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Names that mean sea

16 first names whose etymology includes “sea” or a close synonym, the most used first. For girls: Margaret, Marina, Rosemary, Kailani. For boys: Dylan, Kai, Murray, Arnav.

NameForOriginMeaningLatest rank
Dylan boys Welsh “son of the sea”, “born from the ocean.” #72 (2025)
Kai boys “warrior”, “sea” #78 (2025)
Margaret girls Greek “pearl”, “stone” #413 (2025)
Morgan either “sea”, “great” #331 (2025)
Marina girls Latin “of the sea” #580 (2025)
Rosemary girls Latin “dew of the sea” #490 (2025)
Ocean either “sea” #306 (2025)
Murray boys “sea”, “settlement” #2,014 (2025)
Kailani girls Hawaiian “sea”, “sky” #5,927 (2025)
Deniz either Turkish “sea” #896 (2025)
Muriel girls Scottish Gaelic “sea”, “white” #3,318 (2024)
Arnav boys “ocean”, “sea” #1,307 (2025)
Merlin boys “sea-hill”, “sea” #1,798 (2025)
Moana girls “sea”, “ocean” #3,333 (2025)
Delmar boys Catalan “the pond”, “of the sea”
Pelagius boys Latin “of the sea”, “sea”