Five Letter Boy Names

A unisex Igbo name with a glorious meaning, perfect for a long-awaited baby.

Sharp and sleek, it refers to Benjamin being compared to a wolf in Genesis.

Solemn but soaring name with patriotic symbolism.

Drago sounds fierce but has a sweet meaning. It may be used as a standalone name or as a short form of other Slavic names beginning with the element dragu "dear", such as Dragoljub or Dragomir.

Associated with famed percussionist Mongo Santamaria, but it's too close to the word mongrel to ever have widespread success in this country.

Most popular as a given name among Gen X men in Turkey. These days, a baby is more likely to be named Yavuz Selim, a double-barreled first name in honor of the sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

Nigal is an occasionally-used alternate spelling of this proper-sounding name well-used throughout the United Kingdom.

The first Tupac was the 15th century Incan ruler whose name was an extension of the Quechua Topa or Tupa. The second was the 20th century musician who put the gansta in rapper. Will your baby boy be the third? Such a singular name is undoubtedly a heavy mantle. When asked what his name meant, Tupac Shakur said, "I just say it means determined because I’m determined to never ever negotiate again."

Though it appears as if it could be Irish, Cilan is an invented name from the Pokemon universe, derived directly from the word "cilantro."

The added S at the end turns Ever from a hipster word name into a modern prepster.

Do you really want to name your baby after a car when there are so many other lex possibilities?

Selig comes from the Yiddish vocabulary word meaning 'happy, fortunate, blessed.' Most of us are more familiar with its Woody Allen variation, Zelig.

The ancient Greek name for the constellation Libra, from zugos ‘yoke (of a plough)’, ‘crossbar’ and ‘balance beam’.