Names That Mean Water
- Damla
Origin:
TurkishMeaning:
"water drop"
- Vaimiti
Origin:
TahitianMeaning:
"salt water"Description:
This ocean-oriented name is one of the Tahitian names unknown in the wider world.
- Saraswati
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"possessing water"Description:
Saraswati is the Hindu goddess of knowledge, learning, music, and the arts. She is also a river goddess, associated with the mythical Saraswati river, which played an important part in the Vedic texts.
- Moise
Origin:
Judeo-Italian variation of Mosè, ItalianMeaning:
"delivered from the water"Description:
Version of Moses commonly used among Italian Jews in the Middle Ages.
- Vellamo
Origin:
FinnishMeaning:
"movement of water and waves"Description:
Vellamo is the goddess of water, lakes, and seas in Finnish mythology, said to control the wind for sailors and bring fish for fishermen. Vellamo is also the wife of Ahti, the sea god.
- Dyfri
Origin:
Welsh, possibly from a root meaning "water"Meaning:
"water"Description:
Dyfri has two possible origins: either it is a form of Dyfrig, an early British saint known in Latin as Dubricius and in French as Devereux... or it is a back-formation from the town name Llanymddyfri, meaning "church enclosure between the waters".
- Kuwiskuwi
Origin:
CherokeeMeaning:
"large white water bird; egret"Description:
Often written in English as Cooweescoowee — a place name in Oklahoma.
- Mosè
Origin:
Italian variation of Moses, EgyptianMeaning:
"delivered from the water"