Five Letter Boy Names

Loman is one of those rare names that is at once simple and very unusual, with fewer than five baby boys given the name in the US in the most recent year.

A strong and simple Arabic name with an international sound.

Peder? You mean Peter? You'll have to do a lot of spelling and explaining of this one.

Chord may be considered a variation of the cowboy-cool name Cord, or an independent musical name. Actor Chord Overstreet, of Glee fame, introduced this name to many American parents.

Before Leif, there was Leifr.

Anyone who's seen "The Book of Mormon" or visited Utah knows this as the title taken by male Mormon missionaries during their term of service. We'd advise anyone who lives somewhere with any significant Mormon population to avoid it for that reason.

From the name of the river which flows through Pakistan, India, and Tibet.

Spero has a cool sound and a wonderful positive meaning.

An Icelandic combo name which would be a nice nod to an ancestral Rose.

Name of a great Indian Mogul king, a Matt Groening cartoon character, and many Indian restaurants.

A strong name with a strong meaning, like its cousin Zafir.

Kauai is known as the Garden Isle of Hawaii. Ironically, it qualifies as a baby name based on spelling variation and homonym Kawhi, as in basketball star Kawhi Leonard.

Tyger edges animal name Tiger, as in golfer Woods, closer to popular surname name Tyler. Which may not be a bad thing.

A Welsh saint, the son or grandson of a local king called Caw/Cai. It seems that Caian may be a derivative of that name, which is derived from Caius "rejoice". A church at Tregaian in Anglesey is named for St Caian.