Nautical Names

Anchors aweigh and batten down the hatches! Nautical names are underway!
  1. Admiral
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "a high rank in the navy"
    • Description:

      This title name definitely makes a statement. Will Admiral fit in with the Saints, Kings, and Knights joining the playground?
  2. Afton
    • Origin:

      Place-name
    • Description:

      Name of a town in Scotland that has a feminine strength.
  3. Anchor
    • Origin:

      Word name
    • Meaning:

      "heavy object used to moor a ship; provide with a solid foundation"
    • Description:

      Plausible word name, denoting strength and stability, currently given to a small handful of boys in the US each year.
  4. Andrew
    • Origin:

      Greek
    • Meaning:

      "strong and manly"
    • Description:

      During its Top 10 heyday in the late 90s and early oughts, Andrew was one of the "cooler" classic boy names, an update on the old guard Roberts and Richards.
  5. Alee
    • Bailer
      • Banyan
        • Origin:

          Indian
        • Meaning:

          "the God tree"
        • Description:

          This evocative name of a dramatic tropical Indian fig tree is ready to move west.
      • Bar
        • Barbette
          • Beach
            • Origin:

              Nature name, English word name
            • Meaning:

              "a shore of a body of water"
            • Description:

              With the tide coming in on a new wave of word names, this one just might catch on, especially for parents who relish sun, sand, and surf. Forest lovers can spell it Beech, like the tree.
          • Beacon
            • Origin:

              English word name
            • Meaning:

              "signal light"
            • Description:

              A word name with an appealing and illuminating meaning.
          • Bear
            • Origin:

              Animal name
            • Meaning:

              "bear"
            • Description:

              Bear has suddenly lumbered onto the baby name landscape. Perhaps inspired by British adventurer Bear Grylls (born Edward Michael), first celebrity chef Jamie Oliver used it as the middle name for his boy Buddy, and more recently Alicia Silverstone called her son Bear Blu., followed by Kate Winslet's Bear Blaize. It's part of a current trend normalizing once aggressive animal names like Wolf and Fox. Bear is now Number 218 on Nameberry and in the Top 900 in England.
          • Bell
            • Origin:

              English and Scottish occupational name
            • Meaning:

              "ringer of the bell"
            • Description:

              These days, it's more likely you'd call your daughter the popular Belle or Bella.
          • Bertha
            • Origin:

              German
            • Meaning:

              "bright, glorious"
            • Description:

              Ever since the enormous German cannon was dubbed by Allied soldiers "Big Bertha" in World War I, this name hasn't worked for a sweet little baby girl. But this was not always so. Hard as it might be to imagine now, Bertha was a Top 100 name until the 1930s, and in the 1880s was the seventh most popular name in the land--the equal of Joseph.
          • Bimini
            • Origin:

              Place-name
            • Description:

              Name of a tiny Bahamian island that's better suited to a girl.
          • Boomer
            • Origin:

              Dutch
            • Meaning:

              "gatekeeper"
            • Description:

              This upbeat, friendly surname name has appeared on television's Battlestar Galactica a handful of cartoons, and on a literary note, a character in Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Sports fans might think of Boomer Esiason, the NFL quarterback turned color commentator. He's not the only athlete to answer to the upbeat nickname.
          • Bow
            • Bower
              • Bridge
                • Origin:

                  Word name
                • Meaning:

                  "bridge"
                • Description:

                  A new name with the potential for spanning across a far-reaching future. Bridges and Bridger are other possiblities.
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