Names That Mean Water

Names meaning sea, river, wave, rain or water. The sea names are the oldest and the most literal — in a coastal naming culture the sea was a place of work, not a view.

Every name here has a researched page whose stated meaning carries this sense.

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4 names, very rare — fewer than 25 babies a year, in United States

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Girls Boys Unisex

Rhonda Rhonda is a girl's name from a Welsh river valley, and the great spear reading usually given for it is wrong — the Rhondda is named for its own noisiness, not for a weapon.
Welsh 19 in 2025
Océane Océane means of the ocean, and it is almost entirely French — 283rd there against 2998th in England and Wales and 10001st in the United States.
French 10 in 2025
Marine Marine means of the sea, and it is a rare case of a French name that is also an ordinary English word — which is why it reads as a job title in one language and a girl's name in another.
French 6 in 2025
Lynne Lynne now ranks 2155th in France and 14047th in the United States, so a name that peaked in America at 2,471 births ranks far higher in a country that barely used it.
Welsh 6 in 2025

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