Names with Five Letters

Hello! I’m writing a story where the number five constantly pops up. I won’t dive too deep into it, but five acts as a symbol of sorts. I need help naming five children, each with five letters in the name, and to make it even more difficult, I’m trying to find cottagecore-sounding, vintage names.

So far I have [name_f]Daisy[/name_f], [name_f]Olive[/name_f] and [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] for girls, which I am reasonably happy with (but if you have any ideas, go ahead!). For boys, I’m a little more stuck. I’m more conservative when it comes to boy names, so I don’t like many cottagecore-sounding names. Instead, it’s more vintage, British-sounding names like [name_m]Alfred[/name_m] “[name_u]Alfie[/name_u]” (while [name_u]Alfie[/name_u] has five letters, I can’t use it because the full name, [name_m]Alfred[/name_m], has six), [name_m]Arthur[/name_m] (six letters) and [name_m]Henry[/name_m] “[name_u]Harry[/name_u]” (too popular for cottagecore?).

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Mabel
[name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosie[/name_f]
[name_f]Pearl[/name_f]

Elias
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_u]Asher[/name_u]
[name_m]Ronan[/name_m]
[name_u]Miles[/name_u]
[name_m]Edwin[/name_m]
[name_m]Amias[/name_m]

I don’t associate [name_m]Henry[/name_m]/Harry with cottagecore at all, though it is popular if that’s something you’d like to steer away from as well.

Not sure all of these fit the bill style-wise, but here are a bunch of boys names that have 5 letters:

  • Lewis
  • Louis
  • Silas
  • Elias
  • Baird
  • Niall
  • Ansel
  • Asher
  • Clyde
  • Ellis
  • Felix
  • Isaac
  • James
  • Jonas
  • Linus
  • Lucas
  • Micah
  • Miles
  • Oscar
  • Simon
  • Nigel
  • Wilbur
  • Wyatt
  • Soren
  • Mateo
  • Fritz
  • David
  • Jacob
  • Niles
  • Peter
  • Simon

Those are a great start!

Flora
[name_f]Ellie[/name_f]
[name_f]Naomi[/name_f]
[name_u]Quinn[/name_u]
[name_f]Sadie[/name_f]
[name_f]Missy[/name_f]
[name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
[name_f]Katie[/name_f]
[name_u]Haven[/name_u]
[name_f]Fiona[/name_f]
[name_f]Janie[/name_f]
[name_f]Della[/name_f]
[name_f]Willa[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]

Lucas
[name_m]Ethan[/name_m]
[name_u]Scott[/name_u]
[name_m]David[/name_m]
[name_m]Keith[/name_m]
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_m]Rhett[/name_m]

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[name_m]Linus[/name_m]
[name_m]Cosmo[/name_m]
[name_m]Judah[/name_m]
[name_u]Wilde[/name_u]
[name_u]Briar[/name_u]
[name_m]Burke[/name_m]

@ethelmary @aliciagrace @AmyVermeersch @may.rose

Thank you everyone for your replies! I have decided to keep my girl names (but I appreciate the extra ideas I was given!). For boys, I’ve shortlisted [name_m]Felix[/name_m], [name_m]Lewis[/name_m], [name_u]James[/name_u], [name_m]Oscar[/name_m], [name_m]Ethan[/name_m] and [name_m]Burke[/name_m], all perfect names. Again, thank you so much for your help!

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