Names That Mean Water
5 names whose etymology relates to “water” — drawn from documented origins, sorted by all-time U.S. popularity.
WarrenFrom the Anglo-Norman surname (de) Warenne, a reference to a place called Varenne, a hamlet near Arques-la-Bataille, along the river Varenne in Normandy, from Medieval Latin War…
PearlFrom pearl. * (river in China): From Chinese 珠江 (Zhūjiāng, Zyu1 Gong1, “Pearl River”)API; calque of Chinese 珠 (zhū, zyu1, “pearl”)API. * (haven in Hawaii): From Hawaiian Wai Mom…
MosesFrom Latin Mōsēs, from Ancient Greek Μωσῆς (Mōsês), from earlier Μωυσῆς (Mōusês), from Biblical Hebrew מֹשֶׁה (mōšê). Further etymology is unclear, but it is sometimes conjectur…
UriFrom Medieval Latin Uronia, possibly from Latin ora (“edge, brim”), or from the pre-Roman substrate hydronym *wer (“water”) + the Latin suffix -n-. More at Uri.
FlemingFrom Middle English flameng, from late Old Norse Flæmingi, from Old Norse Flǽmingr, Middle Dutch Vlaminc, Vleminc, from Old Frisian (unattested) (compare West Frisian Flaming), …
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Etymologies adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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