Baby Names That Mean Sea / Water
1655 baby names meaning sea — with origins, popularity, and audio pronunciation on every name.
Looking for a name that means sea? Here are 1655 baby names whose meaning carries the sense of sea. Each links to its full page with a sourced meaning and audio pronunciation.
Girl Names
AnahizA modern name that echoes Anahita, the ancient Persian goddess of water and fertility; as a givAtabeysupreme goddess of fresh water and fertility; mother of Yúcahu in Taino beliefAzmiraAzmira has no securely documented etymology. It reads as a modern blend of the popular Az- openBirklynnA modern American coinage. Birk relates to the birch tree in northern English and Scots usage aBlakeleiA modern spelling of Blakely, an English surname from a place name. The Old English elements arBoannFrom the Old Irish Boann, 'white cow; she of the white cattle' (bo, 'cow', + finn, 'white'); thCazlynA modern American coinage. Caz is best known as a short form of Cassandra or Casey, and -lyn trDanuFrom the Old Irish Danu, of uncertain meaning (variously 'flowing water; the flowing one'); theEislynnA modern coined name built from a fashionable Eis-/Ais- opening and the popular suffix -lynn (fGangaFrom the Sanskrit Ganga, 'swift-goer' (linked to gam, 'to go'); the Hindu goddess of the sacredKaeariA modern American coinage, joining Kai ('sea' in Hawaiian by echo) with the -ari sound of Ari/AKailanisA modern coinage extending Kailani with an -s close. Kailani is itself a modern name built fromKheilanyA modern coinage echoing Kailani (Hawaiian, 'sea and sky'). By that echo it touches 'heavenly';LaughlinAn anglicised form of the Irish name and surname Lochlainn, from Lochlann, the Irish term for SLynndeLynnde is a modern respelling built on Lynn — itself from a Welsh or English word for a lake orLynndiA modern respelling in the Lindy/Lynn family; Lynn comes from Welsh llyn ('lake; pool') or fromMahrynA modern respelling of Maren or Marin. Maren is a Scandinavian form of Marina, from Latin marinMirlethMirleth is a newly emerging coinage. Its Mir- opening recalls names such as Mira and Mirabel, aNamakaFrom the Hawaiian Namaka (Namakaokahai), 'the eyes (of the sea)' (na maka, 'the eyes'); the HawNeithFrom the Egyptian Neith, of uncertain meaning (variously 'the terrifying one' or 'water'); the NessA one-syllable name reading as a short form of Vanessa or Agnes ('pure; holy'), or as the ScottOlokunFrom the Yoruba Olokun, 'owner of the ocean' (oni, 'owner', + okun, 'ocean'); the Yoruba orishaOmiraA modern name echoing Amira (Arabic, 'princess; leader') and Mira ('wonderful; sea; peace' by vParaguaçugreat river; great waterSaelynnA modern coinage joining a Sae- sound with the popular ending -lynn (from Welsh, 'lake; waterfaSalaciaFrom the Latin sal, 'salt' (and salax, 'leaping'); the Roman goddess of salt water and the deepTazlynnTazlynn is a modern coinage. The -lynn ending descends ultimately from Welsh Lynn/Lyn (linked tTefnutFrom the Egyptian Tefnut, variously 'moisture; that water/spittle'; the Egyptian goddess of moiTethysFrom the Greek Tethys, a Titaness of fresh water and the sea, wife of Oceanus; variously linkedTiamatFrom the Akkadian Tiamat, 'the sea' (from tiamtu, 'sea'); the primordial Mesopotamian goddess oUiaralady of the waterYamunaFrom the Sanskrit Yamuna, 'the twin' (linked to yama, 'twin'); the Hindu goddess of the river YYemojaFrom the Yoruba Yeye omo eja, 'mother whose children are the fish'; the great Yoruba orisha of YrupẽThe giant water lily (Victoria cruziana), national flower of Paraguay; from the Guaraní of the ZaelithZaelith is a modern coinage with no documented etymology. Its Za- opening belongs to the curren
Boy Names
Boinayelson of the serpent; deity of rain and water in Taino mythologyChaacrain; the rain deity who brings life-giving waterDeganawidahtwo river currents flowing togetherIlmarinenFrom the Finnish Ilmarinen, 'of the air/sky' (from ilma, 'air/sky'); the eternal smith-hero of Kahionheslong riverKasaiiKasaii has no documented etymology as a given name. The doubled i is a modern spelling flourishLakelenLakelen is a modern coinage echoing Lachlan and Lakeland, joining a Lake- opening with a -len eManannanFrom the Old Irish Manannan mac Lir, linked to 'of the Isle of Man; the sea one'; the Celtic goMayzenMayzen has no documented etymology. It is a fresh coinage in the current wave of boys' names enMiravA modern Sanskrit-styled name whose elements are not securely documented; readings such as 'oceMohammedmusaA compound name joining Muhammad ('the praised one') and Musa (Moses, whose name is traditionalNereusFrom the Greek Nereus, linked to 'wet; flowing water'; the 'Old Man of the Sea', a gentle sea-gNjordFrom the Old Norse Njordr, variously linked to 'strength; vigor'; the Norse god of the sea, winOlokunFrom the Yoruba Olokun, 'owner of the ocean' (oni, 'owner', + okun, 'ocean'); the Yoruba orishaProteusFrom the Greek protos, 'first; the first-born'; a shape-shifting sea-god who could foretell theSusanooFrom the Japanese Susanoo, of uncertain meaning (traditionally 'the impetuous male'); the ShintTangaroaFrom the Maori Tangaroa, of layered meaning (variously 'the great/long-standing one'); the greaVainamoinenFrom the Finnish Vainamoinen, linked to 'of the wide/slow river' (from vaina, 'wide slow river'VarunaFrom the Sanskrit Varuna, 'the all-enveloping; he who covers' (from vr, 'to cover/encompass'); VelesFrom the Slavic Veles, of uncertain meaning (variously linked to 'ox; cattle'); the Slavic god