Either the vastness of the ocean, the serenity of a calm river, or the mysterious sounds of rain, it’s rare for an individual not to be attracted to water-based creations. If you have that strong affiliation to water, water flow, or stream that even you want to name your newborn after water-related terms, this writing is for you. It has become a universal fact that babies born on a rainy day or during a heavy storm get a name after rain. The impact of rain and water creates on people’s minds is something undeniable. So, we researched and made a long list of male and female names based on the ocean, river, and water-themed terms.
Water-Themed Names (Male):
- Aberforth: It means ‘from the river.’
- Aenon: Water spring/ Natural fountain
- Anoop: A Sanskrit word that means watery. Anoop is a Popular Hindi and Bengali name.
- Aquarius /Arroyo
- Atwater: It symbolizes the residence of the riverside area. Atwater means ‘At the water.’
- Bay
- Bayou
- Beck: It represents stream.
- Bered: A famous Biblical name that denotes Hail.
- Bo: Bo means wave
- Bourne: A topographic name uses to signify a dweller who lives near a stream.
- Brook/Brooke/Brooks: It means ‘small stream.’
- Bruinen
- Calder: Calder denotes rough water.
- Caol: Caol means ‘Channel.’
- Cari: Something that flows.
- Caspian: Caspian sea
- Cliff/Clifford: From ‘Cliff’ river
- Clyde: Clyde is a river that flows through Glasgow city in Scotland.
- Conway: It means a Holy river according to the Welsh language.
- Cove: A small sheltered bay.
- Delmar: It’s a Spanish word, means ‘of the sea.’
- Deniz: Sea
- Destin: This is a French word which means ‘by the still waters’
- Dewy: Wet with dew.
- Douglas: A Dark river
- Dylan: Son of the sea
- Earendil: Sea Lover
- Ecthelion: Of the water
- Edmar: The meaning of Edmar is a wealthy sea.
- Fontaine: It means ‘fountain.’
- Ford: Crossing a shallow place in a river
- Gal: Wave
- Glendower
- Goksu: Originated from the Turkish dialect, Goksu means clean water.
- Guadalupe: River of the wolf
- Gursel: In the Turkish language, Gursel represents flowing water.
- Hali: The sea
- Harbor/Harbour: Shelter on the coast (unisexual)
- Hurley: Sea tide
- Indra: A Sanskrit word that signifies possessing drops of rain.
- Irvin/ Irving
- Jabal/Jubal: Stream
- Jalad: A Sanskrit word that means giving water.
- Jafar: Stream
- Jorah: Autumn rain
- Jordan: Flowing down
- Kai: In the Hawaiian language, Kai means sea.
- Kawai
- Kelvin: Name of a Scottish river
- Kenn: Bright aqua
- Kyle: Channel
- Lachlan: the land of lakes
- Lagoon/Laguna
- Laiken: Lake
- Lake
- Lamar: aqua
- Leith: Broad River
- Leven: Flood
- Lincoln: Town by the lake
- Llyr: The sea
- Lynn: Lake
- Maayan
- Marin/Marinus: Of the sea
- Marlin: Sea fortress
- Marlow/Marlowe: Drained lake
- Marsh
- Maxwell: The meaning of the Scottish word Maxwell is Great Stream.
- Mist: Particles of water
- Mizuko: Water child in the Japanese language
- Moor/Moore: Sea
- Morcant/Morgan: Sea circle
- Mortimer
- Murdock: A Scottish word that signifies ‘sea.’
- Muriel: Bright sea
- Murphy: Sea warrior
- Murray: An old Celtic word that means sea. In Irish, Murray symbolizes a seafarer.
- Nebraska
- Niraj: In Sanskrit, Niraj stands for water-born flowers like Lotus.
- Neptune: God of freshwater and the sea in Roman religion
- Nereus: From Greek Mythology
- Nerio
- Ocean
- Oceanus: Ocean
- Pelagius: The sea
- Peleg: Channel
- Poseidon: God of the sea in Greek Mythology
- Rain
- Rayyan: Arabic name
- Reef
- Rio: River
- River
- Ryan
- Seaton: From the farm by the sea
- Shore
- Shui: Means water in the Chinese language
- Storm
- Strom: Stream
- Tahoma: This Native American name denotes frozen aqua or ice.
- Thames: River Thames
- Tide
- Trent
- Triton: In Greek mythology, Triton is the Son of Poseidon, God of the sea.
- Tullius: Heavy rain
- Wade: River crossing
- Wiley
- Yarrow: Rough Stream
- Yuval: Stream
- Zale: Strength of the sea
Water-Themed Names (Female):
As water is the driving force of the environment, your daughter becomes your living force after birth. The calm and soothing water streams somehow represent girls in a significant way. So the following list is for those parents who want to name their little daughter after water-themed words.
- Anat/ Anath: Water Spring
- Anahita: Persian word means ‘River Goddess.’
- Aqua/Aquarius/Aquafina
- Ara: Derived from the Arabic language, Ara signifies the process that brings rain.
- Arethusa: Obtained from the Greek word, Arethusa means the waterer.
- AYSU: Derived from the Turkish dialect, where AY denotes moon and SU means aqua.
- Bay
- Bayou
- Beck: Meaning ‘Stream’
- Bo: Meaning ‘Wave’
- Brenna: Little drop
- Briny
- Brook/ Brooke/Brooks
- Calder: Stream/ Rough water
- Cari: Something that flows
- Cansu: This word’s origin is Turkish dialect where Can symbolizes life and Su means in water.
- Cascade
- Caspian: Caspian sea
- Cherith: Streambed
- Cordell/Cordelia: Daughter of the sea
- Dalit: Draw water
- Darya: Sea
- Delta: Wetlands
- Deniz: Sea
- Dew
- Dwynwen: Wave
- Dylan: Of the sea
- Fen
- Ford
- Gal/ Galit: Wave
- Ginevra/Guinevere: White wave
- Guadalupe: River of the wolf
- Hali/Halimeda: The sea
- Harbor/Harbour: Shelter in the coast area
- Hydra
- Ianthe: sea nymph.
- Irvette: It means sea friend.
- Indra: Possessing drops of rain
- Isla: Isla river/ an island
- Jennifer: White wave
- Jorah: Rain in Autumn
- Jordan: Flowing downwards
- Kai/Kairi: Sea
- Kailani: The variation of the sea in the Hawaiian language.
- Kawai
- Kyla: Channel
- Lagoon
- Laguna: Lagoon
- Laiken: Lake
- Lake
- Lana
- Leven: Flood
- Lien: Lily
- Lynn: Lake
- Marilla: Meaning is Shining sea
- Mairin: Originated from both the Gaelic and Irish language, Mairin means Star Of the sea.
- Marina: From the sea
- Marine
- Maris: Of the sea
- Marlin: Lake
- Marlow/ Marlowe: Drained lake
- Maya
- Mayim
- Meltem: Sea wind
- Meri: The Finnish variant of the word sea.
- Mica
- Mira: Sea
- Mizuko
- Moana: It symbolizes sea according to Hawaiian dialect.
- Monroe: From the mouth of the Roe River
- Morgan: bright sea/ dweller near the sea
- Morwen/Morwenna: Waves
- Muriel: It is a Celtic word that means bright sea.
- Murphy: Sea warrior
- Murray: From the sea
- Nanami: Seven seas
- Neptune: God of the sea
- Nereida/ Nerida: Nerida or Nereida is the goddess of the sea according to Greek mythology.
- Nerina/ Nerine/ Nerissa: A Sea nymph
- Niloofar: The Persian variation of the word Waterlily.
- Nixie
- Noelani: Mist of heaven
- Ocean
- Oceana/ Oceane: Ocean
- Ondine: It means little wave
- Pavati: Transparent like water
- Pelagia: It is the Greek variety of the term sea.
- Rain
- Reef
- Reka: River
- Ren: Lily
- Rio: A famous river in North America
- River
- Sabrina: From the River Severn, the longest river in Great Britain.
- Shore
- Talise: Lovely aqua
- Tallulah: Leaping waters
- Thalassa: It is an old Greek word used for symbolizing the modern word sea.
- Thames: It means the river, Thames.
- Tulia: Heavy rain
- Undine: Little wave
- Vanora: White wave
- Wade: River crossing
- Yara/ Yaritza: Aqua lady
- Yarrow: Rough stream
There are several water-themed unisex names we have included in both the male and female list. Therefore, we hope you will not get confused. If you need to check some ocean and beach-inspired baby names as well, we think this list may give you some good choices. We wish you all the best. Happy naming!
