Names That Mean Sea or Ocean
For coast-drawn families: names that actually mean sea, ocean or wave. Kai from Hawaiian, Dylan from Welsh myth, Arnav from Sanskrit, Maren from the Nordic north — calm and a little wild at once, like the water itself.
15 names
Boy names that mean sea or ocean · 6
Arnav
Sanskrit
Ocean
BoySeaNature
Bo
Mandarin Chinese / Scandinavian
Wave in Chinese, to live in Scandinavian
BoySea
Caspian
Latin / English
Of the Caspian Sea
BoySeaLiterary
Dylan
Welsh / Celtic
Son of the sea
BoyLiteraryMythological
Kaito
Japanese
Ocean, soar
BoyNature
Murray
Scottish
From the sea settlement
BoyHistorical
Girl names that mean sea or ocean · 7
Aarna
Sanskrit
Ocean wave
GirlSeaVirtue
Cordelia
Celtic / Latin
Daughter of the sea
GirlLiteraryHistorical
Marisol
Spanish
Sea and sun
GirlSeaCelestial
Marlena
Germanic / Latin / American
Star of the sea
GirlLiteraryHistorical
Marnie
Hebrew / Scottish
Sea of bitterness
GirlLiterary
Molly
Irish
Bitter / sea of bitterness
GirlVirtueLiterary
Ondine
Latin / French
Little wave
GirlSeaMythological
Unisex names that mean sea or ocean · 2
Kai
Hawaiian / Norse / Japanese
Sea (Hawaiian)
UnisexNatureMythological
Maren
Latin / Scandinavian
Of the sea
UnisexSeaNature
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