greer
  • Gwen
  • Hope
  • Jade
  • Jai
  • Jan
  • Jane
  • Jazz
  • Jeanne
  • Jenn
  • Jill
  • Joan
  • Joy
  • Joyce
  • Jules
  • June
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  • Kat
  • Kate
  • Kay
  • Kim
  • Kit
  • Lane
  • Lark
  • Leigh
  • Linh
  • Liv
  • Liz
  • Lu
  • Luz
  • Lynn
  • Mae
  • Maeve
  • Mai
  • Mar
  • Maude
  • Meg
  • Minh
  • Nell
  • Neve
  • Noor
  • Paige
  • Pam
  • Pearl
  • Peg
  • Prim
  • Prue
  • Quinn
  • Rae
  • Rain
  • Reese
  • Rose
  • Rue
  • Ruth
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  • Sage
  • Shae
  • Shawn
  • Skye
  • Sloane
  • Snow
  • Sol
  • Starr
  • Sue
  • Tate
  • Tess
  • Thi
  • Thuy
  • True
  • Val
  • Vale
  • Viv
  • Wren
  • Wyn
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    One-syllable names most commonly given to males:

  • Abe
  • Art
  • Ash
  • Beau
  • Ben
  • Bill
  • Blaine
  • Blake
  • Blue
  • Bob
  • Brad
  • Brant
  • Brooks
  • Bruce
  • Bryce
  • Cade
  • Cal
  • Cain
  • Carl
  • Cash
  • Cass
  • Chad
  • Charles
  • Chase
  • Chet
  • Chip
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  • Chris
  • Clay
  • Clint
  • Cole
  • Craig
  • Dale
  • Dan
  • Dave
  • Dean
  • Drake
  • Drew
  • Ed
  • Finn
  • Floyd
  • Flynn
  • Frank
  • Fred
  • Gabe
  • Gage
  • Gene
  • George
  • Glenn
  • Grant
  • Guy
  • Hal
  • Hayes
  • Heath
  • Hugh
  • Jace
  • Jack
  • Jake
  • James
  • Jan
  • Jax
  • Jay
  • Jed
  • Jeff
  • Jett
  • Jim
  • Joe
  • Joel
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  • John
  • Josh
  • Juan
  • Jude
  • Kent
  • Kurt
  • Kyle
  • Lars
  • Lee
  • Leif
  • Len
  • Lorne
  • Lou
  • Luke
  • Lyle
  • Mark
  • Matt
  • Max
  • Merle
  • Miles
  • Niall
  • Nick
  • Park
  • Pat
  • Paul
  • Pax
  • Phil
  • Prince
  • Ralph
  • Ray
  • Rich
  • Reid
  • Rex
  • Rhys
  • Rick
  • Ron
  • Roy
  • Russ
  • Sam
  • Saul
  • Scott
  • Sean
  • Seth
  • Shane
  • Steve
  • Taj
  • Tate
  • Tim
  • Tom
  • Trace
  • Trey
  • Tripp
  • Troy
  • Ty
  • Vance
  • Vaughn
  • Vic
  • Vince
  • Will
  • Yves
  • Zack
  • Zayne
  • Zed
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