Favorite Mermaid Names

**Alveric** · 01-29-2013, 10:29 AM

This was inspired by the mermaid names thread, but just different enough that I thought I'd start a new one.

What are your favorite mermaid names? They could be one's you've used yourself, or given to a character, that another mer has used, one that you've made up or whatever.

Here are some of mine.

Miranda - Gave my daughter this one.
Anastasia - Ditto (middle name).
Hannah - One of my mer heroines
Ariadne - Ditto
Tara - Ditto
Drusilla - One of the mers here
Mina - Ditto
Talia - Can't remember
Eslpeth - Ditto
Melesende - Ditto

I find that any good female name is a good mermaid name, but some seem better than others. What are your favorites?

**Mermaid Danielle** · 01-29-2013, 10:42 AM

Hmm, I'm not sure. When my sisters and I were little we always used names like 'shell', 'crystal', or 'coral'... I'm not really sure if I have a favorite...

**drucilla** · 01-29-2013, 10:48 AM

Yey, you used my name! lol How about Lilith?

**SeaGlass Siren** · 01-29-2013, 11:28 AM

I like Nemo. *pokerface*

I also like Melusine, Atargatis, Ama, and Thessalonike.

**Mermaid Annariea** · 01-29-2013, 12:04 PM

here are some names i had saved somewhere. i even have a few names for mermen

all of the names have something to do with water, whether it be lakes or rivers, or a water god/dess.
and then, of course, i love my mermaid name, annariea. or anything that sounds celtic/mystical.

- Aedre (stream)
- Lynna/Lynne (a cascade)
- Nadah (dew, moisture)
- Nahla (a drink of water)
- Araxie (a river said to inspire poetic expression)
- Lausanne (name of a lake)
- Nimiane/Nimue/Nineve/Nyneve (lady of the lake)
- Cordelia (of the sea)
- Coventina (water goddess)
- Adrie (from the Adriadic)
- Naunet (mythical goddess of the ocean)
- Aerwyna/Earwine/Earwina/Earwyna (friend of the sea)
- Orabelle (beautiful seacoast)
- Riletta/Rilette (stream)
- Meri (sea)
- Adreanna, etc (a woman from the Adria/dark)
- Delmare (of the sea)
- Nixie (little water sprite)
- Rillia/Rille (brook)
- Amphitrite (a sea goddess)
- Ceto (goddess of the sea)
- Lethe (river of the sea)
- Leucothea (a sea nymph)
- Naida (water nymph)
- Nereida/Nereyda/Nerida (sea nymph)
- Nerina/Nerine (the sea nymphs)
- Nerice (from the sea)
- Assana/Assane (waterfall)
- Avonmora (from the great river)
- Leena (wet meadow)
- Geneva (white wave)
- Ephyra (daughter of Poseidon)
- Undina/Undine/Undinia (of the waves)
- Venilia (of the sea and winds)
- Struana (from the stream)
- Lage (from the sea)
- Vanora (white wave)

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- Aberdeen (mouth of the river)
- Coburn (where the rivers meet)
- Tamesis (ancient name for river Thames)
- Nereus/Nerio (a god of the sea)
- Varun/Barun (lord of the sea)
- Orrin (river)
- Arnav (ocean)
- Dalit (draw water)
- Delmer (of the sea)
- Kaiken (strong sea)
- Murchadh (sea warrior)

**Mermaid Caidence** · 01-29-2013, 12:07 PM

Ones that I made up-
Aderina
Adaire
Keily
Serinessa

**Mermaid Pickles** · 01-30-2013, 02:55 PM

Unfortunately for me, you people just put up all the names I could think of. However, sometimes, I find that strange ones seem to work. Like mine. It just fits. It's not going to change, because it fits me perfectly. My friend's nickname is Rainbow, and that's going to be her mermaid name once I make her tail. Oddly enough, my imaginary friend when I was little was a mermaid with a rainbow tail. Her name was "Colorful". So I guess, sometimes it's the odd names that work best.

**MerEmma** · 01-30-2013, 04:07 PM

Personally, I think I want my mermaid name to be Nezzie...or Nezzy. I'm not sure yet. I like it a lot, as it sounds nice and resembles Nessie (Loch Ness).

**Aziara** · 04-25-2013, 02:26 PM

My favorite mermaid movie is Aquamarine... So I like color/gemstone names

Emerald
Peridot
Cyan
Teal
Amythyst
Onyx
Lilac
Opal
Pearl
Coral

There's a whole lot more color and gemstone names, just can't think of them at the moment.

**SeaGlass Siren** · 04-25-2013, 06:05 PM

Male mer names.. Or names that at least sound exotic enough to be male mer names

Apollo
Adventus
Veritas
Adrien
Aidan
Karevik

**Spindrift** · 04-26-2013, 12:47 PM

Variations of my real name has now shown up like 8 times haha.

**Mermaidwriter** · 04-26-2013, 02:47 PM

I needed names for the characters in my mermaid stories, and I looked to Cornish for inspiration. (Especially as they are set in Cornwall!) I ended up using:
Kerra (means "dearest")
Zethar ("seagull")
Kensa ("first" - she's one of twins!)
Tamon ("sea pink", a flower)

**MerEmma** · 04-26-2013, 04:31 PM

Wow...I really like those names. Like, a lot. :P

**Mermaidwriter** · 04-26-2013, 07:19 PM

Glad you like them MerEmma - I will be coming up with more as the third book features a whole clan of maids! One I will definitely use is Morveren, the name of the mermaid in the local legend "The Mermaid Of Zennor".

**Brine** · 05-30-2013, 11:37 AM

I know I'm a bit late, and I'm new here, but my name was inspired from the sea itself. They call it the "Briny Blue" And it stood out. Also, I like the more unusual names, One I came up with is Akyralana for a story. And then there are the completely sea inspired ones. Brill, SeaMist, Salt, Coralia, Merlina, Foam, Bubbles (^-^), and other such names.