Names That Mean River

The Teifi is a river in south-west Wales, entering the sea near the town of Cardigan (whose Welsh name is Aberteifi). It is occasionally used for boys and girls in Wales, and even more occasionally elsewhere.

Leotis effortlessly blends vintage and contemporary style, offering old-fashioned charm and not one, but two old-school cool nicknames: Leo and Otis.

The Teifi is a river in south-west Wales, entering the sea near the town of Cardigan (whose Welsh name is Aberteifi). It is occasionally used for boys and girls in Wales, and even more occasionally elsewhere.

An English place name and surname derived from the name of the River Exe, which runs mainly in Devon and Somerset in the southwest of England. The river's name simply means "water" from Brythonic uisk.

Most parents would prefer BRADLEY or BRADFORD to get to eternally cool nickname BRAD--unless they wanted to honor cricket legend Donald Bradman, considered the greatest batsman of all time.

Luknė is the name of a Lithuanian river that has been adapted into a hit baby name. It peaked in 2019 as the third-most-popular name for Lithuanian baby girls.

A family name that wouldn't appeal to many parents.

The good news: the Po is Italy's longest river, flowing across the north. The bad news: Po is a manic, scooter-riding red Teletubby.

Sabrina is the Latin name for the Severn, Britain's longest river. Drop the final syllable and you get a streamlined, French-esque name that's just as elegant, but without the Teenage Witch association. Sabrine has been used in the USA since 1970, but never for more than 18 girls a year — that makes it a rare gem.

The name of an island in the Neman River of Lithuania, and used as a given name for over 2000 baby girls between 1990 and 2020 and peaking at Number 20 in 2014.

Variant of Kendall

As a given name, Wheelock has been passed down to generations of the Whitney family — descendants of Eli Whitney, creator of the cotton gin. The first Wheelock Whitney — known as Wheels — was named after his mother, Alice Wheelock. His son, Wheelock Whitney Jr. went by Whee, and Wheelock Whitney III is called Lock.

Variant of Treveri. The Treveri people gave their name to modern-day Trier, formerly known in English by its French name Treves, which is the oldest city in Germany and was one of the ancient capitals of the Roman Empire. This could be a novel way to honor an ancestral Trevor.

Maybanke is an Australian name that has a sort of Southern charm that could appeal to many US parents - and is refreshing and unusual without being too challenging.

River in north-west Wales, spelled in English as Dovey. Like many British river names, it may relate to the word for water.

A patriotic choice for parents with a connection to the West African nation. The name Nigeria was coined by colonialists in 1897, after the Niger River which flows through the country. The river name is of uncertain origin, perhaps from a Saharan language. As a girl name in the USA, it had a low-key wave of popularity in the 1990s and 2000s.