Names That Mean Sail
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- Seren
Origin:
Welsh, TurkishMeaning:
"star or sail mast"Description:
Seren is a top girls' name in Wales – and a lovely choice almost unknown elsewhere. Seren, in the Sirona form, was an ancient goddess of the hot springs.
- Vela
Origin:
Sanskrit, LatinMeaning:
"shore, sail"Description:
Vela is one of those rare names that is at once simple, straightforward, authentic, and unusual, at least in the Western World. Besides being an Indian girls' name, Vela is a Southern sky constellation whose name is Latin for sail – originally part of the Argo Navis constellation.
- Cabot
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"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.
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