Names That Mean Wave
- Galit
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"wave"Description:
A pretty and intriguing elaboration of Gal — made internationally famous by Israeli actress Gal Gadot.
- Gal
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"wave"Description:
A unisex name in Israel but in the U.S., it might as well be Sue.
- Yennefer
Origin:
Literary name, variation of Jennifer or Guinevere, Cornish or WelshMeaning:
"white shadow, white wave"Description:
Yennefer is the name of one of the protagists of The Witcher series, first books by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski and then a video game and now a Netflix series. Yennefer is a powerful fighter and sorceress. As a name, we don't think Yennefer is any improvement on millennial mom name Jennifer, but nickname Yen has it all over the dated Jen.
- Wave
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"wave"Description:
Wave made, well, waves when it was revealed to be the name of Cardi B and Offset's son. Evocative of crashing waves at the beach, large surfing barrels, and tumultuous and stormy seas, Wave is a name with a lot of personalities.
- Gwenora
Origin:
Cornish form of Guinevere, WelshMeaning:
"white shadow, white wave"Description:
Gwenora teeters on the line between unique gem and modern invention. But it's not a smoosh name fashioned from Gwen and Nora but an old Cornish form of Guinevere, like its much more famous sister Jennifer.
- Dwyn
Origin:
Diminutive of DwynwenMeaning:
"wave"Description:
Short, but still kind of a mouthful.
- Ingunn
Origin:
Old NorseMeaning:
"Ing's love; Ing's wave"
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