Thai names shortlisted for baby elephant born in Melbourne zoo

The Thai names for five floral emblems have been short-listed and people can vote online to select the winner.

The female baby elephant is one month old today and Premier John Brumby says Victorians have warmed to the calf.

"There is nothing quite like a baby elephant and they're up and running about from the first day," he said.

"She's unbelievably playful. She's just running around with her mum, running around with her aunty out there, she's always mucking around their legs."

Thailand's Honorary Consul General in Melbourne, Dr Simon Wallace, says they are all beautiful names.

"Leelawadee is a frangapani. Mali is jasmine. Ma Li Wan is climbing jasmine. Su Ma Li is a type of white floral display," he said.

"And the last name, Lyares, is also the name of a wild orchard."