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Names meaning “Sea”

Names carried in on the ocean waves.

97 names

Marina

Latin

Marinus — “of the sea”

Full name origin

Muriel

Irish

Muirgel — “bright sea”

Full name origin

Moana

Māori / Hawaiian

“Ocean, sea”

Full name origin

Kai

Hawaiian

“Sea”

Full name origin

Dylan

Welsh

Sea-god of Welsh legend; linked to “sea, wave”

Full name origin

Doris

Greek

Sea nymph of Greek myth, mother of the Nereids

Full name origin

Marin

Latin

From Marinus — “of the sea”

Full name origin

Marino

Italian

“Of the sea”

Full name origin

Maren

Scandinavian

From Latin marinus “of the sea”

Full name origin

Morgan

Welsh

Possibly mor “sea” + gen “born”

Full name origin

Murdoch

Scottish

Muireadhach — “mariner, seaman”

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Pelagia

Greek

From pelagos “open sea”

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Océane

French

“Ocean”

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Kailani

Hawaiian

“Sea and sky”

Full name origin

Deniz

Turkish

“Sea”

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Derya

Turkish

“Sea, ocean”

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Darya

Persian

“Sea”

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Sagar

Sanskrit

Sāgara — “ocean”

Full name origin

Umi

Japanese

海 — “sea”

Full name origin

Kaito

Japanese

海斗 — “sea” + “Big Dipper” (one common spelling)

Full name origin

Nami

Japanese

波 — “wave”

Full name origin

Delmar

Spanish

Of the sea

Full name origin

Marisol

Spanish

Sea and sun

Full name origin

Mar

Spanish

Sea

Full name origin

Nerissa

Greek

Sea nymph

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Thalassa

Greek

Sea

Full name origin

Oceane

French

Ocean

Full name origin

Samudra

Sanskrit

Ocean

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Sagarika

Sanskrit

Wave

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Varun

Sanskrit

God of the waters

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Hai

Chinese

Sea

Full name origin

Yam

Hebrew

Sea

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Muir

Scottish

Sea

Full name origin

Murphy

Irish

Sea warrior

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Mervyn

Welsh

Sea hill

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Bahari

Swahili

Sea

Full name origin

Undine

Latin

Of the waves

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Nalu

Hawaiian

Wave

Full name origin

Nereida

Spanish

Sea nymph

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Marinus

Latin

Of the sea

Full name origin

Llyr

Welsh

Sea

Full name origin

Maire

Irish

bitter

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Malachy

Irish

messenger of God

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Muirinn

Irish

of the sea

Full name origin

Morag

Scottish Gaelic

great

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Ocèan

Scottish

ocean

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Rona

Scottish

island

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Ailill

Irish

elf, sprite

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Maireann

Irish

of the sea

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Murdo

Scottish Gaelic

sea warrior

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Twmffat

Welsh

twin

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Marine

Latin

of the sea

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Mélanie

Greek

dark

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Mare

Italian

sea

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Nereo

Greek

sea god

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Jose

Hebrew via Spanish

God will add

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María del Mar

Spanish

sea

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Marit

Latin via Scandinavian use

of the sea

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Havard

Old Norse

high guardian

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Svenja

Old Norse

young woman

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Marieke

Hebrew

beloved

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Rob

Germanic

bright fame

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Pelagios

Greek

of the sea

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Thalassios

Greek

of the sea

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Nereus

Greek

sea god

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Thalassia

Greek

of the sea

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Bahr

Arabic

sea

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Riku

Japanese

land, shore

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Hae-soo

Korean

sea and water

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Minseok

Korean

jade, rock

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Moanikeala

Hawaiian

path of the sea

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Kahale

Hawaiian

the house

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Tangaroa

Māori

god of the sea

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Honu

Hawaiian

turtle

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Hoku'ula

Hawaiian

red star

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Moananui

Hawaiian

vast ocean

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Aukai

Hawaiian

seafaring, ocean traveler

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Kaiwi

Hawaiian

the bone of the sea

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Teina

Māori

younger sibling

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Mher

Armenian

sun

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Dagat

Tagalog

sea

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Laut

Malay

sea

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Marea

Spanish

tide, sea

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Sagara

Sanskrit

ocean

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Tengeriin

Mongolian

of the sky

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Soso

Georgian

not securely established

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Deti

Albanian

the sea

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Detina

Albanian

of the sea

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Jūratė

Lithuanian

sea

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Hrafn

Old Norse

raven

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Sævar

Old Norse

sea warrior

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Xanti

Basque

saint

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Itsaso

Basque

sea

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Itsasne

Basque

sea foam

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Awa

Māori

river

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Itheri

Amazigh

sky, heaven

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Sahil

Arabic

shore; coast

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Every name began as a word

Long before a name belonged to a person, it belonged to the language. Lucy and Lucian both grew from the Latin lux, “light.” Noor shines with the Arabic word for light, Jyoti with the Sanskrit. Across continents and centuries, parents have reached for the same handful of hopes — light, courage, peace, love, grace — and dressed them in the sounds of their own tongue. That is why a name finder organised by meaning is really a map of human wishes.

Our library groups 9,542 names into 58 meanings, drawing on Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit, Japanese, Yoruba, Irish, Slavic and many other traditions. For each name we give the culture it comes from and the literal root it grew out of — not a vague “feeling,” but the actual word an ancestor once spoke. Choosing a meaning first lets you compare how very different peoples expressed the same idea, and often reveals that two names you thought were unrelated are, at heart, the same wish.

How to use this finder

Pick a meaning that matters to you — say, “brave” or “light” — and browse the names gathered under it. You can filter by whether a name is traditionally given to boys, girls, or used for any child, and you can search by a name or an origin to see what it means. When a name catches your eye, open it for the fuller story of where it came from and how it travelled. A good name is one whose sound you love and whose meaning you are proud to explain — and the second half of that is exactly what NameWise is here to help with.