Baby Name Meanings · Nature, Place and Word Names
Names That Mean Ocean or Sea
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Kailea
English, Hawaiian
"pure; sea of joy"
In English, Kailea is an unusual variant spelling of Kayley or Kaylee. In Hawaiian, Kaileʻa means "sea of joy". Kailea is one of hawaii's top baby names for girls.
Kaimana
Hawaiian
"the power of the ocean"
This Hawaiian name gracefully celebrates the force of nature, paying tribute to the ocean. If you're looking for unique names that mean ocean , this should be on your short list.
Darya
Russian or Persian, variation of Daria or feminine form of Darius
"kingly; possessing goodness; the sea"
The beguiling Darya is the name of a character in Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. As a Russian name, it's a spelling variation of Daria, while in Iran, it's a girl's name that means "the sea".
Hali
Greek
"the sea"
Another culture's take on the Hailey/Halle phenomenon.
Halcyon
Greek
"kingfisher bird"
This highly unusual name -- the Halycyone was a mythic bird who could calm the seas -- conjures up images of utter peace and tranquility because of the phrase "Halycon days"...and the sleeping pill.
Danu
Celtic, goddess of fruitfulness
This sprightly Irish mythology name would make an attention-grabbing choice.
Aramoana
Maori
"pathway of the sea"
A beautiful elaboration on the Polynesian name Moana "sea", made famous by the 2016 Disney film of the same name. It is also a New Zealand place name.
Gyatso
Tibetan
"ocean"
Gyatso is a highly meaningful name in Tibetan Buddhism. It is added to the name of each Dalai Lama — the current one is Tenzin Gyatso. It is a translation of the title Dalai, which means "ocean" or…
Gwenore
Variation of Guinevere
"white shadow, white wave"
An offbeat way to get to Gwen.
Cormorant
English from Latin
"sea raven"
Cormorant is definitely one of the most unusual of the newly fashionable animal names, and one of the rare bird names for boys.
Manami
Japanese
"ocean"
Like many Japanese names, Manami has several possible meanings. This sea-themed one is very appealing.
Gwenora
Cornish form of Guinevere, Welsh
"white shadow, white wave"
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…
Aphrodite
Greek mythology name
"foam or born from the sea"
The name of the Greek goddess of love has rarely descended to mortal use, though the Roman equivalent Venus, thanks to tennis star Williams, now seems completely possible. But with the new fashion…
Avataq
Greenlandic
"float made of sealskin"
A Greenlandic name with a very Greenlandic feel: its meaning, "float made of sealskin", refers to the floats used for kayaks, a historically important tool for survival in Inuit society.
Maire
Finnish, Irish variation of Mary
"sweet; drop of the sea, bitter"
Both Maire and Mare have begun making inroads with parents seeking novel yet authentic ways of honoring an ancestral Mary. The Finnish variation derives from the word mairea , meaning "sweet."
Ginevra
Italian variation of Guinevere or Jennifer
"white shadow, white wave"
Arty and elegant, Ginevra is one of the most popular girls' names in Italy at the moment, ranking at #3 in a recent year. Ultimately from the Arthurian Guinevere, it's a relative of Jennifer, meaning…
Maelyn
Variation of Mae, English
"drop of the sea; pearl"
A combination of vintage Mae with popular suffix -lynn , Maelyn feels reminiscent of glamorous Marilyn and contemporary Raelynn. In use since at least the 80s, Maelyn practically doubled in…
Maca
Croatian, Serbian, and Slovene diminutive of Marija
"drop of the sea, bitter, or beloved"
In Slovenia, Maca is more common as an independent name than its parent name Marija.
Gali
Hebrew
"wave"
Sprightly name popular in Israel with beachy meaning and international flex.
Llyr
Welsh
"the sea"
Llyr is a name with a great meaning and a lovely sound, but that sound is going to be next to impossible to get non-Welsh speaking people to pronounce (google the double L sound in Welsh). If you are…