Mermaid Name Generator

Five mermaid names a press: real names that mean sea, wave or pearl, Nereids of myth and made-up names.

SegaraJavanese: sea.
PolynoeA Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name.
SamudraSanskrit: ocean.
CoralEnglish: coral.
EuagoreA Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name. Also named by Apollodorus.

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How it works

This mermaid name generator deals five names a press from 205: 102 real names that mean sea, wave, pearl or water, the 51 Nereids Hesiod lists, and 52 names made up by us.

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Three kinds of name

The menu under the button keeps to one kind. A real name's card gives its language and meaning: Marina is Latin for of the sea. A Nereid's card says which old poets name her. A made-up name's card says how we say it.

A merfolk name generator

Open More filters to keep to Mermaid, Merman or Either. The merman names include Nereus, the old man of the sea in Greek myth, and real names such as Kai and Dylan.

Tips

The Nereids are sisters, so two names from that group suit two sisters.

Questions and answers

What is a good name for a mermaid?

One that means the sea. Marina is Latin for of the sea, Pelagia comes from a Greek word for sea, Thalassa is the Greek word for sea, and Morvoren is the Cornish word for mermaid.

Is this a siren name generator too?

It has no Sirens. Some old versions picture the Sirens of Greek myth as birds with women's heads and others as mermaids. The Nereids on this page are the sea nymphs of the same myths.

Who were the Nereids?

The sea nymphs of Greek myth, the fifty daughters of Nereus, the Old Man of the Sea, and Doris. This page lists the 51 that Wikipedia's table marks as named by the poet Hesiod, Thetis and Galatea among them.

All 205 mermaid names

Real names that mean sea, wave, pearl or water 102

Aalto Finnish: wave.
Aegir Old Norse: sea.
Afon Welsh: river.
Ahti Finnish myth: the god of the depths, water and fishing.
Arnav Sanskrit: ocean.
Bahari Swahili: sea.
Bara Icelandic: wave.
Brooke English, from a surname for someone who lived near a brook.
Bylgja Icelandic: billow.
Cliodhna Irish legend: a queen of the banshees with a great wave named for her.
Coral English: coral.
Coralie French, from corail: coral.
Damla Turkish: water drop.
Darya Persian: sea.
Deniz Turkish: sea.
Derya Turkish: sea.
Dufa Old Norse: the one that sinks. One of the nine wave daughters of Ægir and Rán.
Dylan Welsh, from llanw, tide; possibly son of the sea.
Fand Irish legend: an otherworldly woman, the wife of Manannán, who first appears as a sea bird.
Gohar Persian: jewel, pearl.
Greta Short form of Margareta, a form of Margaret: pearl.
Gyongyi Hungarian: pearl.
Hefring Old Norse: the one that rises. One of the nine wave daughters of Ægir and Rán.
Helmi Finnish: pearl.

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Real names that mean sea, wave, pearl or water, continued

Himinglaeva Old Norse: heaven clear. One of the nine wave daughters of Ægir and Rán.
Ibai Basque: river.
Inci Turkish: pearl.
Irmak Turkish: river.
Kai Hawaiian: sea.
Kailani Hawaiian: sea and sky.
Kaimana Hawaiian: diamond; also read as powerful sea.
Kaito Japanese: several of its spellings begin with the sign for sea.
Kolga Old Norse: the cold one. One of the nine wave daughters of Ægir and Rán.
Laine Finnish and Estonian: wave.
Li Ban Irish legend: a woman turned mermaid in Lough Neagh.
Lulu Arabic: pearl.
Lynn From a surname; one source is Welsh llyn, lake, another Gaelic linne, a pool.
Mairead Scottish Gaelic form of Margaret: pearl; Mairéad in Irish.
Makai Hawaiian: toward the sea.
Manannan Irish myth: the god of the sea.
Marea Italian and Spanish: tide.
Maren Danish, a short form of Marina: of the sea.
Margaret From Greek margarites: pearl.
Margarit Armenian: pearl.
Margarita Spanish form of Margaret: pearl.
Marguerite French form of Margaret: pearl.
Marijn Dutch form of Marinus: of the sea.
Marin Serbo-Croatian, from Latin marinus: of the sea.
Marina Latin: of the sea.
Marine French form of Marina: of the sea.
Marinus Latin: of the sea.
Maris Latin: of the sea.
Marit Norwegian and Swedish short form of Margareta, a form of Margaret: pearl.
Meri Finnish: sea.
Minato Japanese: harbor.
Momi Hawaiian: pearl.
Morgan Welsh, from an old name that may mean sea chief or great chief.
Morvarid Persian: pearl.
Morvoren Cornish: mermaid.
Moti Hindi: pearl.
Mukta Sanskrit: pearl.
Murchadh Scottish Gaelic, from Old Irish: sea and battle.
Murdoch Scottish: perhaps from Gaelic muir, sea, or muireach, mariner.
Muriel Irish Muirgheal: sea bright.
Mutiara Indonesian: pearl.
Nagisa Japanese: shore.
Nalu Hawaiian: wave.
Nami Japanese: wave, in one spelling.
Nereus Greek myth: the old man of the sea, father of the Nereids.
Nerissa Made by Shakespeare from Greek Nereis: sea nymph.
Ocean English: ocean.
Oceane French: of the ocean.
Oceanus Greek myth: the River Ocean that encircled the earth.
Ondina Italian form of Undine, the water spirit.
Ondine Another name for the undine, a being of water.
Palaemon Greek myth: a boy who became a sea god, called the guardian of ships.
Pearl English: pearl.
Pelagia Greek, from pelagos: sea.
Pelagius Latin form of Greek Pelagios: of the sea.
Perla Spanish: pearl.
Phorcys Greek myth: an old god of the sea.
Pontus Greek: sea.
Ran Old Norse myth: the goddess of the sea.
Rio Spanish: river.
Rosemary From Latin ros marinus: dew of the sea.
Sagar Sanskrit and Hindi: sea, ocean.
Samudra Sanskrit: ocean.
Segara Javanese: sea.
Shannon Irish, from the river Shannon.
Sindhu Sanskrit: river, sea.
Su Turkish: water.
Tai Maori: sea, tide.
Tarang Sanskrit and Hindi: wave.
Thalassa Greek: sea.
Thaumas Greek myth: a sea god, son of Pontus and Gaia.
Tirta Indonesian and Javanese: water.
Umi Japanese: sea.
Undine From Latin unda: wave. A water spirit.
Ur Basque: water.
Urmi Sanskrit: wave.
Vellamo Finnish myth: a goddess of waters in the Kalevala.
Yara Portuguese, a spelling of Iara, from a Nheengatu word for mistress of water. A water figure of Brazilian myth.

Nereids of Greek myth 51

Actaea A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name. Also named by Homer, Apollodorus and Hyginus.
Agaue A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name. Also named by Homer, Apollodorus and Hyginus.
Amphitrite A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name. Also named by Apollodorus. She is the consort of Poseidon.
Autonoe A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name. Also named by Apollodorus.
Cymatolege A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name.
Cymo A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name. Also named by Apollodorus.
Cymodoce A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name. Also named by Homer and Hyginus.
Cymothoe A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name. Also named by Homer, Apollodorus and Hyginus.
Doris A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name. Also named by Homer and Hyginus.
Doto A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name. Also named by Homer, Apollodorus and Hyginus.
Dynamene A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name. Also named by Homer, Apollodorus and Hyginus.
Eione A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name. Also named by Apollodorus.
Erato A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name. Also named by Apollodorus.
Euagore A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name. Also named by Apollodorus.
Euarne A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name.
Eucrante A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name. Also named by Apollodorus.
Eudore A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name. Also named by Apollodorus.
Eulimene A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name. Also named by Apollodorus.
Eunice A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name. Also named by Apollodorus.
Eupompe A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name.
Galatea A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name. Also named by Homer, Apollodorus and Hyginus.
Galene A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name.
Glauce A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name. Also named by Homer and Hyginus.
Glauconome A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name. Also named by Apollodorus.
Halie A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name. Also named by Homer and Apollodorus.
Halimede A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name. Also named by Apollodorus.
Hipponoe A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name. Also named by Apollodorus.
Hippothoe A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name. Also named by Apollodorus.
Laomedeia A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name.
Leiagore A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name.
Lysianassa A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name. Also named by Apollodorus.
Melite A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name. Also named by Homer, Apollodorus and Hyginus.
Menippe A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name.
Nemertes A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name. Also named by Homer and Hyginus.
Nesaea A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name. Also named by Homer, Apollodorus and Hyginus.
Neso A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name.
Panopea A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name. Also named by Hyginus.
Pasithea A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name.
Pherusa A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name. Also named by Homer, Apollodorus and Hyginus.
Ploto A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name.
Polynoe A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name.
Pontoporeia A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name.
Pronoe A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name.
Proto A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name. Also named by Homer, Apollodorus and Hyginus.
Protomedeia A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name.
Psamathe A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name. Also named by Apollodorus.
Sao A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name. Also named by Apollodorus. Her name means the rescuer.
Speio A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name. Also named by Homer, Apollodorus and Hyginus.
Themisto A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name.
Thetis A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name. Also named by Homer and Apollodorus. She is the mother of Achilles.
Thoe A Nereid, one of the sea nymphs Hesiod lists by name. Also named by Homer and Hyginus.

Made up by us 52

Aequorane Made up by us. Say it ae-QUO-ra-ne: four beats, the stress on the second.
Aquelia Made up by us. Say it a-QUE-li-a: four beats, the stress on the second.
Aquilor Made up by us. Say it a-QUI-lor: three beats, the stress on the second.
Brynarro Made up by us. Say it bry-NAR-ro: three beats, the stress on the second.
Brynela Made up by us. Say it bry-NE-la: three beats, the stress on the second.
Brynuli Made up by us. Say it bry-NU-li: three beats, the stress on the second.
Coquilara Made up by us. Say it co-QUI-la-ra: four beats, the stress on the second.
Coraldo Made up by us. Say it co-RAL-do: three beats, the stress on the second.
Coraluna Made up by us. Say it co-RA-lu-na: four beats, the stress on the second.
Coralwyn Made up by us. Say it co-RAL-wyn: three beats, the stress on the second.
Coruli Made up by us. Say it co-RU-li: three beats, the stress on the second.
Currentor Made up by us. Say it cur-REN-tor: three beats, the stress on the second.
Drifari Made up by us. Say it dri-FA-ri: three beats, the stress on the second.
Estuara Made up by us. Say it es-TU-a-ra: four beats, the stress on the second.
Estuor Made up by us. Say it es-TU-or: three beats, the stress on the second.
Fathomia Made up by us. Say it fa-THO-mi-a: four beats, the stress on the second.
Fathorro Made up by us. Say it fa-THOR-ro: three beats, the stress on the second.
Kelpari Made up by us. Say it KELP-a-ri: three beats, the stress on the first.
Lagoonari Made up by us. Say it la-GOON-a-ri: four beats, the stress on the second.
Lagunia Made up by us. Say it la-GU-ni-a: four beats, the stress on the second.
Lomarisor Made up by us. Say it lo-MA-ris-or: four beats, the stress on the second.
Lorami Made up by us. Say it lo-RA-mi: three beats, the stress on the second.
Loremaris Made up by us. Say it lo-RE-ma-ris: four beats, the stress on the second.
Maerilu Made up by us. Say it mae-RI-lu: three beats, the stress on the second.
Marowi Made up by us. Say it ma-RO-wi: three beats, the stress on the second.
Maruline Made up by us. Say it ma-RU-li-ne: four beats, the stress on the second.
Miramaris Made up by us. Say it mi-RA-ma-ris: four beats, the stress on the second.
Nautilea Made up by us. Say it nau-TI-le-a: four beats, the stress on the second.
Nautilor Made up by us. Say it nau-TI-lor: three beats, the stress on the second.
Nerissala Made up by us. Say it ne-RIS-sa-la: four beats, the stress on the second.
Neruvi Made up by us. Say it ne-RU-vi: three beats, the stress on the second.
Nixamara Made up by us. Say it nix-A-ma-ra: four beats, the stress on the second.
Oceanar Made up by us. Say it o-CEA-nar: three beats, the stress on the second.
Onduri Made up by us. Say it on-DU-ri: three beats, the stress on the second.
Pelagor Made up by us. Say it pe-LA-gor: three beats, the stress on the second.
Pelaguna Made up by us. Say it pe-LA-gu-na: four beats, the stress on the second.
Peloran Made up by us. Say it pe-LO-ran: three beats, the stress on the second.
Pelorine Made up by us. Say it pe-LO-ri-ne: four beats, the stress on the second.
Ripella Made up by us. Say it ri-PEL-la: three beats, the stress on the second.
Selarina Made up by us. Say it se-LA-ri-na: four beats, the stress on the second.
Sirelune Made up by us. Say it si-RE-lu-ne: four beats, the stress on the second.
Sirenar Made up by us. Say it si-RE-nar: three beats, the stress on the second.
Syrenalu Made up by us. Say it sy-RE-na-lu: four beats, the stress on the second.
Thaluri Made up by us. Say it tha-LU-ri: three beats, the stress on the second.
Tritonar Made up by us. Say it tri-TO-nar: three beats, the stress on the second.
Tritonea Made up by us. Say it tri-TO-ne-a: four beats, the stress on the second.
Tydari Made up by us. Say it ty-DA-ri: three beats, the stress on the second.
Tydarro Made up by us. Say it ty-DAR-ro: three beats, the stress on the second.
Tydelia Made up by us. Say it ty-DE-li-a: four beats, the stress on the second.
Undalise Made up by us. Say it un-DA-li-se: four beats, the stress on the second.
Undaror Made up by us. Say it un-DA-ror: three beats, the stress on the second.
Wavelu Made up by us. Say it wa-VE-lu: three beats, the stress on the second.

How this list was compiled: A list of 205 names for sea people, in three kinds. Real names (102): given names and names of legend that mean sea, wave, tide, pearl, coral or water in some language, or name a figure of the sea; each is kept only where its English Wiktionary entry, or failing that its English Wikipedia article, fetched on 2 October 2026, gives the meaning printed on the card; a script checked the key words of every card line against the fetched text, and the lines it flagged were then read against their pages and reworded to match. A form of Margaret, Marina or Undine rests on the entry of that name, which is on the list too. The nine wave daughters follow English Wikipedia's article Nine Daughters of Ægir and Rán (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Daughters_of_%C3%86gir_and_R%C3%A1n). Japanese names can be written with other signs that mean other things; two cards say so. Nereids (51): the sea nymphs that English Wikipedia's table of Nereids (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nereids, read the same day) marks as named in Hesiod's Theogony; the card also says which of Homer, Apollodorus and Hyginus the table marks, read from the table by script. Made up by us (52): our own names, each with our own way of saying it. Every invented name was screened by script on 2 October 2026 and dropped on any hit: a US English dictionary; the US Census Bureau's list of last names and the Social Security Administration's list of first names; GeoNames places (https://download.geonames.org/export/dump/, CC BY 4.0); every other list on this site and every name the rows of a sibling page can spell; an exact English Wikipedia page title; the page titles of 16 fantasy fan wikis saved that day (a title word spelled the same, or for a name of six letters or more one letter away) and an exact page title on eight more fan wikis of games and films; a list of famous fantasy names; and a rude-word list read inside the name (https://github.com/LDNOOBW/List-of-Dirty-Naughty-Obscene-and-Otherwise-Bad-Words, with our own additions). A search cannot be complete, and trade marks were not searched. Marking a name mermaid, merman or either is our own reading for a story and binds nobody. Licence: The list is our own compilation. The meanings follow English Wiktionary and the Nereids English Wikipedia, both CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). The made-up names are our own work.