suggestions for a girls name that has an association or sea meaning

[octaviarose]

Any suggestions for a girls name that has some association with the sea, water sprites etc
Thank you everyone.

Amphitrite sprang (or is that lumbered?) to mind.

Some of the "Mary" names have sea connotations (owing to similar sound to "mare" (=sea) and I think some o f the Maryan legends, especially Marina.

Mara
Marina
Ariel/Arielle (ok little mermaid connection but I think v nice)
Atlanta (?!)

Naiads are water nymphs in greek mythology, some of their names include:

Daphne
Lilaea
Lara
Castalia
Caliadne
Neaera
(according to wikipedia!)

Meriel
Nerissa
Daphne
Morgan

oooh I like Mara.

Coral

Storm
Blue
Sky

Pebbles

Andromeda ... was chained to a rock as a sacrifice to a sea monster until Perseus rescued her ...

Aphrodite ... She was said to have been born on the sea foam.

Cliona ... but the god of the sea sent a wave to pull her back

Coral ... From "corallium", the Latin word for the semiprecious natural sea growth

Cordula ... From "cor". Also possibly from Welsh meaning "sea jewel"

Daria ... Darya also means "the sea" in Persian

Doris ... a daughter of the sea god Oceanus

Halcyone ... the kingfisher laid its eggs on the sea

Halimeda ... "The sea."

Ianthe ... Mythology: a sea nymph

Ionia Place name: refers to the Ionian Sea and the Ionian Islands off Greece.

Irvette ... "Sea friend."

Kai ... "The sea."

Kailani ... "Sea and sky."

Madeline ... Magdala was a town on the Sea of Galilee

Magali ... Also possibly from the Persian name Mar Galiti meaning "daughter of the sea" or "child of light"

Magdalena ... Biblical: Mary Magdalene came from the Magdala area near the sea of Galilee.

Mairin ... "Star of the sea."

Mamie Short form of Margaret (Greek) "pearl" or Mary (Latin) "star of the sea"

Maria ... "Star of the sea."

Marian ... Blend of Mary (Latin) "star of the sea" and Ann (Hebrew) "grace"

Marianne ... A blend of Marie (Latin) "star of the sea" and Anne (Hebrew) "grace"

Maribel Modern name: blend of Mary (Latin) "star of the sea" and Belle (French) "beautiful".

Marie ... Variant of Mary (Latin) "star of the sea"

Mariel ... Variant of Mary (Latin) "star of the sea"

Marietta ... Diminutive of Mary (Latin) "star of the sea" via Marie

Marika ... Variant of Mary (Latin) "star of the sea".

Marilla "Shining sea."

Marilyn ... Modern blend of Mary (Latin) "star of the sea" and the -lyn ending

Marina ... "From the sea."

Marion ... Variant of Mary (Latin) "star of the sea"

Maris ... "Of the sea."

Marisela Blend of Mary (Latin) "star of the sea" with the -ela ending from names such as Graciela or Isabella.

Marissa ... "Of the sea."

Maristela ... Blend of Mary (Latin) "star of the sea" and Estela (Persian) "star".

Marlene ... Blend of the names Maria (Latin) "star of the sea" and Magdalene (Greek) "from Magdala"

Marlin Blend of Mary (Latin) "star of the sea" and Lynn (Spanish) "pretty".

Marmara ... The Sea of Marmara, in Turkey ... separates the Mediterranean Sea from the Black Sea.

Mary ... "Star of the sea."

Mare ... Variant of Mary (Latin) "star of the sea"

Nymphs from the sea; Galene, Kalliste, Melia, also the goddess Aphrodite 'sprung' from the sea didn't she. I used to know my greek mythology! Then there's Ionia, Maribel, Marissa, Meredith, Pelagia... I only just had Dc2, so various names were all looked into, but I had another DS!

I immediately thought Iris, as in Iris Murdoch, The Sea, The Sea.

Ooh, found more!

Maura ... Variant of Mary (Latin) "star of the sea".

Maureen ... "Star of the sea."

Meredith ... Also possibly "sea lord"

Meriel ... "Sea nymph; shining sea." ... with the meaning "sea nymph" from "mer" (French for the sea) and "eriel" (Breton for nymph) ... it is Gaelic for "shining sea"

Merrill Variant of Meryl (Irish, Gaelic) "shining sea"

Meryl ... "Shining sea."

Miriam ... "Star of the sea." ... "rebellion" or "sea of bitterness". Biblical

Mitzi ... Pet name for Mary (Latin) "star of the sea" and Marie

Moira ... from Mary (Latin) "star of the sea"

Molly ... "Star of the sea."

Morgan ... "Circling sea or great brightness; bright or white sea dweller."

Morwenna ... Also possibly "white seas".

Muriel ... "Sparkling, shining sea."

Nereida ... "Sea nymph." Greek mythology: the Nereids were deities of the seas, mermaids

Nerine ... "Sea nymph."

Nerissa ... Also possibly derived from Nereida (Spanish, Greek) "sea nymph" or a variant based on Marisa or Marissa.

Ninfa ... "Sea nymph."

Parthenope ... who threw herself into the sea when she failed to lure Odysseus to his death ...

Pelagia ... "Of the sea."

Polly ... nickname of Mary (Latin) "star of the sea"

Romy Short form of Rosemary (Latin) "dew of the sea"

Rosemary ... "Dew of the sea."

Sagara ... "The sea."

Thalassa ... "Sea, ocean."

Ula ... "Wealthy; gem of the sea; sacred red."

Ursula

Pearl

Briony (said quickly) - sorry couldn't resist.

Meriel is lovely ds had a school friend called meriel who was a really gorgeous girl

How do you say 'Marika' - like Marie - ka, or like Erika?

muireann- an Irish name, pronounced mwur-in, meaning of the sea

DD had a friend called Pebble, (I'm not certain it was on her BC, but it was what she always used.)

Absolutely lovely girl.

I know Morgan has been mentioned up thread somewhere, but we almost chose Morgana for DD when she was born in 2009, seems slightly more feminine and according to my names book here means 'from the sea shore' welsh apparently.

quite glad we didn't choose it as there is a lovely little girl at playgroup with that same name, her birthday is within a week or so of DD's as well. If it weren't for that we-d probably have it on our list again this time, still like it.

Finn

Ariel

Ocean (my friend named her little girl this)

Pearl

Dory

Aruana, Ilisha, Limia, Molly, Mora, Remora (all fish names)

Undine

Delphine

Nixie is a water sprite.

I was also going to say Mara, Scottish Gaelic for the sea.

Lana "calm as still waters"

More here hasani.net.phtemp.com/water.html

Ondine

Nafsika: she who loves the sea, the princess of Ithaca in the Odyssey
(be nice about it as a name, I am stuck with spelling it on a daily basis!).

Saucy Sue