102 Brilliant Boat Names for Every Type of Vessel and Captain
For those in the market to buy a boat or a yacht, you’ll quickly learn that many considerations go into finding the just-right vessel—is the boat for cruising, sailing, exploring? Or perhaps the idea of a speed boat sounds particularly invigorating. Whatever type of boat you purchase, there's one purely fun, non-serious order of boat business that allows captains and cruisers to get creative without spending a dime. And some might argue this is the single most important decision of all: naming your boat.
If you've dreamed of owning a boat or a larger yacht, you've likely already considered a name. Pun boat names inspired by summer, sand, and sea are popular picks, as well as inside jokes like a play on your name or a poke at a defining life event ("She Got the House" or "401K"). Song titles and lyrics, movies, and cultural catchphrases and moments make for clever boat name inspiration, too.
Don't already have the perfect boat name set in stone? We've rounded up these unique boat names to inspire your search for the perfect maritime moniker. Here you'll find classic and classy boat names of the more serious sort (like the "Honey Fitz" yacht that once belonged to JFK and Jackie O.), as well as funny boat names that your fellow captains will wish they had thought of first. Scroll through for 102 of our best boat names.
Funny Boat Names
Aboat Time
Alimony
Are We There Yet?
Fin & Tonic
Fishy Business
Flying Dutchman
Feeling Yachty
Gone Fishin'
In a Meeting
Joan’s Ark
Jolly Roger
Kids' Inheritance
Knot Working
The Kraken
Liquid Asset
Out of Office
Pier Pressure
Reel Therapy
Rest a Shore
Retirement
She Got the House
Shell of a View
Skipper’s Girl
Weekend Edition
What’s Up Dock?
Yacht Rock
Yachty or Nice?
Yachty, Yachty, Yadda
401K
5 O’Clock Somewhere
Classic Boat Names
Always Saturday
Amazing Grace
Anchors Away
Blessed
Captain's Quarters
Coast Is Clear
Crosswinds
Due South
Ecsta-sea
El Capitán
Endless Summer
Freedom
Golden Hour
Good Times
Happy Hour
High Seas
Honeymoon
Island Girl
Lady in Red
Lady of the Lake
Livin' the Dream
Midas Touch
Nothin' But Blue Skies
No Worries
One Moor Time
One More Day
Sea-Batical
Sea Bum
Seas the Day
Seas the Moments
Sol Surfer
Soul Searching
Southern Belle
Starfish
Sunkissed
Sunny Daze
Sun's Out
Sweet Sea
Vitamin Sea
Wish You Were Here
Boat Names Inspired by Music, Movies, Shows, and More
Below Deck
Catch Me If You Can
Changes in Latitudes
The Codfather
Far & Away
Good Vibrations
Here Comes the Sun
Maverick
O Captain! My Captain!
Overboard
Rock the Boat
Serendipity
Pretty and Classy Boat Names
Bain de Soleil
Beau Soleil
Carpe Diem
Ciao Bella
Del Mar
Dolce Far Niente
Dreamboat
La Dolce Vita
La Mer
Mariposa
Namaste
Neptune
Ocean Breeze
Seaglass
Sea La Vie
Serenity
Still Waters
Summer Breeze
Sunset
Winds of Change
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