Five Letter Girl Names
- Every
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"being each individual or part of a group"Description:
All-inclusive word name.
- Litzy
Origin:
Spanish nicknameDescription:
Inspired by the Mexican singer who uses it as her single name.
- Sagit
Origin:
AramaicMeaning:
"great, immense"Description:
Feminine form of Sagi.
- Yaffa
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"beautiful"Description:
A modern Hebrew translation of Shayna, the Yiddish word for "beautiful," and commonly heard in Israel.
- Albia
Origin:
LatinDescription:
A rarely heard ancient Latin names for girls that has a not-so-appealing brand name feel. Try Alba instead.
- Blume
Origin:
German and Jewish surnameMeaning:
"flower"
- Allifair
Origin:
RomaniMeaning:
"elf warrior or all true"Description:
Variant of Alafair
- Eliot
Origin:
Variation of ElliotMeaning:
"The Lord is my God"Description:
Eliot is the sleekest spelling of the original, very occasionally used for girls, perhaps to honor novelist George Eliot.
- Metis
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"wisdom, skill, cunning"Description:
A Titan and mother of Athena in Greek mythology.
- Ratih
Origin:
IndonesianMeaning:
"most beautiful; godlike"Description:
Popular Indonesian name that may leave a young girl in an English=speaking country open to teasing.
- Leica
Origin:
Invented nameMeaning:
"Leitz's camera"Description:
Leica is a camera brand that made the news years ago when a photographer gave it to his daughter. It has never charted as a baby name in the US but is definitely a plausible (and attractive) choice for the daughter of a photography lover.
- Rikku
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"land, continent"Description:
The Japanese Rikku is familiar in the west as the name of one of the lead characters of the "Final Fantasy" video game series. Voted "hottest character," the fictional Rikku is a thief with a good sense of humor.
- Talie
- Efnan
Origin:
Turkish from ArabicMeaning:
"full spreading branches of trees"Description:
A popular female name in Turkey, with a lush nature meaning.
- Akita
Origin:
Japanese place nameMeaning:
"field of rice"Description:
Also a dog breed
- Revka
- Ronit
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"song"Description:
Ronit is only used on girls in Israel, but last year in the US it was given to more male than female babies.
- Duana
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"song"Description:
Name your daughter Duana after a Duane relative if you like, but please pronounce it doo-ahn-a and not doo-wain-a.
- Nomia
Origin:
Greek, meaning unknownDescription:
In Greek mythology, Nomia was a nymph and companion of Callisto.
- Ulani
Origin:
HawaiianMeaning:
"heavenly inspiration; heavenly beauty"Description:
Likely of Hawaiian origin, Ulani could be a variation of U'i lani, meaning "heavenly beauty", Ululani meaning "heavenly inspiration" or perhaps Alani meaning "orange tree".