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One syllable girl names please

84 replies

Emmafh3 · 29/08/2025 21:57

So far we kind if like Wren, Sage, Brooke

Sisters have Robyn and Rose, doesn't need to start with R but absolutely cannot start with F or L and preferably not A either.

Much appreciated!

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PanderBare · 04/09/2025 16:53

@brightnails , it's Nee-uv, isn't it?

brightnails · 04/09/2025 16:40

QuaintGreenFawn · 29/08/2025 22:02

Eve
Niamh
Anne
Jess
Jo
Clare
June
Quinn
Ruth
Blake
Kate
Beth
June
May
Maeve
Maude
Belle
Paige
Gwen
Nell
Rae
Skye
Tess

Niamh is not one syllable, find the Frank McCourt voiced pronunciation guide coz I know you won’t take my word for it 🤦🏽‍♀️

Whowahway123 · 04/09/2025 16:35

Emmafh3 · 04/09/2025 11:03

Thank you all again, update, I think we have agreed on Rae! * subject to my hormones not making me bawl my eyes out because it doesn't fit her when she's born 😅

Just seen this.

love it

Whowahway123 · 04/09/2025 16:34

Bea
Rae

Missj25 · 04/09/2025 16:32

Emmafh3 · 04/09/2025 11:03

Thank you all again, update, I think we have agreed on Rae! * subject to my hormones not making me bawl my eyes out because it doesn't fit her when she's born 😅

🙌 😊

BettyBobble · 04/09/2025 12:23

Faye

Petitchat · 04/09/2025 12:12

Mummy7777 · 04/09/2025 11:54

I think I was one of the first to suggest Rae so I'm soo chuffed! Yeyy! :)

Yeyy 😊

It is a lovely choice 👍

Mummy7777 · 04/09/2025 11:54

I think I was one of the first to suggest Rae so I'm soo chuffed! Yeyy! :)

Petitchat · 04/09/2025 11:08

Emmafh3 · 04/09/2025 11:03

Thank you all again, update, I think we have agreed on Rae! * subject to my hormones not making me bawl my eyes out because it doesn't fit her when she's born 😅

Rae, lovely choice 😊

Best Wishes OP x

Original poster
Emmafh3 · 04/09/2025 11:03

Thank you all again, update, I think we have agreed on Rae! * subject to my hormones not making me bawl my eyes out because it doesn't fit her when she's born 😅

OP posts:
user1492757084 · 03/09/2025 16:42

Kim
Meg

coxesorangepippin · 03/09/2025 16:32

Bo
Sam
Elle

KayEmAy · 03/09/2025 16:29

Personal favorite from your list is Sage - I love a short name!

some of my favorite single syllable girl names -
Eve
Rae
Sam
Belle
Blaire
Kate
Lux
Fleur
Bea
Skye
Tess
Wynne
Jo
Shay

ginasevern · 02/09/2025 15:44

Belle
Clare
Gwen
Tess
Joan
Skye

Spookygoose · 02/09/2025 15:32

Dot

Zippidydoodah · 02/09/2025 15:27

Ooh, I had forgotten Fleur! Was on my list but do vetoed it. Robyn, Rose and Fleur sounds good.

Zippidydoodah · 02/09/2025 15:25

Rae. I know it’s a common middle name but I know a Rae and I love it for her. Suits her!

DeliaOwens · 02/09/2025 15:22

We have multicultural family, so here are some of our one syllable favs.

  1. Ann (English, German, Scandinavian short form of Anna)
  2. Liv (Norwegian, Swedish – meaning “life”)
  3. Lin (Scandinavian/English short form of Lina; also Chinese name meaning “forest”)
  4. Mae (English, also used in Nordic countries as a modern short name)
  5. Fay (English, also in German-speaking areas; meaning “fairy”)
  6. Svea (Swedish – one syllable in Swedish pronunciation “Sve”)
  7. June (English, also used in Scandinavia)
  8. Luz (Spanish/Italian, (from Lucia) but adopted into German and Scandinavian naming – means “light”)
  9. Ruth (English, German, Swedish – biblical name)
  10. Nyn (rare, but seen in Norway/Sweden as a short modern form, from “Nynne” or “Nina”)
granthamgrizzler · 02/09/2025 15:18

Faye
Nell
Tess
Hope

Rituelec · 30/08/2025 17:12

Jade
Lil
Grace
Mair
Paige
Brook
Dawn

Petitchat · 30/08/2025 17:07

PanderBare · 30/08/2025 16:51

It makes me think of Blyth, Northumberland.

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Makes me think of a blithe spirit 😊

PanderBare · 30/08/2025 16:51

Missj25 · 30/08/2025 14:56

I like it too 😊

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It makes me think of Blyth, Northumberland.

Whatareyoutalkingaboutnow · 30/08/2025 16:46

Joy.
Classic, pretty and can't be shortened.

TheeNotoriousPIG · 30/08/2025 16:44

My first thought was virtue names, like Grace and Faith, until you mentioned that it can't start with an F!

Others that I've considered include Eve, Joy, Hope, Niamh, Meabh/Maeve, May, Meg, Jess, Nell, Sky, Kate, Del, Tess, Bess, Pip... I'm going off all of the female sheepdogs I know at this point...! (I draw the line for a human baby at Fly, though).

I know a little 'Bea' (short for Beatrice, but her sisters also go by the short forms of their considerably more serious birth certificate names).

LoudPlumDog · 30/08/2025 15:19

Not F, L or A …

Kate
Clare
Beth
Jane
Jade
Meg
Paige
Niamh
Tess
Eve
Quinn
May
Sian
Drew
June
Blair
Gwen
Pearl
Jean
Val
Grace
Ruth
Ella
Joyce
Dawn
Skye
Shaye
Belle
Maeve
Hope