Five Letter Girl Names

Will assure your daughter she's numero uno.

Could run into pronunciation confusion.

This spelling variation of Sunny is as bright and cheerful as can be. Given to just under 100 baby girls in 2022, Sunni (along with Sunny) is on the rise.

In Welsh, Lunet is a form of Luned or Eluned, a saint's name that also appears in Arthurian legend as a servant of the Lady of the Fountain who rescues the knight Owain.

Somehow a "y" got stuck in a glass of apple juice.

Peppy cheerleader with African roots.

This spelling of the Old Testament girls' name feels more energetic and modern than the more traditional Zilla or Zillah -- which is probably why it's been a fast-growing name for years.

Minta is an eighteenth century short form of a literary beauty still used in England today, but yet to be discovered by American baby namers. It has a fresh and dainty feel.

A beautiful African name which can also lead to the always-wearable "Addy" nickname.

Kakia was the goddess of vice and abomination, who tempted others to evil. Basically, a female devil. As a baby name, just....no.

Leeza may feel like the flagging Lisa or Liza, but its pronunciation is a hybrid of the two and it's a name that's distinct on its own.

Short for Samantha or long for Sam, Sammy is a sweet midcentury nickname name that we can see coming back.

Poet Jorie Graham is the best-known (okay: only known) bearer of this fresh, spirited spin on the Cory-Tory-Rory group. The boys' Jory is a Cornish nickname for George.