Names That Mean Water

Irish name with an intriguing lilt.

Evian might sound elegant, if you could forget the water. But no one will.

Wharton is a rather stiff banker name that becomes creative as a middle name choice for lovers of the novels of writer Edith.

Occult name for babies born under water signs -- Pisces, Cancer, and Scorpio.

Off-putting cousin of Bradley and Rodney.

Possibly to honor Canadian short story writer Alice -- though Alice is more far accessible and--until very recently-- nearly as distinctive.

Variant of Treveri. The Treveri people gave their name to modern-day Trier, formerly known in English by its French name Treves, which is the oldest city in Germany and was one of the ancient capitals of the Roman Empire. This could be a novel way to honor an ancestral Trevor.

Beautiful downtown Burbank -- about as glamorous a place-name as Akron...or Detroit.

Africa's fourth-longest river would make a unique name choice.

Traditional Cherokee choice that could work for a daughter born on a rainy day.

Saraswati is the Hindu goddess of knowledge, learning, music, and the arts. She is also a river goddess, associated with the mythical Saraswati river, which played an important part in the Vedic texts.

Pompous and pretentious.

Two names meaning "river" make the Turkish Top 100 for girls — Nehir and Irmak. Irmak is the less popular of the two.

A rhythmic and attractive Cherokee girl name. Immokalee is also the name of a community in Florida.

Bernie, with airs.

Some parents are turning to rivers and other bodies of water in the search for undiscovered place-names, and this has the feel of a Viennese waltz.