Names Categorized "wet"

Nafula is a feminine given name of Luhya origin, functioning as the female counterpart to Wafula. The root name Wafula is derived from the Luhya word ifula, meaning "rainy season", and is interpreted as "born during the...

Naia is a Basque feminine name meaning "wave" or "sea foam" in the Basque language. Its etymology evokes the movement and beauty of the ocean, reflecting the strong coastal connections of the Basque Country. In recent ye...

Napoleon is a masculine first name most famously borne by Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821), Emperor of the French. The name derives from the old Italian name Napoleone, whose etymology is uncertain. It may be connected to...

Nechtan is a male given name of Irish origin with uncertain meaning, possibly from a Celtic root meaning "damp", and is considered a cognate with the name Neptune. In Irish mythology, Nechtan was the husband of Boann, th...

Neifion is the Welsh form of Neptune, the Roman god of freshwater and the sea. The name Neptune itself derives from the Latin Neptūnus, a name of uncertain origin possibly related to the Indo-European root *nebh-, meanin...

Neilos is a Greek masculine name directly derived from the ancient Greek name for the Nile River (Νεῖλος). The river's name itself is thought to be of Semitic origin, likely meaning "river", reflecting the Nile's central...

Neith (also spelled Nit, Net, or Neit) is the Greek form of an ancient Egyptian name, possibly derived from nt meaning "water" or nrw meaning "fear, dread." This name was borne by one of the earliest Egyptian deities, a...

Neptune is a masculine name of Latin origin, derived from Neptunus. The exact meaning of the name is uncertain, but it may be related to the Indo-European root *nebh- meaning "wet, damp, clouds," reflecting its associati...

Neptuno is the Spanish and European Portuguese form of Neptune, the Roman god of the sea. The name is derived from Latin Neptunus, which is of unknown origin but possibly related to the Indo-European root *nebh- meaning...

Neptunus is the Latin form of Neptune, the Roman god of the sea. The name itself is derived from the Latin Neptūnus, whose etymology is uncertain but may be connected to the Indo-European root *nebh- meaning "wet," "damp...

Nereo is the Italian and Spanish form of the name Nereus, deriving from the Greek mythological figure Nereus, a sea god known as the "Old Man of the Sea." The root of the name lies in the Greek word νηρός (neros), meanin...

Nerina is a feminine given name with roots in Greek mythology and Italian literary tradition. It is probably derived from the Greek Νηρηΐδες (see Nereida), meaning 'nymphs' or 'sea sprites.' These nymphs were daughters o...

Nerio is an Italian masculine given name that likely originated as a variant of Nereo, the Italian form of the Greek name Nereus. The name Nereus derives from the Greek word νηρός (neros), meaning "water," and in Greek m...

Nerissa is a feminine given name created by William Shakespeare for a character in his play The Merchant of Venice (1596). The name is likely derived from the Greek word Νηρηΐς (Nereis), meaning "nymph, sea sprite," whic...

Nettuno is the Italian form of Neptune, the name of the Roman god of the sea. The name traces its roots back to Latin Neptunus, possibly derived from the Indo-European root *nebh- meaning "wet, damp, clouds." In Roman my...

Netuno is a Brazilian Portuguese form of Neptune, ultimately derived via Latin Neptunus. The Latin name is of uncertain etymology, but it is often linked to the Proto-Indo-European root *nebh- meaning “wet, damp, clouds,...

Ngaire is a feminine given name of Māori origin, primarily used in New Zealand. Its etymology is uncertain but most likely derived from the place name Ngaere, a town in the Taranaki region of New Zealand's North Island....

Nilo is an Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese given name and surname, directly derived from the name of the Nile River. As a given name, it is a form of the Greek Neilos, which refers both to the river and to the Greek god...

Nodens (also reconstructed as *Nodons or *Nudens) is a Celtic deity associated with healing, hunting, and fishing. The name is thought to derive from an old Celtic root *snowdo- meaning "mist, haze" [1], though an altern...

Noelani is a Hawaiian feminine given name, combining the elements noe "mist" and lani "heaven, sky, royal, majesty" to mean "heavenly mist". The name encapsulates the ethereal beauty of the Hawaiian landscape, where mist...

Nyambura is a female given name of Kikuyu origin, derived from the Kikuyu word mbura meaning "rain." In Kikuyu mythology, Nyambura is one of the nine daughters of Mumbi, the first woman in Kikuyu lore. According to tradi...

Nyree is a feminine given name of English usage, best recognized as an Anglicized form of the Maori name Ngaire. The original name Ngaire is thought to derive from the placename Ngaere in New Zealand, which in the Maori...

Ondina is the Italian and Portuguese form of Undine, a name coined by the 16th-century Swiss alchemist and philosopher Paracelsus for female water spirits, derived from Latin unda meaning "wave". In folklore, undines are...

Rafferty is an English given name, ultimately of Irish origin. It derives from the Irish surname Ó Raifeartaigh, which is an Anglicized form of the Gaelic patronymic meaning "descendant of Rabhartach". The personal name...

Shannon is an English given name derived from the name of the River Shannon, the longest river in Ireland. The river's Irish name, an tSionainn, is associated with the legendary figure Sionann and is sometimes said to be...

Walton is an English masculine given name derived from the Walton surname, which itself originated from various Old English place names meaning "stream town", "wood town", or "wall town". The surname is locational, refer...