Names That Mean Ocean
Deep, vast and endlessly calming, the ocean has inspired awe and named children for as long as people have sailed it. Ocean names carry a sense of grandeur and mystery, drawing on the great sea gods and goddesses of world myth as well as the simple, beautiful words for the sea. Many belong to the deities of the deep — the Greek Poseidon, Thalassa and the Titan Oceanus, the Roman Neptune, the Norse sea-goddess Ran, the Polynesian Tangaroa and the Yoruba ocean goddess Yemaya. Others mean “of the sea” (Marina, Maris, Pelagia) or name a wave or the calm of the tide (Nalu, Galene). Ocean names feel expansive and elemental, suiting a child you imagine as free and deep as the sea, and they span cultures from Cornwall to Hawaii to West Africa. Here are real baby names that mean ocean, sea or the tides that move it, each with its genuine meaning and origin.
26 names that mean ocean — each with its real meaning and origin.
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Frequently asked questions
What girl name means ocean or sea?
Thalassa (Greek sea goddess), Morwenna (“maiden of the sea”), Marissa (“of the sea”) and Yemaya (Yoruba ocean goddess).
What boy name means ocean?
Poseidon and Nereus (Greek sea gods), Neptune (Roman), Tangaroa (Polynesian) and Muir (Scottish, “sea”).
What name means wave?
Nalu is Hawaiian for “wave, surf,” and Aphros is Greek for “sea foam.”