Five Letter Girl Names

Minda is a simle, even familiar-sounding name that is nevertheless completely unknown. It might be a contraction of Melinda but it is a genuine Indian name with an appealing meaning.

A lovely Hawaiian name that was surprisingly only given to a handful of baby girls last year, but that would cross cultures with ease.

An epithet of Lord Vishnu in Hindu legend.

Variation of Suheyla.

A rare but rising unisex name — used more often on baby girls.

Rather than going with a yooneek spelling like Macen (or Maysen or Masyn), we'd suggest sticking with the original Mason, as Kelsey Grammer did for his daughter.

Better: Irina.

This is a lovely Persian name for a rare, special girl.

Not (just) a respelling of Ocean, Oshun is a river deity in the Yoruba culture of Nigeria.

Saimi is a sharp but sweet variation of Saima, which is in turn derived from Saimaa, the name of the largest lake in Finland. The meaning of the name is unknown, with linguists suggesting it might come from a now lost ancient language, or perhaps from the word sápmi , meaning "of the Sami people", and Indigenous people living in Norway, Finland and Sweden. Saimi currently ranks in the Finnish Top 50.