Five Letter Girl Names

Two names meaning "river" make the Turkish Top 100 for girls — Nehir and Irmak. Irmak is the less popular of the two.

Serviceable spelling of a cute but pandemic name that appears as everything from Cali to Callie to Kaylee and Kayleigh. Are these all the same names? Though there may be subtle differences in pronunciation and theoretical derivation, they certainly feel similar.

Iyana is a new name with a New Age feel that's been on the popularity charts since 2000, related to cousins Aiyana and Ayanna.

Though unrelated, this would probably be taken as a fanciful spelling of Patsy.

A quintessentially American name, Rowdy has a number of notable wearers, including Rowdy Yates, Clint Eastwood's character on the television show Rawhide, and Olympic swimmer Rowdy Gaines.

As a word, rowdy entered the lexicon in the early 1800s to describe backwoodsmen living on the fringes of society.

This pretty Irish form of Alice is also found in its anglicized form: Ailish.

If you were disappointed that Eithne is pronounced "Enya", you're in luck! The Welsh version really does sound as it looks.