Oceana

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Or any other water / ocean inspired names?

Oceana is my favourite but also on the list -River Rose
-Lakelyn
-Niagara

All bad sorry.
Mara is nice, Marina is ok.

i do know a little girl called Ocean. Not keen but it’s better than Oceana.

Umed (moist in Romanian)

ljepljiv (Clammy in Bosnian)

so many water themed possibilities.

Lakelyn makes me think of lakeland shop.

Marina, Coral and many other suggestions that are lovely. Hope you find something.

Nerissa means "of the sea"

These all sound like cruise ships or Fish & Chip shops.

"Or Ariel"

Or Ursula

Please don't. I worked with a woman who had a daughter called Ocean. She was one of the most rough and classless women I've ever had the displeasure to meet.

I know a child named Reef (male).

Ondine? Means "little wave".

There's a ballet named Ondine too.

Lakelyn? You must be joking.

It's the sort of name you see on those dreadfully tacky American name signs above a baby's crib, usually with a middle name like Koa or Nova.

Sandy
Pearl
Coral
Ocean
Rivern
Shell / Chelle
Summer

I once came across an 'Atlanta' never heard it again since

Oceania (as well as being a nightclub, cruise ship, leisure centre, holiday park) is a geographical region. Sydney and Adelaide are both large population centres in the region and might suit your nautical theme or how about Polly (Polynesia). Ahoy…

My first thought too!

I really like River but the other suggestions sound made up to me.

Dylan

Coralie

Please don't name your baby Oceana..it is just awful.

I'm still waiting on an orca pouncing out of a tiny pool to entertain the masses with that name.

What about the Irish name Oisin (pronounced like ocean! (Oh! Shan)

No.

Marina
Maris
Coral
Naia
Ariel (not really sea but mermaidy!)
Alda is lovely (Scandinavian I think). I was at Uni with a girl called Alda from Iceland years ago. It is so pretty and strong.

Or go 'hippy/arty' and just use the nouns:
Ocean
Lake
Stream
Beck
Wave
Delta
Water
Rain
Rainbow
Mist

Sailor? Really!

Maris mean sea.
Stella Maris, star of the sea, but usually attributed to the Virgin Mary.

I’ve gone with names he loves and I like for our other 4 children 🙈

Thank you everyone- we both really like Coral. Still a compromise for us both as there are other names we really love, but don’t like each other’s loved names!!
Eliza is growing on me - DH loves that one. And then he said he would let me choose the middle name.
So possibly Eliza Ocean ?

oceana is off the list now, since reading the comment about Swansea 😭