78 Girls Names That Mean Ocean or Water to Inspire Your Baby Name Search

If you want your daughter to have an adventurous, unique name with a nature feeling to it, consider choosing a name meaning water. Whether you’re looking for something more peaceful or passionate, there are many beautiful names for girls inspired by seas and streams.

Lake, river, and ocean names bring a lot of symbolism. You may want to give your daughter a water baby name if the beach means a lot to you and you enjoy swimming and other water activities. or if they are born as a water sign. Many water names in this name list are also unisex names that work for any baby!

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Girl Names Inspired By Water with Meanings and Origins

1. Adva - Hebrew origin, means “small wave” or “ripple.”
2. Adaliah - Biblical name meaning “one that draws water, poverty, cloud, or death.”
3. Alda - Icelandic for “wave.”
4. Anahita - Persian for “river and water goddess.”
5. Amphitrite - Greek for sea goddess.
6. Aqua - Latin name, meaning “water.”
7. Ara - Arabic meaning “brings rain.”
8. Arna - Indian for “wave” or “stream.”
9. Atlantic - Greek for “sea of Atlas.”
10. Avonlea - Field near a river.
11. Baia - Portuegese for “bay.”
12. Bay - Latin, means ”inlet of sea” or “berry.”
13. Bayou - French for “small stream.”
14. Beverly - English for “dweller near the beaver stream.”
15. Brenn - Norse for “little drop of water.”
16. Brooklyn - (or “Brook“) English for “one who lives near a brook.”
17. Cari - Turkish for “flows like water.”
18. Coral - Latin for “underwater sea growth.”
19. Cordelia - Celtic for ”daughter of the sea.”
20. Darya - Russian for “the sea.”
21. Delta - Greek for a triangle of land formed by water
22. Doris - Greek for ”gift of the ocean.”
23. Dylan - Welsh name meaning “son of the sea.”
24. Evian - French, name of France spa town.
25. Eyre - English for “gravel bank river.”
26. Firth - Scottish name meaning “arm of the sea.”
27. Fjord - Norwegian for “pass over water.”
28. Hurley - Irish for “sea tide.”
29. India - Sanskrit for “water.”
30. Isla - Scottish for “island.”
31. Jenna - (or Jennifer) - Welsh for “white wave.”
32. Jora - Hebrew for “autumn rain.”
33. Jordan - Hebrew for “flow down.”
34. Kaimana - Hawaiian for “power of the ocean.”
35. Kehlani - Polynesian for “sea heavens.”
36. Kendra - English for “clear water.”
37. Kendall - British, meaning “Kent river valley.”
38. Kailani - Hawaiian name meaning ”sea and sky,” with nickname “Kai.”
39. Laguna - Latin for “pool pond.”
40. Lake - British, ”body of water.”
41. Lucerne - Swiss for “lake.”
42. Lupita - Spanish for “wolf river.”
43. Lynn - Welsh and Celtic derived for “lake,” “waterfall,” “pool,” and “pond.”

Girls Names Inspired By the Ocean with Meanings and Origins 

44. Mara - A name of Hebrew origin  meaning “of the sea.”
45. Marella - Latin for “shining sea.”
46. Marina - (or Marin) - Latin for “of the sea.”
47. Maya - Hebrew for “water.”
48. Meredith - Welsh for “protector of the ocean.”
49. Mirabella -Latin name meaning “star of the sea.”
50. Mira - Sanskrit Hindu name meaning “sea” or “ocean.”
51. Misty - English for “sea mist.”
52. Moana - Hawaiian for “ocean” or “sea.”
53. Monroe - Scottish and Irish Gaelic for “mouth of the River Roe.”
54. Morgan - Name meaning “sea-born.”
55. Muriel - Celtic for “of the bright sea.”
56. Nahla - Arabic or African for “first drink of water.”
57. Naida - Latin for “water nymph.”
58. Narelle - Northern Scandinavian river.
59. Nebula - Latin for “mist.”
60. Nerida - Greek meaning “sea nymph.”
61. Niagara - Iroquoian for “the strait.”
62. Nixie - Name meaning “little water sprite.”
63. Noelani - Hawaiian for “heavenly mist.”
64. Ondine - Latin for “little wave.”
65. Pacifica - Spanish for “tranquil.”
66. Riva - Hindi for “rain.”
67. Rhea - Greek for “flowing.”
68. Rheanna - Welsh for “stream.”
69. Rihanna - Celtic for “nymph.”
70. River - British origin, meaning “a flowing body of water.”
71. Rosemary - Latin for “dew of the sea.”
72. Salila - Indian for “water.”
73. Sarita - Indian for “water.”
74. Talia - Hebrew for “gentle rain.”
75. Tallulah - Native American name meaning “leaping water.”
76. Wade - English for “ford” or “tidal crossing.”
77. Zarna - Indian for “sweet water.”
78. Zarya - Slavic for water priestess

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