Five Letter Girl Names

Form of Katia, from Katherine.

Popular in Azerbaijan - where is is normally spelled Ni̇gar - Nigar derives from the Persian name, Negar. Beloved as it may be in it's native country, and regardless of it's very different meaning in Persian, it is probably too close to a racial slur to work in an English speaking context.

Welsh Romani harpist Eldra Roberts is the best-known bearer of this rare El- name.

Lenia is part Lena and part Leni, a full name that started life as a short form of most any name ending or beginning with a Len sound. While Lena was used for more than 1000 baby girls in the US last year and Leni was used for nearly 100, Lenia was given to fewer than five. But Lenia is one of the most popular baby girl names in Switzerland.

Deren is a name that could easily cross borders — and who wouldn't love it, with that whimsical meaning?

Rather than going with a yooneek spelling like Macen (or Maysen or Masyn), we'd suggest sticking with the original Mason, as Kelsey Grammer did for his daughter.

Variation of Suheyla.

A rare but rising unisex name — used more often on baby girls.