Five Letter Boy Names

A once-popular name that has declined in popularity in Turkey in recent years, Metin is properly spelt with a dotted İ in Turkish.

The historic name for the south-west corner of Wales, deriving from the British tribe of the Demetae.

Lord Varys is a central character in HBO's Game of Thrones, the mysterious eunuch advisor to no fewer than five different monarchs of Westeros. His anatomy, unctuous manner and shifting allegiances make him an unlikely namesake, but if Game of Thrones names continue to catch on, there's no reason to think this one is out of bounds.

This variation of Theodore is familiar here mostly via the great Russian novelist Dostoyevsky. It was also the name of three early tsars of Russia.