Mermaid Naming Thread

Ooh, great thread! I have this weird obsession with names since I tend to spend a ridiculous amount of time picking the perfect names for my characters. For human turned mermaid/men the name could really be anything one likes, but for mermaid/men born sims it needs to be a bit more creative I feel. I've had a look on my favourite name sites for some possibilities beyond Ariel and Triton:

Female
Aqua - colour name
Coral/Coralie/Coralia/Coraline - Coralia is also the name for a mermaid in a 19th century ballet
Pearl
Cordelia - heart; daughter of the sea
Marina - from the sea
Nixie - water nymph
Ianthe - purple flower and the daughter of Oceanus in ancient myth
Nerissa - from the sea
Delphine/Delphi - dolphin
Lorelei - alluring, temptress and also sirens from German myth
Ondine - little wave and also water spirits from myth, mermaid character in ballet
Ula - gem of the sea
Jewel, Angel, Minnow, Molly - after the fish
Tallulah - leaping water
Muriel - of the bright sea
Maya - water
Morwen/Morwenna - waves of the sea
Nerida/Nerina - sea nymph/mermaid

Male
Kai - this one has multiple meanings, but means sea in Hawaiian
Dylan - son of the sea
Marin/Marino - of the sea
Merlin/Marlin - sea fortress
Morgan - sea born, sea song or sea circle (also used for girls)
Marvin/Mervyn - sea hill
Hector - holding fast, also a type of dolphin
Dorian - child of the sea is one possible meaning
Murdoch/Murdo - sea warrior
Nereus/Nerio - water, god of the sea in Greek myth
Trent - the flooder, gushing waters
Zale - sea strength
Ren - water lily, lotus (also used for girls)
Hali - the sea (also used for girls)
Irving - green water
Kenn - bright water
Pike - a fish
Reed - red-haired

From this list I think I might use Coralie, Nixie, Ula or Muriel for mermaids, and Kai, Marlin or Hali for mermen.

Latimeria chalumnae (choelacanth)
Katsuwonus pelamis (skipjack tuna)
Paralichthys olivaceus (bastard halibut)
Coryphaena hippurus (mahi-mahi)
Makaira nigricans (blue marlin)

I wanna try naming mermaid that way, maybe naming plantsim something like chrysanthea referencing to chrysanthemum flower.

For the females I like the french names Océane and Alizée.

Marmara is a sea.

In the greek mythology sirens are called:
Pisinoé,
Thelxiépie,
Aglaopé,
Ligie,
Loukina,
Molpé,
Raidné,
Télès,
Leukôsia
Parthénope.

Some french rivers have interesting names:
Amance,
Aumance,
Armance,
Bionne,
Cazine,
Céor,
Cère,
Ciron,
Cisse,
Gélise,
Gizia,
Guisane,
Jouanne,
Loyre,
Madine,
Ozanne,
Ramel,
Rère,
Restonica,
Rhônelle,
Sédelle,
Sumène,
Thoré,
Véore,
Vienne,
Virène,
Veuve (also means widow).

Some fish names:
Anguille,
Aspe,
Baliste,
Capelan,
Coryphène,
Dormelle,
Dorée (also means golden),
Eglefin,
Girelle,
Grémille,
Hippocampe,
Limande,
Merval,
Murène,
Perche,
Sébaste,
Vivaneau.

Algae names:
Alexandrium,
Cyanophora,
Haslea,
Navicula,
Alaria,
Corallina,
Dasya,
Némalion,
Porphyra,
Undaria.

I hope it is helpful! :)

edited for clarity

Mélisande and Undine / Ondine.

"WildIrishBanshee;c-17147008" wrote:
The only mermaids I've named are Adam and Eve Nickerson - they will be starting a genetacy soonish.

What's a genetacy?

I named my mermaid Shelly, and her two kids (both mersims) are Hudson (after the Hudson Bay) and Arabia (after the Arabian Sea).

Finn B. Reel B)

Ok, I'm just gonna list off a bunch of nautical nonsense names and their meanings.

-Male-
-Adrian (meaning 'from the Adrianic Sea')
-Anchor
-Bay
-Davey (Jones, the sailor's devil)
-Dylan (meaning 'Son of the Sea')
-Eric (Not only a Little Mermaid character, but also a Norse navigator who discovered Greenland)
-James (after James Cook, the sailor who discovered New Zealand and Australia's Great Barrier Reef)
-Kai (meaning 'Sea' in Hawaiian, unisex)
-Moses (meaning 'Delivered from the Water')
-River
-Sailor
-Tide

-Female-
-Aqua
-Aquamarine
-Catalina (refers to the ship or to the island to which it sails)
-Celeste (refering to celestial navigation, also means 'heavenly')
-Coral
-Cordelia (Welsh mythicalogical goddess, meaning 'Jewel of the Sea')
-Doris (the daughter of Oceanus in Greek mythology)
-Isla (Spanish for 'Island')
-Kai (meaaning 'Sea' in Hawaiian, unisex)
-Marina (means 'From the Sea')
-Meshelle
-Narissa (also meaning 'From the Sea')
-Nautica (I made a name out of 'nautical')
-Pearl
-Sandy

Great names so far.

I kinda thought some of the river names from Lord of the Rings sounded cool for mermaids. Some sound feminine, some masculine and some sound ideal for last names.

Anduin
Aros
Bruinen
Celebrant
Celon
Ciril
Duilwen
Erui
Gelion
Gilrain
Harnen
Isen
Nimrodel
Poros
Silverlode
Sirannon
Sirion
Thalos

I'm gonna have to make a gal mermaid now and call her Nimrodel.

Ariel (duh)
Marina
Aquata
Halios
Neptunus
Thalia
Coralia
Isla
Pearl
Moana
Serena
Calypso

I had a look at some Polynesian/Hawaiian names and found a few more suggestions for the merfolk of Sulani...

Female
Moanna/Moana – ocean or deep sea
Momi – pearl
Momilani - heavenly pearl, royal pearl
Leimomi - pearl child, wreath of pearls
Kala – virtue, princess, variant of Sarah
Millawa – peaceful ocean waves
Vaitiare – water flower
Malana/Malina - calming, soothing
Naia – to flow
Kaia – to rejoice, sea
Kailana/Kailani – sea and sky / heavenly seas
Kailea - joyful sea
Anela – angel
Hani – joyful
Noelani – heavenly mist
Leilani – a heavenly flower, royal child
Malia – bitter, Hawaiian variant of Mary. Another possible meaning is calm and peaceful (waters)
Ona – sweetness
Ulani – cheerful
Mahina – moon
Melelani - heavenly song
Lilinoe - goddess of haze
Waiola - water of life, also a variant of Viola, violet flower

Male
Kai – sea
Kaimana - powerful sea / power of the sea, diamond
Kaikea - white, clear sea
Kaikoa - ocean warrior
Kainalu – flowing ocean
Kaiholo – moving sea
Kaikane – strong/masculine sea
Kalani - of the heavens; my fish, spirit of the sky
Kawai – coming from water
Nawai - the waters
Kaleo – the voice, sound
Nalu - wave, surf

A lot of these are unisex too.