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Marinus, and indeed Marina.

Fomoria Celtic "sea gods or Irish "pirate"

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Jacana zhah-sah-NAH or Jah-KAH-nah Nat Am Tupi-Guarani "bird who walks on water"

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Oceana

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Lorelei

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Marisa mar REE-sah Latin "Laughter of the ocean or sea star" Greek "mermaid"

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Marmara mahr-MAHR-ah Greek "flahing or glittering"

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Moanna moh-AHN-nah Polynesian "the ocean"

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Salina "salty"

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Corsair "pirate"

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Pacific

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Edelmar "noble seafarer"

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Eider Icelander "sea duck"

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Ishmael

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Jason

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Jonah

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My favorites are:
Leif and Erik (Viking explorers - I also like Erik's Old Norse name, Eirikr)
Njord (Norse god of the sea)
I also really liked Poseidon when I was 14 but I outgrew it. Neptune is another sea-god name, but I never liked it.

Llyr!

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Llyr is Welsh and means "sea". I think it's a beatiful name for a boy.

Girls:
Marina
Oceane
Pacifica
Ianthe
Mira
Meredith
Nerissa

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Boys:
Dylan
Kaito

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For either:
Kaimana
Harbor
Sorrel
Morgan

Hmmm. Sorry for any repeats:

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Poseidon
Niamh (a water sprite)
Ondine / Undine (from the French word for wave, onde)
Muriel (= bright sea)
Murphy (= hound of the sea)
Aquinas (m) ("ah-KWIE-nus") (I don't know the etymology of Aquinas, but it makes me think of Aqua)
Jason ("and the Argonauts")
Marina (= little Maria, but the similarity to a marina is too obvious to ignore)(nn Marnie is cute)
Marinus (m)
Pacifica
Sandrine (from Alexandrine)
Henry (the Navigator)
Leif (Eriksson -- sp?)
Brendan (the Navigator)
Vasco (da Gama -- sp?)
Columba (m)(f)

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ETA: Marisol (I know it's Maria + sol / sun. But it always sounds like mar / sea + sol / sun. How great would a name meaning sea + sun be?

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Some of these are rather far-fetched, I admit.

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[By the way, Piers has an "s" sound on the end, not a "z" sound as in the plural of a pier. Piers is the older spelling of Pierce.]

This message was edited 4/27/2011, 12:42 PM

Argo (Jason's ship, hence the name Argonauts)
Marinus
Maris
Meredith
Nausicaa (My professor told me that 'nausi' is a wave and 'caa' is the sound of a gull's cry. He is incorrect, but it's lovely imagery anyway.)
Nemo
Neptune
Nerissa
Ocean
Odysseus
Poseidon
Skipper
Undine

Finnish ones off the top of my head

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Niemi
Meri
Saari

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also like

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Maris
Isla
Oceane/Oceana

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Names from the Little Mermaid

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All the ones from the little mermaid!

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Sebastian (I knew a guy who went by "Sea Bass", very water-related)
Ariel / Arielle
Flounder
Triton and Athena

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And the sisters:
Attina / Atina
Alana / Allana
Adella / Adela
Aquata (a play on Aqua)
Andrina
Arista

Ocean
Aqua
Saltine

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Note: I'd only recommend these for animals.

Seymour lol
Sandy and Shelley as twins!
A lot of less obvious ones with sea meanings:
Maris
Marina
Delmar
Derya
Deniz
Neptune
Nereus

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and um, maybe Declan because it's got 'deck' in it ;D

Totally reaching for some of these.
Nautica (My husband has had both male and female students with this name.)
Harbor - I think this would be cool, actually
Horatio - I'd imagine most people think of Nelson or Hornblower, both of which are nautical associations
Brig
Quay
Isle
Wake
Galley
Astrolabe? Armada? :P
the names of any oceans or seas
...Shiply? lol

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I guess it depends on if this is for fun/hypothetical or not.

Ahab!

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Ahab Ahab Ahaabbbbbbbb

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I dare you to find someone who doesn't think of the sea and whales with that one.

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Also (some of these are going to be silly)

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Odessa (a port)
Captain (a GP I think could be neat. Imagine a lil Cap'n!)
Jules (as in Verne, as in 20,000 leagues under the sea)
Nemo (the captain and the fish)
Mariana (the trench)
Oceane
Waverly (waves? eh? eh???)
Pelagia
Harbor
Pearl
Coral
Ray (sting ray?)
Calypso (Jacques Cousteau's ship)
Jacques!