Names That Mean Water

If you feel a burning need to gussy up Ray -- think again.

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

Some parents are turning to rivers and other bodies of water in the search for undiscovered place-names, and this has the feel of a Viennese waltz.

The white winged stallion in Greek mythology who sprang from the blood of Medusa when she was beheaded by Perseus. Pegasus was ridden by the hero Bellerophon in his fight against the Chimera. The name may derive from the Greek for "from a water spring"; according to legend, a spring burst forth wherever Pegasus struck the earth with a hoof. So as well as being an animal name and a mythological name, you might consider this one of the names meaning water.

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

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.

Bernie, with airs.

Occult name for babies born under water signs -- Pisces, Cancer, and Scorpio.

Evian might sound elegant, if you could forget the water. But, as noted in the 1999 movie Superstar, which features a female Evian, no one will. Or at least, they might feel the need to comment on it.
aqua, the Latin word for water.

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

A variant of Estonian Riivo, of uncertain meaning, that fits right in with cool water names like River and Rio.

One of many stuffy British W surnames that would subject an American boy to years of teasing before growing into it at age fifty.

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

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.

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

Revolutionary choice.

Off-putting cousin of Bradley and Rodney.

Pompous and pretentious.

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