Dog Names Meaning Ocean
67 names in this category, each with its meaning and background. See all meaning categories.
Darya
Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian form of Daria; Persian for "sea, ocean"
Dayla
No documented meaning in the sources checked
Deniz
Turkish word for "sea"
Doria
Possibly a feminine form of Dorian or an elaboration of Dora
Halia
Ancient greek name meaning 'the dweller in the sea' or 'the briney'
Kai
Uncertain; possibly a Frisian diminutive of Gerhard, Nicolaas, Cornelis or Gaius, or Hawaiian for "sea"
Kaia
Diminutive of Katarina or Katariina
Kaido
Estonian masculine form of Kaidi, a variant of Katariina (Catherine)
Kaijo
Kaikala
A Telugu-speaking community, also called Kaikalas or Karikala Bhaktulu
Kailani
From Hawaiian kai "sea, ocean" and lani "sky, heaven"
Kainoa
Hawaiian, recorded as a given name for both men and women
Kaio
Recorded as a masculine given name in Japanese, Basque and Brazilian Portuguese
Kehlani
A variant spelling of the Hawaiian names Kailani or Kalani
Keilani
Means "glorious heaven" in Hawaiian, from kei "glorious, dignified" and lani "heaven, sky, royal, majesty"
Keona
Hawaiian: ke ("the") + ona ("attractive")
Kya
A name of uncertain origin, potentially meaning 'from the ocean' or 'victory' in various cultures
Lamar
From a French and English surname, from Old French la mare, "the pool"
Marcie
A diminutive of Marcia, the feminine of the Roman name Marcus.
Marea
Catalan and Spanish word for the tide, from Latin.
Maree
Variant of Marie
Marianna
Combination of Maria and Anna
Marie
French and Czech form of Maria.
Mariel
Diminutive of Maria, from Mary plus the suffix -el
Marin
Romanian, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian and French form of Marinus
Marina
Feminine form of Marinus, from Latin marinus, "of the sea"
Marine
French, Armenian and Georgian form of Marina
Maris
Diminutive of Maria; also "of the sea", from the Latin Stella Maris
Marisa
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese combination of Maria and Luisa.
Marisol
Spanish short form of María de la Soledad
Marita
Diminutive of Maria, or a Scandinavian variant of Margaret
Marla
American back-formation from Marlene, first used in the 1930s.
Marlene
Blend of Maria and Magdalene, referring to Mary Magdalene
Marli
Possibly a diminutive of Marlene
Marnie
Feminine given name, sometimes derived from Marina
Maro
A given name recorded in Croatian, Galician, Greek and ecclesiastical use
Maros
Marousha
Maryn
No meaning is documented in the sources checked
Masya
A Yiddish feminine given name
Meara
An English surname, a shortened form of O'Meara
Meri
Means "sea" in Finnish; also a Georgian, Armenian and Greek form of Mary
Merrigan
Meryl
Variant of Muriel, from Scottish and Irish Gaelic, meaning "bright sea"
Mirren
A Scottish surname, also recorded as a Scottish feminine given name
Moana
Māori, Hawaiian and other Polynesian word for "ocean, wide expanse of water, deep sea"
Moanna
Recorded as a feminine given name; no meaning is documented in the sources checked.
Morgane
French, either a form of Morgan 2 or a feminine form of Morgan 1.
Morie
Recorded as a feminine given name in Japanese
Murray
From a Scottish or Irish surname; the Scottish one is from the place name Moray
Myrna
Anglicized form of the Irish name Muirne, meaning 'beloved'
Nessa
Nydia
Name used by Edward Bulwer-Lytton for a blind flower-seller in his 1834 novel
Ocean
From the English word ocean, a large body of water
Oceana
A feminine given name recorded in English, where it is rare
Oceane
French female given name meaning "from the ocean"
Ola Kai
Osan
A name of various origins, often meaning 'ocean' or 'river'
Osea
Recorded as a masculine given name in Biblical Italian
Pontus
Latinized form of greek Πόντος (Pontos), meaning "sea"
Ronan
Sagar
Modern form of Sagara; Sanskrit sāgara means "sea"
Sea
English and Japanese word for a very large body of salty water
Shylah
No documented meaning; recorded as a rare modern American English given name
Tide
Umi
Sea or ocean in Japanese
Umika
Recorded as a feminine given name in Japanese