Ocean

English, nature name

"ocean"

Ocean Origin and Meaning

The name Ocean is a boy's name of Aboriginal origin meaning "ocean".

Nature names like Ocean and River are flowing back into favor, especially with nature lovers and green-oriented parents.

Forest Whitaker, an inspired child namer (his other kids are called Sonnet and True), has a son named Ocean Alexander.

Variations include Oceanus, the name of the child who was born during the voyage of the Mayflower, and Oceane, a wildly popular girls' name in France.

Ocean Rank in US Top 1000

# 609 in the US

Ocean Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 713 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Ocean

• 609 US 2023
• 713 Nameberry 2025
• 87 Unique 2019
• 88 Unisex 2023
• 805 England 2023

20 Names Similar to Ocean

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• Storm
• Raven
• Lynx
• Sky
• Royal
• Arrow
• Rogue
• Nova
• Echo
• Rebel
• Danger
• Cloud
• Dagger
• Zen
• Indigo
• Hawk
• Jupiter
• Onyx
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Famous People Named Ocean

• Ocean Maturo American child actor
• Ocean Vuong American poet and essayist
• Ocean King PenaVega (b. 2016) son of actors Carlos and Alexa PenaVega
• Brady Ocean Terenzi (b. 2015) son of singers Marc Terenzi and Sarah Connor
• Charlie Ocean Goldblum (b. 2015) son of actor Jeff Goldblum
• Jet Ocean Letts (b. 2017) son of model Gemma Ward and David Letts
• Frank Ocean American singer

The name Ocean in Pop Culture

• Daniel "Danny" Ocean main character in the "Ocean's 11" films