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Girls names associated with the sea/ocean

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Frankiefarr · 17/12/2021 21:18

Looking for a girls name that conjures up or means sea or ocean so far I’ve got

Ocean (obviously)
Sennan
Lowenna (associate with a surfer I’ve seen)
Lamorna- I really like but seems a bit marmite

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Aquamarine1029 · 18/12/2021 19:07

I went to school with a girl named Schorr, pronounced 'shore', and she was named after the seashore.

MotherOfTheNoise · 18/12/2021 19:07

Kovah

Journeylikenomother · 18/12/2021 21:22

Muireann (unpronounceable by British people!!)

MrNapkinHead · 18/12/2021 21:26

Mariana, as in the trench, deepest part of the sea.

LozMarieFielder · 18/12/2021 23:46

Alda (means ‘wave’ in Icelandic)
Darya (means ‘sea’ in Persian)
Kailani (Kai meaning sea and lani meaning heaven/sky in Hawaiian)
Nerissa (means ‘sea sprite’)
Salacia (was the Roman goddess of salt water)
Maristela (means ‘star of the sea’ in latin)
Cordelia (means ‘daughter of the sea’)
Ianthe (was an ocean nymph in Greek Mythology)
Meredith (means ‘sea lord’)
Pasha (means ‘of the ocean’)
Aquata
Dylana (means ‘born from waves’)
Anahita (the goddess of water and rivers in Persian)
Halimeda (means ‘the sea’ in Greek)
Galia (means ‘wave’ in Hebrew)
Delmare (means ‘of the sea’)
Firtha (means ‘arm of the sea’ in Scottish)
Serena/Serene/Serrena

Musmerian · 18/12/2021 23:58

Lorelei.

Justkeepon · 19/12/2021 00:11

Seaweed

Avarua · 19/12/2021 18:06

Marie Celeste Grin

Ellmau · 21/12/2021 18:56

Nerissa

GreenCereal · 21/12/2021 19:06

Kailani (Kai meaning sea and lani meaning heaven/sky in Hawaiian)

Kai means food or eat in Hawaiian, not sea.

Lorelei

Lorelei is a rock in the middle of the Rhine, where a siren sits luring men to their death.

LoveFall · 22/12/2021 22:06

Sorry, something wrong with link.

hilo.hawaii.edu/wehe/?q=kai

Artichokeleaves · 22/12/2021 22:07

The lady of the lake names: Viviane, Niniane, Nimue

Shehasadiamondinthesky · 22/12/2021 22:15

Mara
Oshun
Nyami
Laume
Moryama
Selkie
Danu
Doris - Greek Goddess of the Sea
Danu
Athena
Coraline
Kaia
Marissa
Sedna
All sea related from various countries.

BulldogDrummondBass · 26/12/2021 21:03

Sonamara.

It means ‘the sound of the sea’.

VenusClapTrap · 27/12/2021 08:26

Marisol. Means sea and sun. I love this name.

GlassRaven · 27/12/2021 08:28

Maris
Stella Maris- Star of the Sea

Philandbill · 27/12/2021 19:58

Armorel - one who lives by the sea. Gaelic.

Roselilly36 · 27/12/2021 20:07

Fathom

jesusmaryjosephandtheweedonkey · 27/12/2021 21:21

Gal
Doris
Cordelia

limomo82 · 27/12/2021 21:22

Marissa

tiredanddangerous · 27/12/2021 21:40

Tuna
Cod
Salmon

Alayalaya · 27/12/2021 21:45

Stella Maris means Star of the Sea. It’s an old medieval name for the Virgin Mary, and also for the North Star which helped sailors to navigate.

sherrytrifleforthewin · 27/12/2021 22:03

Coralline

airedailleurs · 27/12/2021 22:16

Itxaso means sea in Basque (pronounced I-ch-a-so). It's quite common there, would obviously be quite unusual in the UK!