Five Letter Boy Names

Lithuanian form of Rocco, the name of a 14th-century French saint who nursed victims of the plague but eventually contracted the disease himself. He is the patron saint of the sick.

Zamir in its various forms is becoming more familiar in the US, thanks to its cross-cultural appeal, its zippy Z beginning and its uplifting meanings. From its Hebrew and Albanian roots, it is a musical choice, meaning "singer" or "nightingale", while following its Arabic origins gives you the meaning "heart" or "conscience."

Sounds like exactly what it is: The name of a romance novel hero.

Pazel's abbreviated version, Paz, is far more modern and attractive.

This unusual spelling was introduced via the hot young star of Gossip Girl, Chace (born Christopher Chace) Crawford, and experienced some mass interest, though it has fallen down the charts since it peaked in 2009. Think of it as a combination of cool-guy names Chase and Ace.

Gives a good boy name a bad boy feel.

Some names referring to expensive things -- Tiffany, Armani, Porsche -- are in fact declasse, but Price transcends that label with its simplicity and strength.

An undiscovered member of the two-syllables, ends-in- n school of fashionable boys' names (and with a cool Z initial to boot), Zaven is an ancient Armenian name of uncertain origin.

We like Matti in theory, but in practice it’s likely to get confused for the girlish Maddie.

Rarely heard, and all too likely to be confused with Kevin.

Two z's equal double pizzazz.

This Georgian name is of unclear meaning, but it may derive from Persian zar "gold".

Ezra (and Ezrah) is potentially an abbreviation for the Hebrew phrase Azaryahu, meaning "Yah helps." In the Bible, Ezra led a group of fifteen hundred Israelites out of slavery in Babylon and back to Jerusalem. The Ezrah spelling is definitely less popular than the original Ezra, but is rising itself as well — Ezrah entered the US Top 1000 for the first time in 2022.

An Old Testament warrior whose name still sounds tough.

After cracking the US Top 200 in the early 2000s, fueled by Jacob's rise, this name has been losing steam in recent years. But Jakob is the top form of the name in many other countries, cultures, and languages, ranking highly in Germany, Norway, Austria, Iceland, and Slovenia. Jakub is the Polish variation.

A unisex cultural crossover that has seen a little use from the 1990s onwards. In Japanese mythology, Inari is an androgynous deity associated with rice, tea and foxes. In Finland, it is the name of a region, lake and village which is a center of Sami culture.

Albin is a modern form of the ancient Roman Albinus or Albus, meaning white or bright. There was a Saint Albinus who was also known as Aubin. In the contemporary world, Albin is popular in Sweden and ripe for export as a simple, unusual name with deep history.

Popular in Norway, an interesting choice for anyone with northern European roots.

This Manx form of the popular Irish name Oisín is perhaps a more intuitive spelling outside of Ireland.