One Syllable Names for Boys

McKay is the Anglicized form of Mac Aodha, meaning "son of Aodh" in Gaelic. Aodh is the origin of names such as Aidan and Hugh, making McKay a subtle way to honor people with those names.

Strong, spare, and highly unusual -- there were no babies recorded of either gender receiving this name in one recent year -- place-name referring to the northernmost state in New England. All state names qualify as distinctly American names.

Alve is rising up the ranks in Sweden, but neither it nor Alf will be featured on American birth certificates anytime soon.

Dashing unisex saint's name sometimes associated with the Cajun cadences of New Orleans.

Tew many conflicting word spellings.

For fans of the (female) author A. S. ; makes an interesting alternative to Wyatt or the hotelish Hyatt.