Nautical Names

  1. Admiral
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "a high rank in the navy"
    • Description:

      This title name definitely makes a statement. Will Admiral fit in with the Saints, Kings, and Knights joining the playground?
  2. Anchor
    • Origin:

      Word name
    • Description:

      Plausible word name, denoting strength and stability.
  3. Beacon
    • Origin:

      English word name
    • Meaning:

      "signal light"
    • Description:

      A word name with an appealing and illuminating meaning.
  4. Cabot
    • Origin:

      French
    • Meaning:

      "to sail"
    • Description:

      Cabot is an attractive English surname associated with the daring early Italian-born British explorer known as John Cabot; his birth name was Giovanni Caboto.
  5. Coral
    • Origin:

      Nature name
    • Description:

      First used during the Victorian craze for jewel names; it could rise again, along with Ruby and Pearl, though it doesn't have as much luster.
  6. Cove
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "small bay"
    • Description:

      Cove is an up-and-coming nature name whose cool sound and peaceful image saw it rising for both sexes... until COVID-19 hit. It remained steady in use for boys in 2021, but actually increased for girls, although it remains a seriously rare and distinctive choice for either gender.
  7. Coast
    • Cruise
      • Davit
        • Fin
          • Fisher
            • Origin:

              Occupational name
            • Meaning:

              "fisherman"
            • Description:

              As a member of two trendy name categories, animal and occupational, this name broke into the Top 1000 in 2004 and would make a nice tribute to an angler Grandpa.
          • Fleet
            • Origin:

              English word name
            • Meaning:

              "a group operated under unified control"
            • Description:

              Fleet is one of the uncountable number of new word name possibilities, and a particularly cool choice at that. Connoting speed, Fleet beats Rush any day. Might be short for Fleetwood, but we prefer it on its own.
          • Genoa
            • Origin:

              Italian place-name
            • Description:

              One of the newer geographical site names, it has the advantage of sounding like a real girl's name because of its jen beginning and feminine a ending.
          • Galley
            • Harbor
              • Origin:

                Word name
              • Description:

                We've seen Haven take off as a nouveau girls' name; Harbor could follow in its wake.
            • Haven
              • Origin:

                Word name, English
              • Meaning:

                "a place of safety"
              • Description:

                Haven is a recently invented safe-harbor name that appeals to an increasing number of parents who don't want to voyage quite as far as Heaven.
            • Hitch
              • Origin:

                Diminutive of Hitchcock
              • Description:

                The charming Hitch played by Will Smith in the eponymous movie put this into the lexicon. Also known as the nickname of director Alfred Hitchcock and writer Christopher Hitchens, who titled his autobiography "Hitch."
            • Hurley
              • Origin:

                Irish
              • Meaning:

                "sea tide"
              • Description:

                Hurley is a possibility as a unisex surname-name ending with the "lee" sound. It is perhaps most associated with British actress Elizabeth Hurley, and is much rarer than Harley, because the "ur" sound is currently out of fashion (and the word "hurl" may put some off).
            • Idler
              • Jack
                • Origin:

                  English, diminutive of John
                • Meaning:

                  "God is gracious"
                • Description:

                  Jack may have fallen from its Number 1 place in England, but in the US it's as popular as it was at its height in the 1920s and 1930s. A durable, cheery, everyman form of John, Jack ranks as one of the most popular boy names starting with J.