Aquatic Surfer-Kid Names for Your Beachy Baby Boy
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If you’re a new parent-to-be who loves the ocean, longs for a riverside campsite (remember when we could do that? camping??), or feels like you were probably a dolphin in a previous life, you’re in luck when it comes to baby-name picks. While you could certainly name your kid after your favorite part of the California coast, or give them a nature name that’s not entirely, um, water-based, you know you’ll probably be happiest with a beachy name that calls to mind the world’s waters and the fine folks (fish and sexy lifeguards alike) who love them, just like you do.
We’ve rounded up a bevy of beachy names for boys that surfer kids and river rats (of any species) will be proud to call theirs.
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Names that mean “water”
Wishful water-dwellers will love the baby names below, which all mean “water,” “ocean,” “stream,” “river” or something else that evokes aquatic adventures.
Avon: River
Beckham: Home by the stream
Bourne: Stream
Brooks: Water, small stream
Calder: Stream
Colwyn: River in Wales
Conway: Holy river
Destin: By the still waters
Douglas: Black river
Dover: Water
Earvin: Green, fresh water
Escott: Hut near the river
Ford: River crossing
Hali: The sea
Harford: Ford of the hares
Havelock: Sea competition
Holmes: Islands in the river
Hudson: River in New York
Hurley: Sea tide
Irving: Fresh water
Kai: The sea
Kenn: Bright water
Lachlan: From the land of lakes
Lake: Inland body of water
Leomaris: Lion of the sea
Lincoln: Lake colony
Locke: Pond
Marino: Of the sea
Mario: Star of the sea
Marvin: Sea friend
Morgan: Circling sea
Mortimer: Dead sea
Murdock: Protector of the sea
Murphy: Sea warrior
Neptune: Roman god of the sea
Orman: Sea man
River: Place and nature name
Seton: Sea settlement
Strom: Brook, stream
Tahoe: Big water
Trent: Gushing waters
Wiley: Well-watered meadow
Beachy names we love
Cannon (Cannon Beach, Oregon)
Dillon (Dillon Beach, California)
Huntington (Huntington Beach, California)
Monty (Monterey Bay)
Vashon (Vashon Island, Washington)
Zuma (Zuma Beach, California)
Surfer baby names
If you’re hoping to score a name that sounds like someone who scales the waves all day, guess what: We’ve gathered some of the coolest real-life surfer names for you.
Andy Irons: Hawaiian surfer
Barton Lynch: Aussie surfer
Butch Van Artsdalen: U.S. surfer
Clay Marzo: Hawaiian surfer
Damien Hobgood: U.S. surfer
Duke Paoa Kahanamoku: Hawaiian surfer
Mick Fanning: Aussie surfer
Mickey Munoz: U.S. surfer and surfboard shaper
Shane Beschen: U.S. surfer
Simon Anderson: Aussie surfer
Sunny Garcia: Hawaiian surfer
Taj Burrow: Aussie surfer
Fictional aquatic names
Real life doesn’t always have the answers, so we turned to literature and film to hunt down fictional lifeguard, surfer, ship-folks and fish names for your baby.
Bodhi: From Point Break
Brady: From Teen Beach Movie
Brody: Chief Martin Brody from Jaws
Cody: From Baywatch
Frankie: From Beach Party
Hobie: From Baywatch
Jack: From Big Wednesday
Jesse: From Free Willy
Lockie: From Lockie Leonard, Human Torpedo
Logan: From Baywatch
Luke: From The Reef
Murph: From The Perfect Storm
Nathaniel: From Point Break
Sebastian: From The Little Mermaid
Another fun option is to name your baby after a favorite beach, surfing spot or body of water. If you’re worried the watery name is a little too weird, consider using it as a middle name so your child can choose what he wants to be called as he gets older. Jack Atlantic, anyone?
A version of this article was originally published in April 2011.
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