Names That Mean Wave
- Tonwen
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"white wave"Description:
Tonwen is another name for Gwen, the mother of Saint Cybi and sister of Non (who was the mother of St David, patron saint of Wales). An unusual -wen ending option.
- 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.
- Onda
Origin:
ItalianMeaning:
"wave"Description:
An Italian word name that somehow feels incomplete in itself.
- Dwyn
Origin:
Diminutive of DwynwenMeaning:
"wave"Description:
Short, but still kind of a mouthful.
- Gali
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"wave"Description:
Sprightly name popular in Israel with beachy meaning and international flex.
- Ingunn
Origin:
Old NorseMeaning:
"Ing's love; Ing's wave"
- Aarna
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"wave"Description:
Epithet of the goddess Lakshmi with a watery meaning.
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