Names That Mean Water

Surname of Declaration signer sure to present playground complications.

A rhythmic and attractive Cherokee girl name. Immokalee is also the name of a community in Florida.

Traditional Cherokee choice that could work for a daughter born on a rainy day.

Two names meaning "river" make the Turkish Top 100 for girls — Nehir and Irmak. Irmak is the less popular of the two.

Revolutionary choice.

One-of-a-kind water-related choice.

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.

Off-putting cousin of Bradley and Rodney.

Bernie, with airs.

Possibly to honor Canadian short story writer Alice -- though Alice is more far accessible and--until very recently-- nearly as distinctive.

Beautiful downtown Burbank -- about as glamorous a place-name as Akron...or Detroit.

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.

Pompous and pretentious.

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.

Africa's fourth-longest river would make a unique name choice.