Ocean

O-shuhn

English, nature name

"ocean"

Ocean Origin and Meaning

The name Ocean is a boy's name of Aboriginal origin meaning "ocean".

Nature names like Ocean and River are flowing back into favor, especially with nature lovers and green-oriented parents. In 2024, it was given to 483 boys and 325 girls, making this a unisex favorite in the US, while in the UK, it is considerably more popular for girls.

Forest Whitaker, an inspired child namer (his other kids are called Sonnet and True), has a son named Ocean Alexander, while Amber Heard named one of her twins Ocean in 2025, brother to Agnes.

Variations include Oceanus, the name of the child who was born during the voyage of the Mayflower, and Oceane, a wildly popular girls' name in France.

Ocean Rank in US Top 1000

# 591 in the US

Ocean Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 875 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Ocean

• 591 US 2024
• 875 Nameberry 2025
• 87 Unique 2019
• 88 Unisex 2023
• 805 England 2023

20 Names Similar to Ocean

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Ocean.

• Rain
• Storm
• Raven
• Lynx
• Sky
• Royal
• Arrow
• Rogue
• Nova
• Echo
• Rebel
• Danger
• Cloud
• Dagger
• Zen
• Indigo
• Hawk
• Jupiter
• Onyx
• Aries

Famous People Named Ocean

• Ocean Maturo American child actor
• Ocean Vuong American poet and essayist
• Ocean King PenaVega (b. 2016) son of actors Carlos and Alexa PenaVega
• Brady Ocean Terenzi (b. 2015) son of singers Marc Terenzi and Sarah Connor
• Charlie Ocean Goldblum (b. 2015) son of actor Jeff Goldblum
• Jet Ocean Letts (b. 2017) son of model Gemma Ward and David Letts
• Frank Ocean American singer

The name Ocean in Pop Culture

• Daniel "Danny" Ocean main character in the "Ocean's 11" films