Five Letter Girl Names

Appealingly boyish a decade ago, less so now.

Basha bears a family resemblance to other newly popular Slavic names Sasha and Mischa, all of them hearty, warm and welcoming.

Perhaps the most perfect name for a long-awaited daughter.

Verde is an uncommon color name with a Latinate accent, perfect for a spring baby.

Sounds incomplete, like a pet form of Miranda.

The Finnish translation of Daria. In Finland, Taru is commonly used as a nickname for Tarja.

A rare and sparky Z-starting option with a pretty lunar meaning.

Aloma is a name invented for a Hawaiian dancer, the title character in a 1925 play later adapted twice as a film. But long before that, it was also used by the medieval scholar Ramón Llull, possibly as a feminine form of Alomar (from the Germanic name Aldemar, "old + famous"). The Catalan author Mercè Rodoreda used it for the heroine of her novel Aloma/, making it a classic Catalan literary choice.
It has not been used enough to make the US charts since the 1980s, but would fit with the trend for liquid-sounding, multicultural names like Alaia and Alina.

Nelma originated as a Nordic nickname for names such as Anelma and Sanelma.

Xya first popped into the American baby name charts in 2000, and has been used used every year, though in low numbers, from 2013 onwards. Modern and almost unique — and with a high Scrabble score — Xya fits easily into the trend for mini-names with plenty of vowels, like Mia and Kaya.

Right up there on the Hispanic popularity list.

One of the better-known Japanese names.

Talea is a word in its own right, albeit an obscure one: It's a repeated rhythmic pattern used in a certain type of late Medieval European music.