5 Letter Girl Names

Charming comedic actress Niecy Nash -- who's drawn widespread acclaim in the last few years as the star of Getting On and Claws -- was originally born Carol Denise. Her stage name likely originated as a nickname for Denise, but it feels distinctive enough to stand on its own. Indeed, it already has, at least on BET's Being Mary Jane, in which it's the name of a recurring character.

Niecy

One of many distinctive names in the show and book series Midnight, Texas by Charlaine Harris -- and one of very few girl's names that start with the letter X.

Xylda

When archeologists discovered a shrine to a previously unknown goddess in England, they initially believed her name to have been Senua. Further research pointed to Senuna as a more likely name. 

Senua

One of the moons of Jupiter, named for a nymph that Zeus seduced. Aitne was the daughter of Oceanus. It is from her name, sometimes also spelled Aetna, that the Sicilian volcano Mt Etna derives its name.

Aitne

A punchy alternative to Pearl as it gains popularity, it may also be used as a short form of Vilhelmina or Wilhelmina. 

Helmi

The Dutch feminine diminutive is thought to be derived from Ave, as in Ave Maria.

Aafke

The Chula is a traditional type of dance.

Chula

Neave

Gerel

In the language of the Ngurelban people, 'Yera-o' is said to mean "joyful". This Anglicization is reminiscent of other <a href="https://nameberry.com/girls-names">feminine names</a>like Eulalia and could work well for those looking for a less familiar choice.

Euroa

Anima is a name that could work in so many languages, blessed as it is with easy spelling and pronunciation. It works equally well in the East and in the West, as its roots can either come from Latin, where it means "soul", or from Sanskrit, where it means "minute, tiny".


Anima

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.

Elegy

While Hill reads as a nickname for Hillary, adding an S puts it in the same category as plural <a href="https://nameberry.com/list/329/nature-baby-names">nature names</a> like Rivers and Brooks. It also softens the name's image: one hill is an obstacle, but many together form a lovely landscape. Hills are also a recurring image and metaphor in both the New and Old Testament.

Hills

Poppa of Bayeux was a matriarch of the family that became the House of Normandy. Poppa is a fresh and unexpected medieval name that would work today, given the popularity if Pippa and Poppy.

Poppa

In Persian culture Esmat (also spelled Ismat) can be a masculine or feminine name. In the West, Esmat could be a refreshing and cosmopolitan take on the more familiar Esme.

Esmat

Similar to the floral name Aster, this spelling derives separately from Old Provençal astur "hawk") and from the Icelandic name elements as ("god") and þor ("thunder"). 
As a surname, it has several notable bearers from the world of business and politics, such as Nancy Astor: the first woman to serve as a Member of Parliament in the UK.
 
As a first name, Astor was used for a (female) character in Dexter.

Astor

This name looks like a sister to the names Elsa and the <a href="https://nameberry.com/baby-names/529/czech-names-for-girls">Czech name for girls</a> Eliška, a popular diminutive of Elizabeth — and sometimes it is (in German, for example).
But it is also a word in Old Norse and some modern Nordic languages, meaning "love" or "to love".

Elska

A vocabulary word used as a name in many Slavic countries, Iskra means "spark" or "sparkle". It was the name of a revolutionary communist newspaper founded by Lenin in 1900. A famous modern bearer is English model Iskra Lawrence.

Iskra

Isola (named for the Celtic heroine Iseult) was the <a href="https://nameberry.com/baby-name-lists/category/unusual-names">unusual name</a> of Irish author Oscar Wilde’s younger sister, who died of meningitis at the age of nine. Wilde later dedicated his poem Requiescat to her memory.
 Isola is also the Italian word for "island" and makes a nice summer-infused name on this count. If you're searching for unusual <a href="https://nameberry.com/baby-names/505/italian-names-for-girls">Italian names for girls</a>, you may want to add Isola to your list.

Isola

Jules may be hot in France, but the Jools spelling is almost as familiar in the UK and US, thanks to celebrity bearers Jools Holland and Jools Oliver.  Jools is a unisex name.

Jools

Five letter girl names are led by the longtime top name Emily. Sofia, the Latinate spelling of Sophia popular in the US and throughout the Spanish-speaking world, is another top girl name with five letters.

girl names with five letters ranking in the US Top 200 

include Avery, Grace, Chloe, Layla, Riley, Ellie, Alexa, Hazel, and Sarah.


Classics Alice, Lydia, Clara, Julia, Edith, and Maria are all five letter girl names, as are the trendier Sadie, Piper, Kylie, and Quinn.

 on our recommended list include Anouk, Aziza, Celia, Darcy, Elsie, Mercy, Olive, Petra, and Tansy.


Browse our entire menu of five letter names for girls here, ranked according to their current popularity on Nameberry. 

Five letter names for baby girls, with top name Emily and both popular and unique girl names with 5 letters, including meanings, origins, and popularity (Page 648)

Five Letter Girl Names