Re: Naia
in reply to a message by Andromache
Rumor has it it's also "dolphin" in Hawai'ian, and refers to the Naiads (Encyclopedia Mythica: "The Naiads were nymphs of bodies of fresh water... [who] presided over rivers, streams, brooks, springs, fountains, lakes, ponds, wells, and marshes."). Because of these two meanings I think of it as quite a watery name.