Choosing a name for your baby is one of the most exciting parts of being pregnant! Everyone has their different preferences and ideas of what they want their baby’s name to be, where they want it to originate from, how long they want it, etc. This list is full of one syllable boy names for the parents out there looking for something short and sweet! 

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One Syllable Boy Names

Boy names that start with A:

Abe (short for Abraham, Abram)

Ace

Ash (short for Asher, Ashton)

Boy names that start with B:

Banks

Bear

Beau

Beck

Ben – short for Benson, Benny, Benjamin

Blaine

Blake

Bob – short for Bobby or Robert

Boone

Bo – short for Bowen

Brent

Brett

Brock

Brooks

Bruce

Bryce

Boy names that start with C:

Cade – short for Caden

Cam – short for Cameron

Carl

Carr

Cash

Chad

Chance

Chase

Chett

Chris – short for Christopher

Chuck

Clark

Clay – short for Clayton

Cliff

Clive

Clyde

Cole

Colt

Craig

Crew

Cruz

Boy names that start with D:

Dale

Dan – short for Daniel, Danny 

Dane

Dax

Dean

Dom – Dominic

Don – short for Donavon, Donald

Drake

Drew – short for Andrew

Duke

Dwayne

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Boy names that start with E:

Earl

Ed – short for Edward, Eddy

Ev – short for Everett

Boy names that start with F:

Fern – short for Fernando or Ferny

Finn

Floyd

Flynn

Ford

Frank

Fred – short for Fredrick, Freddy

Boy names that start with G:

Gage

Geme

George

Glenn

Graham

Grant

Grey

Gus

Boy names that start with H:

Hale

Hank

Hans

Hayes

Heath

Hugh

Boy names that start with I:

Ike

Boy names that start with J:

Jack

Jake

James

Jax

Jay – short for Jayden

Jazz

Jace

Jess – short for Jessie

Jet

Jerr – short for Jeremy, Jerry

Joe

Joel

John/Jon – short for Jonathan

Josh – short for Joshua

Juan

Jude

Boy names that start with K:

Kade – short for Kaden

Kam – short for Kamden, Kameron

Kane

Karter

Keith

Kent

Kev – short for Kevin

King – short for Kingston, Kingden

Kip

Kit

Kirk

Kurt

Ky/Kai – short for Kyler

Kyle

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Boy names that start with L:

Lance

Lane

Lark

Lee/Leigh

Lex

Linc

Lloyd

Lou – short for Louie

Luke

Boy names that start with M:

Mack

Mark – short for Marcus

Marsh – short for Marshall

Matt – short for Matthew

Max

Mike

Miles

Boy names that start with N:

Nash

Nate – short for Nathaniel

Ned

Neil

Nick – short for NIcholas

Nix

Norm

Boy names that start with O:

Oak – short for Oakley

Boy names that start with P:

Paul

Pax – short for Paxton

Penn

Pete – short for Peter

Phil

Pierce – short for Pierson

Boy names that start with Q:

Quade

Quinn – short for Quinton

Boy names that start with R:

Ralph

Ray

Reese

Reeves

Reid

Rem – short for Remi

Ren

Rhett

Rhodes

Rick

Riggs

Ron – short for Ronnie

Ross

Roy

Russ – short for Russell

Rex

Boy names that start with S:

Sage

Sam

Saul

Scott

Scout

Sean/Shawn

Seth

Shane

Shea/Shay

Slade

Slate

Sloan

Smith

Spence – short for Spencer

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Boy names that start with T:

Tad

Tate

Thor

Teague – short for Teagan

Ted – short for Theodore

Tim

Todd

Tom – short for Thomas

Trace

Trent – short for Trenton

Trey

Tripp

Troy

True

Tuck – short for Tucker

Ty – short for Tyler, Tyson

Boy names that start with U:

Ute

Boy names that start with V:

Val – short for Valiente 

Vance

Vic – short for Victor

Vince – short for Vincent

Von

Boy names that start with W:

Wade

Walt – short for Walter

Wayne

Wells

Wes

West – short for Weston

Will

Woods

Boy names that start with X:

Xayne

Boy names that start with Y:

Yates

York

Boy names that start with Z:

Zach/Zack – short for Zacharia, Zachary

Zane/Zayne

Zeke – short for Ezekiel

Zeus

We hope this article gave you some ideas for one syllable boy names for your new bundle of joy! 

If you’re interested in seeing a more detailed list of baby names that includes ideas for both boys and girls, we have an article for that too! Check out our 400+ baby name ideas for boys and girls! 

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