Five Letter Boy Names

Kaipo has only ever ranked for boys, but its unisex style and lovable meaning make it a contender for girls as well.

Deriving from the Persian word, nehad, Nihad is popular in Azerbaijan, and is also used in Bosnia and Syria. Nihat is an alternative form, familiar in Turkey.

Ximen is not, as many think, the Spanish variation of Simon. It is derived from the medieval Basque name Semen (emphasis on the second syllable, but still completely unusable in the English-speaking world). It eventually gave way to many familiar Spanish names of today, including Jimeno and Ximena.

An obscure medieval saint's name with a smooth liquid sound. The Latin version is Andeolus.

The names Telmo and Elmo were historically interchangeable. San Temlo is the name of both a Mexican city and an island in Panama. Telmo was chosen by Spanish writer Borja Sémper and actress Barbara Goenaga Bilbao for their son born in 2016.

This name may be "great" in Bahasa (the main language of Indonesia), but the sound does not sit lightly on the English-speaking tongue.