Gender: Feminine
Origin: Old Norse/Icelandic
Meaning: “foam fleck; comber.”
(DREUF-n)-the O is akin to the eu in Fleur.
An Old Norse name that is currently very popular in Iceland. This is another name that appears in Norse Mythology as the name of one of the nine mermaid daughters of Rán and Aegir.
In Iceland, the name is more common as a middle name than as a first name, it is currently borne by 89 women as a first name and as a middle name, it is borne by 467 women (July 2007).
Gender: FeminineThe name was a poetic description describing the clear waters of the sea.
In Norse Mythology, it was the name of one of the nine daughters of Rán & Aegir. All nine of the sea maids were said to have motherd Heimdall via the god Odin.
Heimdall was the protector of Bifröst.
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Old Norse/Icelandic
Meaning: “wave; billow.”
(BILG-yah)
The name is borne in Norse Mythology by one of the nine daughters of Rán and Aegir.
Bylgja represented the waves of the sea and she is the mother of Heimdall by the god Odin.
In Icelandic, it coincides with the modern word for wave.
As a first name, it is currently borne by 116 women, and as a middle name, it is borne by 19 women (July 2007).
For an English speaker considering this name, a possible nickname option is Billie.
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Old Norse
Meaning: “theft; robbery.”
General Scan (RAWN); Ice (ROWN) like the word Round with the d cut off
The name is borne in Norse mythology by a sea goddess.
The goddess Rán, is the subject of several Old Norse Prose Eddas, including the Skáldskaparmál, in which a poem entitled, Lokesenna, talks of her life and exploits.
According to the Lokesenna, Rán is the wife of Aegir, and with him, she has nine daughters.
Rán is also famous for capturing unsuspecting seafearers with her fish-net. In fact, her fish-net is also recorded in the Volsunga Saga.
According to some sources, she is married to the sea.
The name is still in usage in Iceland and the Faroe Islands. In Iceland, it is often used as a one syllable filler middle name.
As of July 2007, 37 women in Iceland bore this as a first name, while 325 had it as a middle name.
The name can also be a Japanese female name, meaning “orchid” 蘭
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Basque
Meaning: “sea/ocean.”
(eet-SHAH-sho)
Itsaso comes directly from the Basque word for ocean or sea.
In Basque mythology, this was the name of an evil sea spirit or a type of Siren. The itsaso would attract people to the sea so that they would drown.
It is also the name of a town in the Basque country of Spain where there is a shrine to the Virgin Mary, possibly a reason why the name was deemed usable among the Catholic Basque.
Gender: Masculine
Origin: Finnish
Meaning: unknown
(AH-tee); (AH-to)
The name is borne in Finnish mythology by the fierce water/sea god, Ahti. He is portrayed as a man with a beard of moss and he dwells in the under sea palace of Ahtola along with his wife Vellamo.
You can listen to Ahti’s pronunciation here: http://www.forvo.com/word/ahti/
Gender: Masculine
Origin: Welsh
Eng (DIL-en); WEL (DULL-en).
The name’s origin is up in the air. Some sources believe that it is composed of the Welsh elements dy meaning “great” and llanw meaning “tide; sea; flow,” while others contend that it is made up of the proto-Celtic elements *di meaning “away” and llanw (same as above).
It is also suggested that the name may be derived from the Welsh word dylanw meaning “influence.”
The name was borne in Welsh mythology by the god of the sea. He was the son of Aranrhod and was accidently slain by his uncle Gavannon. When he died, it was said that the waves of the sea wept.
It also was borne by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914-53). The name became extremely popular outside of Wales around the 1960s.
Currently, Dylan ranked in as the 31st most popular male name in the United States. The highest he ranked was in 2004 at # 19.
His rankings in other countries are as follows:
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Greek
Meaning: “rain-drop.”
(RAHN-is)
The name is borne in Greek mythology by an Oceanid nymph who was also an attendant under the goddess Artemis.
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Greek
Meaning: “weaving breeze; twisting breeze”
(pleh-ZORE); (pleh-ZORE-ee)
The name was borne by an Aurai of the weaving breeze. Some sources state she was the daughter of Oceanus & Tethys, while others say she was the daughter of Doris & Nereus.
It is also the name of a genus of orchid and coral.
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Greek
Meaning: “stormy breath.”
(kah-FEER-uh)
Kafeira
The name is borne in Greek Mythology by an Oceanid nymph of the Island of Rhodes. She supposedly nursed the god Poseidon in his infancy. She may have also been a minor goddess of storm clouds.
In Greek the name is rendered as Kapheira.
Its also the name of a species of sea cucumber.
