Five Letter Girl Names
- Dagan
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"corn, grain"Description:
Popular in Israel for girls and boys born on Shavout, a harvest festival. In Babylonian mythology, Dagan was the god of the earth and grain.
- Björk
Origin:
IcelandicMeaning:
"birch tree"Description:
Destined to remain a one-person name -- in this country anyway.
- Kenya
Origin:
Place name, KikuyuMeaning:
"mountain of white"Description:
Kenya, a name borrowed from the East African nation and theoretically unisex, is now used mostly for girls. While it's had its ups and downs since entering the US Top 1000 in 1968, it currently ranks lower than spelling variant Kenia.
- Ibara
Origin:
Japanese surnameMeaning:
"thorn"Description:
Typically seen as a Japanese surname, but used for a female antagonist in the anime series My Hero Academia.
- Tarja
Origin:
Finnish variation of Daria, Persian, Latin from GreekMeaning:
"kingly; possesses well"Description:
The Finnish translation of Daria. In Finland, Taru is commonly used as a nickname for Tarja.
- Bayou
Origin:
Native American nature nameDescription:
A slow and sultry southern choice that's definitely cool for babies of either gender. While the word feels French and has its roots in 18th century French Louisiana, it derives from the Choctaw word bayuk, which means "small stream."
- Vogue
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"fashionable"Description:
Vogue has been in rare use as a personal name, mostly since the last century. It doesn’t show up in current US data, but has been rising in the UK since 2013, influenced by Irish model Vogue Williams, whose grandmother suggested her name after an encounter with someone named Vogue.
- Judah
- Peppi
Origin:
Finnish variation of Pippi and Pepa, Swedish, SpanishMeaning:
"lover of horses; Jehovah increases"Description:
Peppi ranked in the Finnish Top 50 from 2007-2012, where it was used for hundreds of baby girls each year. In Finland, Peppi is used as the translation for Pippi in the Pippi Longstocking books.
- Nemea
Origin:
Greek place-nameDescription:
The name of a famous valley in ancient Greece, with ties to the historic Nemean Games.
- Elegy
Origin:
English word name from the Greek ElegeiaMeaning:
"lament"Description:
An elegy is a poem lamenting a deceased person. As a name, it could be used by parents in remembrance of a recently deceased person or as a euphonic and unusual literary name. The original Greek could also work.
- Cedar
Origin:
Word nameDescription:
Fresh and fragrant nature name more apt to be used for a boy.
- Anora
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"honor"Description:
Anora is a phonetic respelling of Honora, a longer form of the virtue name Honor. It also might qualify as a trendy Fast Fashion name, a composition of euphonious syllables without any specific provenance.
- Véra
- Aloma
Origin:
Invented nameDescription:
Aloma is a name invented for a Hawaiian dancer, the title character in a 1925 play later adapted twice as a film. But long before that, it was also used by the medieval scholar Ramón Llull, possibly as a feminine form of Alomar (from the Germanic name Aldemar, "old + famous"). The Catalan author Mercè Rodoreda used it for the heroine of her novel Aloma/, making it a classic Catalan literary choice.
It has not been used enough to make the US charts since the 1980s, but would fit with the trend for liquid-sounding, multicultural names like Alaia and Alina.
- Zulay
Origin:
Turkish, ChechenMeaning:
"possessing the moon"Description:
A rare and sparky Z-starting option with a pretty lunar meaning.
- Juana
Origin:
Spanish, feminine variation of JuanDescription:
Juana has not achieved the popularity in the U.S. of the male version Juan. Whereas Juan has made it almost to the Top 50 on the U. S. hit parade, sister Juana has barely entered the thousand most popular.
- Aleah
Origin:
Arabic, "high, exalted"Meaning:
"high, exalted"Description:
Simple and melodic, this spelling offers an alternative to the more-popular Aliyah or Aaliyah -- the name of the late R&B singer who propelled the name into the US Top 100.
- Aries
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"a ram"Description:
A recent favorite among boy names, now a top riser for girls.
- Kacia
Origin:
Greek, diminutive of AcaciaDescription:
Intriguing and unusual.