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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Alara Alara is a girl's name from Turkic mythology, where she is a water fairy.Girl Turkish 441 in 2025
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Romy Romy is a girl's name of Latin origin, a pet form of Rosemarie or Rosemary.Girl Latin 418 in 2025
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Douglas Douglas is a boy's name from the Scottish Gaelic for dark water, originally a river and then a powerful border family.Boy Scottish Gaelic 308 in 2025
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Guadalupe Guadalupe is half Arabic and half Latin — wadi, a valley or river, joined to a word for a wolf.Unisex Spanish 204 in 2025
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Marin Marin is a unisex name of Latin origin meaning "of the sea," from the Roman Marinus.Unisex French 113 in 2025
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Shannon Shannon is a name from Ireland's longest river, and it is 86 percent female in our records.Unisex Irish 116 in 2025