Water Themed Girl Names

Girl Names
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Hello all, I’m an author in need of help naming a character. I, for the life of me, can’t decide on one, so I’m turning to the internet for help. Here’s a very small peak about the book, so hopefully it’ll help.

The book is about teen mom, Addison (16/17), who gives her daughter up for adoption. The story follows their journey of finding each other, and reconnecting.

I’m really wanting a name related to water, lakes, rivers, ect, but not necessarily the ocean if that makes sense, as Addison’s love of water plays heavily into their reunion. I’m also looking for a name that a teen would use, other than the standard Lake (/lyn,lee), River, Aqua.

I don’t use hard dates, but she would have been born in the early 2000s.

All help is appreciated, thank you! -Jo

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Names I can imagine being used by a teen (anyone really) at that time: [name_u]Madison[/name_u], [name_u]Ashley[/name_u], [name_u]Abby[/name_u], [name_f]Brianna[/name_f], [name_f]Hayley[/name_f] etc.

But water themed:

[name_u]Dylan[/name_u]
[name_f]Marnie[/name_f]
[name_f]Maya[/name_f]
Jenna/ [name_f]Jennifer[/name_f] (whoa might be perfect)
[name_f]Kaia[/name_f] (again!)
[name_f]Marlee[/name_f] (can imagine a teen choosing this)
[name_f]Tahnee[/name_f] / [name_f]Tarni[/name_f]
[name_f]Locklyn[/name_f]
[name_u]Kendall[/name_u]
[name_f]Coralie[/name_f]
[name_u]Teal[/name_u] (could be good if want a word name)
[name_u]Waverly[/name_u] (not water themed but could be a teen way to get “wave” in there)
[name_u]Brooke[/name_u] / [name_u]Brooklyn[/name_u]
[name_f]Cascade[/name_f]
[name_u]Harbor[/name_u]
[name_u]Delta[/name_u]

[name_f]Hope[/name_f] that helps!

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[name_f]Isla[/name_f]
[name_u]Harbor[/name_u]
[name_u]Bay[/name_u]
[name_f]Mersey[/name_f]- After the river [name_f]Mersey[/name_f] in [name_u]England[/name_u]
[name_u]Skye[/name_u] - After the island of [name_u]Skye[/name_u] in [name_u]Scotland[/name_u]
[name_f]Nixie[/name_f] - Water sprite in folklore

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[name_f]Naya[/name_f] - wave or sea foam

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[name_u]Marley[/name_u] or [name_f]Marina[/name_f] came to mind! Best of luck with your writing, [name_u]Jo[/name_u]!

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[name_f]Riverlynn[/name_f]?

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[name_u]Welcome[/name_u] to the community! :slight_smile:

I can imagine [name_u]Addison[/name_u] naming her daughter something like [name_u]Brooke[/name_u] - meaning stream or Aqualina?

The plot of your story sounds very interesting!

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Fun! I am a babysitter, and my girls and I just came up with mermaid names for ourselves last week. :wink: We chose…

[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
Current
[name_f]Moana[/name_f]
Starfish
[name_f]Marina[/name_f]

[name_m]Tide[/name_m], [name_f]Anemone[/name_f], and Kelp were also in the running—might be a biiiiit much!

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[name_u]Jordan[/name_u] or [name_f]Jordanna[/name_f]

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I wish [name_m]Tide[/name_m] wasn’t the name of a detergent, I’d use that for my own kid, I love it!

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Thanks everyone, I’m still undecided, but your suggestions really helped!

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[name_f]Tallulah[/name_f], [name_f]Nixie[/name_f], [name_u]Brooke[/name_u] came to mind

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[name_f]Naia[/name_f] means sea foam or wave in Basque!

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[name_f]Talia[/name_f] - gentle dew from heaven : by the water. [name_f]Gorgeous[/name_f]!

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[name_u]Harbor[/name_u]
[name_f]Adriana[/name_f]
[name_f]Coral[/name_f]
[name_u]Morgan[/name_u]

After specific seas/ other bodies of water/rivers
[name_u]Hudson[/name_u]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m]