Clark! Classic, underused, sharp.

The name is ruined for me because of National Lampoon Vacation movies.

That adds to the appeal for me lol

Kent!

I’ve always adored Clark!

Came here to comment this! This name was high on my list, and we almost went with it. So underrated!

Now I’m so curious what you chose instead?

Calvin :)

Very nice!

LOVE Clark! If I had ever ended up having a boy either his first or middle name would have been Clark. It's my great-grandmother's maiden name, plus my husband is a huge Superman fan. Clark also means scribe or scholar which I think are pretty cool meanings!

I love this name, but we live in Korea and for us it becomes 3 syllables T.T

Ah yes! Keu-Rah-Keu. I used to live there! Luckily I have a one syllable name with just one consonant sound, but some of my coworkers were not as lucky.

I’m one of those unlucky folks haha just my first name is 4 syllables. My husband is adamant we pick only a 2 or 3 syllable name

My top boy name, husband is ecstatic I like it. Only problem is hubby is a Clark Kent looking guy so kid might end up looking just like him

We named our son Clark and he ended up having blue eyes and really dark brown hair!! 

I love Clark! If I'd had a third boy, we would have named him Clark.

Cole Miles

I love Miles! That would be a great choice!

Miles is fantastic and I also really love the idea of Moe(M.O.) as a nickname

Named my oldest Myles Oliver (I wanted Oliver as his first name for the nickname Ollie, but I can’t see him as an Oliver, he definitely fits Myles)

•Neil & Dean •Neil & Glen / Glenn •Neil & Graham •Neil & Hayes •Neil & Kent •Neil & Seth •Neil & Troy

Came to say Dean and Glenn.

I love Dean!

I love these but they all sound like they’re brothers in their 40s lol. 

I mean, Neil…

That's what I love about these suggestions 🖤

I like that bc one is only a kid for a small portion of their lives.

They’ll get there one day!

Graham has two syllables

Gra-Ham? I defs only say one

Gray-um

That seems to be the more European pronunciation, in many parts of the US it is just pronounced like "gram." I learned that it has two pretty distinct pronunciations when I was considering the name for my son

Yeah, my answer was more because I thought u/bartkurcher was asking how Graham was pronounced in a two syllable manner

I feel like it's elided in US pronunciation so it's almost but not quite two syllables. Like I can almost feel it in my mouth but it doesn't vocalize.

OP asked for one(ish) syllables so this is an acceptable suggestion

I love Hayes! And my HS boyfriend was a Dean. I think it’s timeless and super underutilized.

Seconding Troy! Dean and Seth are great too, and everyone I've ever met with those names has been a wonderful person.

Love Graham

We used Troy for a middle name. I never hear anyone use Troy, but I really like it. 

Dean Finn Jude Reid Wells Hayes

Love Jude

Neil & Reid would be a great sibset!

Wells! Yes.

Great list. I especially love Dean & Reid. I love Jude, but there seem to be so many young Judes around me lately.

I also suggested Jude goes with Neil and it’s out of the top 100

Came here to say Dean or Joel!

Ian!

Neil and Ian go well together! Great suggestion.

Pierce Ash Cole Quinlan Scott

Maybe it’s just me, but I keep saying Quinlan over and over and it’s two syllables. How are you guys saying it? Am I saying it wrong?

OP said "One(ish)" and listed Silas as one of her own ideas.

Quinlan makes me think of Quinlan Vos from Star Wars

Jude Lane Saul Dane Cal Someone yesterday wanted to name their kid Reid which is also a nice one syllable name.

Hank Sage Rhys/Reece/Reese (I'm partial to the Rhys spelling) Cade Case Brett Brent Rowe Nash Knox Tate Wren Dane Dash Stone Gray Leif Rafe

Big fan of Leif

I’m quite fond of Rafe. Mills is also fits the requirement.

Kit

Great pick.

Cole Mark Dale Sean Cade Dean Finn Jack Ned Jed Paul Vince

Blake

And also Jake

Roy

Came here to suggest this. Met a newborn named Roy and thought it was so precious!

My son's name. ❤️ I love it, but people seldom think of it.

We have a Neal and a Dean! People always compliment how well they go together. Some other ideas: Graham Clark Jude Vaughn Clive Cliff Wynn Beau Claude Hugh Vance Boyd Ross

Graham is in my top 2!

Seth

Drew, Todd, Shane, Kieran

Grant!

Jack or Sid, maybe?

Alex is solid.

Gabe Craig James Ace Beck Lyle Brent Carl Dean Beau Ian Isaac Finn Grant Hank Jett Kai Lee Knox Owen Pete Saul Tate Zeus Jules

This was very much my vibe for boy names as well. One of my son’s is Grant. Others we considered; Brooks Gabe Cole Reid Pierce

Jake

George

Hugh

Eli Jack George Colt Kent Ray Kai Wes/Wesley  Hank John Dane Reid

Ezra, Ari, Uly, Eber, Lake, Hank, Soren, Sol

Out of interest, what is P.O. that’s an insult? I know B.O. but I can’t think of anything with P

piss off?

Roy

Todd Jeff Mark Paul Ray Lief Kyle Rex

Kian, Jett, Jace, Karel, Jude, Jules, Rhett, Dale, Dean, Axel, Odin, Abel

Grant has always been one of my faves.

Rhys Hugh Miles Max Wes(ley) George Beau Finn Dean Kit

Reed/Reid, Joel

James Lyle Reed Rhys Trent Cole Charles (sometimes 1 drawn-out syllable, sometimes 2 syllables depending on your accent) Mark Scott Luke Wade is great too!

Graham, Reid, Brent, Mark, Gene, Jack. My vote is Graham, Gene, or Jack based on your references!

Shane, Cole, Jax, Dean, Dale, Hawke, Wayne, or Von

Dale, Vern, Lloyd, Keith, Drew, Heath, Ulf, Thor, Mads, Russ, Trent, Shane, Ike

Rhett. Job. Kent. Carl. I kinda like Neil and Carl!

Cole, Leo, Kai, Nate, Lee, Jed, Seth, Keith, Mark

Penn

- Creed - Drake - Kai (K.O.?) - Beau - Gage - Adam - Gavin - Martin - George - Clive

Only issue with Drake would be the modern connotations

Something with a "K" so his initials would be "K.O."! Kevin lends itself to a few nicknames, as does Kenneth. Kai is another option, or Kaden (a version of my favorite name, Aeden/Aiden, meaning "little fire" in Gaelic)

George

Liam

Cade, Dean, Flynn, Ross, and Seth are some names that come to mind.

Cal

Reid. Clark. Seth. Graham. Wade.

I see Clark was already suggested, but I was going to suggest Clark (with Joseph, possibility of CJ for a pet name). Also Kent.

Evan, Graham, Cole

Seth, Reid, Davis, Wade

Glenn

Jace

Brett / Shane / Zach

rhett?

Brett

Craig, Dean, Wayne, Wade, Clint, and Juan.

Cade

Dean or Reid

Dean!

Dean

Ari(e), Jude, James, Graham, Reece, Kai

Clyde, Seth, Dale, Ace,Rex,Van, Fox,Jack

I always preferred short boys names. Nico Levi Leo Cole

Dave, not David. Just Dave.

Hank Dean Reid Collin (2 syllables but still might work) Vince Paul Abe Greg Jeff Jack Jed Cal Matt Ned Paul Quinn Sam Stan Tim Tom Wes Will Zack

Grant

Jules

Powell

Cruz

Drew

Ray

I LOVE Wade! I think it's strong, classic, and underrated. It's also one of my nephew's middle names, so maybe I'm biased,but it's a great name! I also love the suggestion of Clark! It would work really well with your last name, and Neil & Clark as a sib-set is perfection! Reid Rhys Vaughn Heath Rhett Drew Craig Hugh Scott Vance Joel Paul Max Vincent nn Vince Calvin nn Cal Walter nn Walt Arthur nn Art

Dick

Kit

Beau, Reece, Flynn, Trace, Rhett, Dane, Cade, Duke, Cash, Lance

I'm the oldest of 3 boys. Neil, Kyle and Eric

Wyatt

Tom

Rhys (Americanized Reece.)

I was today years old when I learned this name is pronounced like Reece. I have always pronounced it in my head like “Rise”.

Reid Quinn Dean Beau

Flynn Cal Drew Zeke

Graham

Sam

Sean! 

Jack

Ari Cole Duke Evan Finn Graham Hart Ike Jace Kent Lee Max Nate Ori Phil Quinn Rome Seth Tripp Troy Trey Uri Vaughn West Xay Yale Zev

Hank or Jack or John

Miles Ian Asa Joel Owen Jude Jett Drew Kai

Clyde! One of my all-time fave boy names. Easy to spell and say, has a Y in the middle for visual appeal (in case he becomes a graphic designer), recognizable but not common and one syllable.

Mark Craig Garth Ian Troy Scott Clint Hugh

Kirk

Alex

Alex John Drew

Locke, Shea, Heath, Boone, Ford, Vaughn, Zane Finn is also fantastic but quite popular

Rhett

Shane, Sean, Dean, Scott, Lloyd, 

Clyde

Jude, Brock, Vaughn, Heath, Cole, Dale, Brett, Kent, Blaine, Shane, Clark, Reid, Drew.

Cian (key-ann)

John

Clyde, Craig, Dale, Todd

Graham Kit Clay Gray

Eric.

Is your last name Occhipinti per chance? I’ve always been partial to Rowan, but there’s also Finn and Rhys!

Chad, Jay, Quinn, Eric, Owen, Saul, Joad, Max, Abe.

80’s had tons of them- Matt, Steve, Paul, Rich, Rob, Dean, Luke, Mark, Greg, Dan, Jim, Tim, Pete, Joe, Dave, Jeff, John. Some others- Cam, Cal, Ted, Ace, Jett, Ev, Fred, George, Hank, Ike, Karl, Lou, Quinn, Rex, Stan, Vance, Will, Zach.

Kurt

Clint, Hugh

Hank

If you’re from Ireland, I’d go with Tadhg.

Nowell, Gage, John, Drew, Kyle, Dan, Gus, Earl, Frank, James, George, Kurt, Kirk, Ned, Shane, Otis

Alec

Zac

Chase

My brother who has a long foreign last name is Cam - just Cam not Cameron, Campbell etc. Otherwise I'll offer up my son's middle name which I love, Owen - technically 2 syllables but not very taxing, really more like 1.5 syllables lol. I also quite like the alliteration from Owen Oppenheimer Or my husband's name Rhys, would go particularly well with a surname beginning with a vowel I think - though nobody in Australia can pronounce it or spell it strangely so maybe something to be mindful of depending on where you live.

Ray, Earl, Wayne, Merle, Cade, Hal, Seth, Todd, Nate, Chaz.

Chad Crew Case Cole Brooks Leif Noel

I was going to say Gary with the reasoning I've not met a young Gary in a very long time but it appears Gary was "trending" in 2023 so make of that what you will. 

Ward

Lloyd

Jace, Lane, Jett, Laird, Shane, Keith, Clay, Rhett, Hayes, Reese, Nash, Vince, Zayn, Hugh.

Joel

Paul John James Charles

Glenn Scott Hugh Dean Otto Seth Vince Otis Evan Eric Heath Jack Penn Tate Lyle

Paul.

My top one-syllable names for boys: Dean Jude Rhys (Reese if you must) Graham Luke Bruce Charles (Chas) Two-syllable names with a similar vibe: Jesse Simon Damon Isaac Alec Felix Adam

Dean or Ian

Quin

Grant or Clark as others have suggested would be my top picks for your criteria

Zach

Rafe!

We have a Dean :) have not met another kiddo named Dean yet though he’s just 5YO

Otis? I like it, and I feel like it sounds good with Neil! Initials would be O.O, but I don’t see that as a problem!

Kurt

Grant or Clark

Reid!

Kit, Finn, Ian, Jack, Jones, Charles, Fred, Sam, Art, Stan

What about Lee or Leo?

Kit

Lars, Hugh, Dean, Jude

Greg

Kent. Kirk.