Boy names with 5 letters are a populous group, containing some of the top names for boys.

The classic James is the leading five letter name for boys. Along with James, three other five letter names rank among the Top 10 names for boys in the US: Lucas, Mason, and Logan. The British Top 10 includes five-letter boy names Harry and Oscar.

The most popular five-letter boy names in Germany are Elias, Jonas, and Felix. Along with Lucas at Number 1, Spain favors Pablo and Mateo, while in France the top five-letter names for boys are Lucas (again!) and Jules.

Other classic boy names that contain five letters include Henry, Jacob, and Peter.

Unique five-letter boy names on the way up include Atlas, Bodhi, Linus, and Urban.

If you're looking for a five-letter name for your baby boy, here's our complete collection. The top names below rank among the current US Top 1000 Baby Names and are ordered by popularity. Unique names rank below the Top 1000 and are listed alphabetically.

5 Letter Boy Names

Jengo is pronounced like Django, best known to Americans as the first name of the hero of Quentin Tarantino's film Django Unchained. 

Jengo

Lekan

Okoro

Oyibo

Thabo

Uduak is a name from the Ibibio language, native to Southern Nigeria.

Uduak

The Old Norse Finnr or Finnur may resemble the Irish Finn or Fionn but is a name referring to a Finn or Laplander, the original meaning of which is wanderer.

Thanks to @rosebeth for this clarification.

Finnr

A first-magnitude star in the Cygnus constellation.

Deneb

It originated as a nickname for Lodewijk, but now Lowie is more popular as-is, even ranking in the Top 100 in Belgium.

Lowie

Peetu

Titou

A unisex name with a lovely serene meaning in the Ambaric language of Ethiopia.

Selam

The name of an obscure medieval Cornish saint, also spelt Ruan or Ruman. A notable bearer is British author Rewan Tremethick.
 

Rewan

Ruman

An attractive unisex surname name, possibly derived from Adeline.

Edlin

Fideo

This variation of Ivan, itself a form of John, entered the US Top 1000 for the first time in 2022. Double As are trending across the states, such as Saanvi and Aarush, and Ivaan is running right along with them — all the way into the Top 1000 in 2022.

Ivaan

Variation of Johan that may simplify pronunciation for English speakers.

Yohan

A powerful name with diverse origins, Eldar is currently popular in Bosnia and Herzegovina (#45 in 2017). It's also a rare Nordic name meaning "fire warrior", a unisex Hebrew name meaning "God resides", and the name of one of the Elven races in Tolkien's legendarium.

Eldar

In France, Maël has been a runaway success of the 21st century. This is the French spelling of the Breton name Mael, from a British Celtic word for a prince or chieftain also found in Welsh names.

Maël

Boy names with 5 letters are a populous group, containing some of the top names for boys throughout the Western World, from James to Jakob to Jules.

The classic James is the leading five letter name for boys in the US

. Along with James, three other five letter names rank among the Top 10 names for boys in the US: Lucas, Mason, and Logan. The British Top 10 includes five-letter boy names Harry and Oscar.

 are Elias, Jonas, and Felix. Along with Lucas at Number 1, 

, while in France the top five-letter names for boys are Lucas (again!) and Jules.

 classic boy names that contain five letters

 include Henry, Jacob, and Peter, with other countries featuring such five-letter variations as Henri, Jakob, and Pedro.

 that we recommend include Atlas, Bodhi, Linus, and Urban.



If you're looking for a five-letter name for your baby boy, here's our complete collection, ranked according to their current popularity on Nameberry. 

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Five Letter Boy Names