Names That Mean Sea

The name of the daughters of the Greek sea god Nereus and also a celestial name, belonging to one of Neptune's moons.

Original Welsh form of Meredith, and always a masculine name in Wales.

Nehalennia is a Celtic or Germanic goddess depicted with marine symbols, as well as a companion dog at her feet.

Cornish variation on Meriadoc and Meriadeg.

Variant of Marina

A fairly common name in Turkey, referring to the north wind blowing off the Aegean Sea.

Double whammy: the expression "Seward's folly" and inevitable sewer jokes.

Conan Meriadeg was the legnedary founder of Brittany. The Welsh variant Meriadoc was borrowed by J. R. R. Tolkien for the hobbit Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck.

A combination name of the Spanish Mar, meaning "sea", and Cielo, meaning "sky" — both names that individually rose significantly in 2022.

A unisex Dutch name derived from the Latin Marinus.

Tiamat is a goddess of the sea worshipped in ancient Mesopotamia, also seen as the creator goddess in some texts.

An intriguing pathway to the hip nickname Kai.

Typically a male name in Japan, however, Toru was used for the female character Toru Hagakure in the anime series My Hero Academia.

A beautiful elaboration on the Polynesian name Moana "sea", made famous by the 2016 Disney film of the same name. It is also a New Zealand place name.

This Hawaiian take on Miriam has all the sounds of a modern-day smash hit — think Amelia, Mila, etc. — but is virtually undiscovered.

Merike is among the names that Julius Mägiste, an Estonian linguist, suggested in the Estonian Mother Tongue Society's 1929 recommended list of names. It is derived from meri, the Estonian word for "sea."

Variant of Marilla

A super popular nature name in its native Turkey, currently Top 50 for both boys and girls there.

A unisex Dutch name derived from the Latin Marinus.