Five Letter Girl Names

All the Taron-related names have various uncertain and perhaps-unrelated origins. The Irish girls' name Tara is the most widely-used of the bunch, sitting at the bottom of the Top 1000 after ranking in the Top 100 from 1970 through 1990. In its heyday, Tara was occasionally used for boys too: about 20 boys vs. more than 5000 girls in 1970. Taryn, which you might think of as a Tara-Karyn hybrid, was given to nearly 200 girls last year, placing it right below the Top 1000. Homonym Taron is actually more usually a boys' name, thanks to two notable modern bearers: Welsh actor Taron Egerton and South African-born filmmaker Taron Lexton. It may be a variation of Taran, which may be a shortening of Taranis, the name of the Celtic thunder god. Taron and Taran were both given to about 30 boys last year but no girls. But any of these variations or spellings could be used for either sex.

Variant Yaheli is more common in Israel.

Niria is the female equivalent of Nir and may also be found as Nira. This simple, pleasant name has an earthy meaning.

Yoruba names are full of meaning and often reveal circumstances of birth or parents' hopes for their child. Abeke suggests that the child was long awaited by her parents, who looked forward to holding her.

Ritva is a Finnish name last trendy in the 1940s, starting to make a comeback today.

Rouse first appeared on the charts for girls in 2020, possibly as a dynamic alternative to Rose. Rouse rhymes with "vows."

The Hebrew form of Daphne, typically only heard among Jewish families in the US.

A traditional Russian diminutive of the male name Vasiliy, also used for its female form Vasilija in Macedonia, Serbia and Bulgaria.