I prefer [name_u]Kai[/name_u], [name_u]Quinn[/name_u], and [name_u]Flynn[/name_u] on boys. The only one syllable girl name I can think of is [name_f]Brynn[/name_f].
My favourites for girls are:
[name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_u]Clare[/name_u] / [name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Blythe[/name_f]
[name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Mae[/name_f]
[name_u]Rue[/name_u]
[name_u]Rain[/name_u]
[name_u]Wren[/name_u]
[name_u]Rae[/name_u]
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
[name_f]Niamh[/name_f]
[name_f]Rose[/name_f] (as a FN only)
[name_f]Faith[/name_f]
[name_f]Fern[/name_f]
[name_f]Belle[/name_f]
[name_u]Dove[/name_u] (only as a middle name)
[name_f]Gwen[/name_f]
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f] was my grandmother’s English name. My sister intends to use it, I’d probably just reference it with one of the [name_u]Rae[/name_u]/[name_u]Rue[/name_u]/[name_u]Rain[/name_u]/[name_u]Wren[/name_u] etc. ones.
My grandmother was [name_f]Ruth[/name_f]. That’s the only one I know anyone with any of the names you’ve listed.
My favorite one-syllable girls’ name is [name_f]Grace[/name_f]. It’s my grandmother’s MN and it’s just really meaningful to me, and I find it so classic, simple, and beautiful, despite its popularity. If I wasn’t trying so hard to avoid a [name_f]Grace[/name_f] R. (seriously, there are already two Graces in my church!), and the nn [name_f]Gracie[/name_f], it’d probably be on my list already, and as a FN, not a middle. I love it. Others I like:
[name_f]Eve[/name_f]
[name_f]Liv[/name_f]
[name_f]Grier[/name_f]/[name_f]Greer[/name_f] (sp?)
[name_f]Tess[/name_f]
[name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_u]Lou[/name_u] (although I wouldn’t ever use it alone as a FN. I think it’s adorable as a middle, though!)
[name_f]Lise[/name_f]
[name_u]Wren[/name_u]
[name_f]Lark[/name_f]
[name_f]Anne[/name_f] (I love the [name_m]French[/name_m] simplicity of this! It’s sort of lacy in its simplicity, I suppose. I also love it dressed-up as a [name_m]French[/name_m] double barrel, like [name_f]Anne[/name_f]-[name_f]Claire[/name_f], [name_f]Anne[/name_f]-[name_f]Sophie[/name_f], etc.)
[name_f]Belle[/name_f] (although I much prefer a fuller name with [name_f]Belle[/name_f]/[name_f]Bella[/name_f] as a nn…)
And I’m sort of getting into [name_f]Rose[/name_f], even though it’s never really been to my taste. I am just really loving [name_f]Rosie[/name_f] as a nn lately.
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f] and [name_f]Jane[/name_f] are my absolute favorite one syllables. I also like [name_f]Kate[/name_f], [name_f]Hope[/name_f], and [name_u]Wren[/name_u].
[name_u]Kai[/name_u] - I know a boy named [name_u]Kai[/name_u].
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f]
[name_u]Quinn[/name_u] - I know a girl named [name_m]Quinlan[/name_m] who goes by [name_u]Quin[/name_u].
[name_f]Bree[/name_f] - I know a girl named [name_f]Briana[/name_f] who goes by [name_f]Bri[/name_f].
[name_f]Dawn[/name_f] - I know a middle aged woman named [name_f]Dawn[/name_f].
[name_f]Lark[/name_f]
[name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
[name_u]Jay[/name_u] - I know a boy named [name_u]Jay[/name_u]
[name_u]June[/name_u]
[name_m]Ace[/name_m]
[name_f]Eve[/name_f]
[name_u]Flynn[/name_u]
I like - [name_f]Anne[/name_f], [name_f]Grace[/name_f], [name_f]Rose[/name_f] “[name_f]Rosie[/name_f]”, [name_u]Brooke[/name_u], [name_f]Tess[/name_f]
[name_u]Clare[/name_u] - my daughter
[name_f]Grace[/name_f] - I’ve met many girls with this name at my kids school
[name_f]Jane[/name_f] - I have a friend with this name
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f] - My oldest had a friend with this name at school
[name_f]Anne[/name_f] - I taught a girl with this name
[name_f]Eve[/name_f] - I knew a girl with this name growing up
[name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Kate[/name_f]
[name_f]Tess[/name_f]
[name_f]Nell[/name_f]
[name_u]June[/name_u]
[name_f]Anne[/name_f]
[name_f]Bea[/name_f]
[name_f]Blythe[/name_f] (I hated this when I was younger but it’s growing on me…)
[name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwen[/name_f]
[name_f]Lux[/name_f]
[name_f]Mae[/name_f]
[name_f]Mair[/name_f] (sort of 1 syllable)
[name_f]Paige[/name_f]
[name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
[name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_u]Rue[/name_u]
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f]
[name_f]Sadhbh[/name_f]
[name_f]Sian[/name_f]
[name_f]Tess[/name_f]
I hadn’t realised I liked so many 1 syllable names