Names that mean water
18 first names whose etymology includes “water” or a close synonym, the most used first. For girls: India, Pearl, Rhea, Rabia. For boys: Maxwell, Douglas, Warren, Moses.
| Name | For | Origin | Meaning | Latest rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxwell | boys | English | “mack's well”, “spring” | #183 (2025) |
| Douglas | boys | “black”, “stream” | #224 (2025) | |
| Warren | boys | “river”, “water” | #1,124 (2025) | |
| India | girls | Latin | “indus river”, “river” | #509 (2025) |
| Kendall | either | Norse | “valley of the river kent”, “spring” | #1,133 (2025) |
| Pearl | girls | “pearl river”, “pearl” | #258 (2025) | |
| Moses | boys | Hebrew | “to give birth to”, “water” | #627 (2025) |
| Remington | either | “edge”, “border” | #2,440 (2025) | |
| Rhea | girls | Greek | “ground”, “earth” | #388 (2025) |
| Wells | boys | English | “spring” | #5,119 (2024) |
| Jaromir | boys | “spring”, “peace” | ||
| Rabia | girls | Arabic | “spring”, “fourth” | #2,278 (2025) |
| Arizona | girls | Basque | “small spring”, “good oak” | #3,705 (2025) |
| Stirling | boys | “stream”, “pool” | #2,269 (2025) | |
| Rye | either | Norse | “forest clearing”, “to clear” | #5,137 (2025) |
| Irvine | boys | “green”, “fresh” | #4,527 (2009) | |
| Hadrian | boys | Latin | “from the roman harbor hadria”, “water” | #4,275 (2025) |
| Vasant | boys | Sanskrit | “spring” |