Female Pet Fish Names
Names for aquarium pets. Names of sea gods and goddesses. Names that
mean fish, sea, ocean, seaman, water, wet, of the sea, gem of the sea, etc.
 
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1. ACTASSI: Chamoru name meaning "share the sea."
2. AHAVA: "Water." Hebrew name derived from the biblical name of either a city, or a stream (perhaps both), possibly in Mesopotamia, where the Jewish exiles assembled under Ezra (Ezra 8:21). 
3. ALCYONE: Latin form of Greek Alkyone, meaning "kingfisher." In Greek mythology, this was the name of a daughter of Aeolus and Cyx.
4. AMPHITRITE: Greek myth name of the sea goddess, Nereid and Oceanid who became the consort of Poseidon, composed of the elements amphi "around; of both kinds; on both sides" and Triton "sea." This is also the name of an asteroid.
5. ANAHITA: Persian myth name of a goddess of fertility and water, meaning "immaculate." This is also the Persian name for the planet Venus.
6. ANCHOVY: From the vocabulary word, itself from the Portuguese word anchova which ultimately derives from Latin apua, meaning "small fish." 
7. ARETHOUSA: "The waterer." Greek myth name of one of the Hesperides, and a water nymph (Nereid), daughter of Nereus, who was pursued by Alpheus, the river god. Artemis changed her into a fountain.
8. ARETHUSA: Latin form of Greek Arethousa, meaning "the waterer."
9. ASHERAH: Semitic myth name of a mother goddess, meaning "she who treads on the sea."
10. ASHERDU: Hittite form of Semitic Asherah, meaning "she who treads on the sea."

11. ASHRATU: Akkadian form of Semitic Asherah, meaning "she who treads on the sea."

12. ASHRATUM: Variant of Akkadian Ashratu, meaning "she who treads on the sea."

13. ATL: Nahuatl unisex name meaning "water."

14. AYSU: Turkish name meaning "moon water."

15. BERMUDA: From the place name, Bermuda, which was named after its discoverer Juan de Bermudez. Bermudez is a patronymic surname meaning "son of Bermudo," itself from the Visigothic forename Vermundo (Icelandic Vermundur, Norse Wermund), of uncertain etymology, but possibly meaning "protector of man."

16. BROOK: English surname transferred to unisex forename use, from Old English broc, meaning "brook, stream."
17. BROOKE: Variant of English unisex Brook, meaning "brook, stream." 
18. CETO: Latin form of Greek Keto, myth name of a goddess of the dangers of the sea, meaning "sea monster; whale."
19. DARYA: Persian name meaning "ocean, river, sea."
20. DENIZ: Turkish unisex name meaning "sea."
21. DERYA: Turkish unisex form of feminine Persian Darya, meaning "ocean."
22. DEWDROP: From the vocabulary word meaning " a drop of dew."
23. DORIS: Greek myth name of a goddess of the sea, consort of Nereus and mother of the Nereids (sea nymphs). The name was derived from a Greek ethnic name meaning "Dorian woman."
24. DZOVIG: Armenian name meaning "small sea."
25. EIDOTHEA: Greek myth name of a sea nymph and daughter of Proteus, meaning "knowing one."
26. EURYBIA: Greek myth name of the goddess of the seas, and wife of the Titan Crius, meaning "wide violent force."
27. HA: Vietnamese unisex name meaning "river; ocean." 
28. HALOSYDNE: Greek myth name. An epithet borne by Amphitrite and Thetis, meaning "sea-nourished."
29. HALCYON: Variant of Latin Alcyone, meaning "kingfisher."
30. HALCYONE: Latin form of Greek Halkyone, meaning "kingfisher."
31. HYDRA: Greek myth name of a many-headed female water dragon killed by Hercules, from Greek hydor, meaning "water."
32. IANTHE: Greek myth name of an ocean nymph, meaning "violet flower."
33. INNA: Russian unisex name meaning "strong water." The name was originally a male name, but became somewhat popular as a religious girl's name due the misidentification of the sex of the Russian martyr Inna, a male student of the Apostle Andrei.
34. ITSASO: Basque name meaning "ocean."
35. KAI: Hawaiian unisex name meaning "sea."
36. KAIA: Feminine form of Hawaiian unisex Kai, meaning "sea."
37. KAIKALA: Hawaiian name meaning "the sea and the sun."
38. KAILANI: Hawaiian name meaning "sea and sky."
39. KAIMANA: Hawaiian unisex name meaning "power of the ocean."
40. KAIOLOHIA: Hawaiian name meaning "calm sea."
41. KELPY or KELPIE: "Of the color of kelp/sea-weed." Myth name of the water-horse of fairy mythology.
42. KETO: Original Greek form of Latin Ceto, myth name of a goddess of the dangers of the sea, meaning "sea monster; whale."
43. LANA: Hawaiian name meaning "afloat; calm as still waters."
44. LEUCOTHEA: "White goddess." Greek myth name of a sea goddess who assisted sailors in distress, composed of the elements leukos "white" and thea "goddess." 
45. LORELEY: "Murmuring rock." German folklore name of a maiden who lived on a rock in the Rhine river and lured fishermen to their death with her song. The name derives from the German words lureln "murmuring" and ley "rock."
46. MALILA: Native American Miwok name meaning "fast salmon swimming up a rippling stream."
47. MARAJHA: Esperanto name meaning "made of the sea."
48. MAREN: Danish form of Latin Marina, meaning "of the sea."
49. MARIJN: Dutch unisex form of masculine Marinus, meaning "of the sea."
50. MARINA: Feminine form of Roman Marinus, meaning "of the sea."
51. MARINE: Feminine form of French Marin, meaning "of the sea."
52. MARINELLA: Italian pet form of Roman Marina, meaning "of the sea." 
53. MARIS: "Of the sea." English religious name derived from a title of the Virgin Mary, stella maris, "star of the sea."
54. MARISA: Variant of English Marissa, meaning "of the sea."
55. MARISELA: Elaborated form of Maris, meaning "of the sea."
56. MARISSA: Modern English creation, based on Latin maris, meaning "of the sea."
57. MARNA: Swedish form of Marina, meaning "of the sea."
58. MELUSINA: Variant of Melusine, meaning either "wonder" or "sea-fog."
59. MELUSINE: European legend name of a fresh-water spirit believed to reside in sacred springs and rivers, meaning either "wonder" or "sea-fog." Melusine is depicted as being like a fish or serpent from the waist down. 
60. MEREDITH: English unisex name derived from Welsh masculine Meredydd, meaning "sea lord."
61. MERI: Finnish name meaning "the sea."
62. MERIEL: Variant of English Muriel, meaning "sea-bright."
63. MERRILL: English surname transferred to unisex forename use, itself from the feminine name Meriel, meaning "sea-bright."
64. MESI: Egyptian name meaning "water."
65. MINTHE: Greek myth name of a water nymph who was turned into a mint plant, meaning "mint."
66. MOANA: Hawaiian name meaning "ocean."
67. MOKOSH: Slavic myth name of a water goddess, derived from the word mok, meaning "wet."
68. MONSOON: From the vocabulary word for the southwestern wind that brings heavy rainfall to southern Asia in the summer. The word ultimately derives from Arabic mawsim "appropriate season (for a pilgrimage)," from wasama, meaning "he marked."
69. MORGAINE: French feminine form of Welsh unisex Morgan, probably meaning "sea circle."
70. MORGAN: Welsh unisex name, derived from the old Celtic masculine name Morcant, probably meaning "sea circle." 
71. MORGANA: English feminine form of Welsh unisex Morgan, probably meaning "sea circle."
72. MORGANE: Variant of French Morgaine, probably meaning "sea circle."
73. MORGEN: Variant of unisex Morgan, probably meaning "sea circle."
74. MUIREALL: Scottish variant of Irish/Gaelic Muirgheal, meaning "sea-bright."
75. MUIREANN: "Sea-fair." Irish myth name of the mother of Fionn mac Cumhail, composed of the Gaelic elements muir "sea" and fionn "blessed, fair, white."
76. MUIRENN: Variant of Irish Muirgen, meaning "born of the sea."
77. MUIRGEN: Irish myth name of a maiden who was changed into a salmon, meaning "born of the sea." 
78. MUIRGHEAL: "Sea-bright." Irish/Gaelic name composed of the elements muir "sea" and geal "bright." 
79. MUIRIN (Muirín): Variant of Irish Muirgen, meaning "born of the sea."
80. MUIRIOL (Muiríol): Scottish form of Irish/Gaelic Muirgheal, meaning "sea-bright." 
81. MURIEL: English form of Scottish Muireall, meaning "sea-bright."
82. NAHUATL: Unisex name derived from the name of the Nahuatl language, meaning "four waters." 
83. NAIDA: Russian name derived from the Greek Naiad, meaning "water nymph," itself form from Naias "river nymph," from naiein, "to flow."
84. NEREIDA: "Nymph, sea sprite." Latin name derived from Greek Nereis, the name of the sea sprites fathered by Nereus. 
85. NERINA: Feminine form of Italian Nerio, meaning "water."
86. NERINE: English name derived from the name of a genus of plants native to South Africa but now spread world wide. It is a bulb plant that produces beautiful pink funnel-shaped flowers in the fall, similar to the Belladonna Lily, though smaller. Also a patronymic of the Greek myth name Nereus, meaning "daughters of Nereus," marine nymphs of the Mediterranean.
87. NERISSA: "Nymph, sea sprite." Shakespeare creation, derived from Greek Nereis, the name of the sea sprites fathered by Nereus. 
88. NILOFER: Persian name meaning "water-lily."
89. NILOOFAR: Variant of Persian Nilofer, meaning "water-lily."
90. NILOUFAR: Variant of Persian Nilofer, meaning "water-lily."
91. NILUFER (Nilüfer): Turkish form of Persian Nilofer, meaning "water-lily."
92. NINA: Babylonian myth name of a daughter of Ea and goddess of the watery deep, meaning "enclosure of fish."
93. OCEAN: English unisex name derived from the vocabulary word, itself from Greek Okeanos, meaning "ocean."
94. OCEANE (Océane): French name derived from the French vocabulary word océan, meaning "ocean."
95. ODAHINGUM: Native American Cheyenne name meaning "rippling water."
96. PAMUYA: Native American Hopi name meaning "water moon."
97. PAVATI: Native American Hopi name meaning "clear water."
98. PELAGEYA: Russian form of Latin Pelagia, meaning "the sea."
99. PELAGIA: Feminine form of Latin Pelagius, meaning "the sea." 
100. PUDDLES: From the vocabulary word, meaning "puddles." 
101. RAN: Japanese name meaning "water lily."
102. REN: Japanese name meaning "water lily."
103. ROMEY: Pet form of English Rosemary, meaning "rosemary (the herb)." The herb name translates to "dew of the sea."
104. ROMY: Variant of English Romey, meaning "rosemary (the herb)." The herb name translates to "dew of the sea."

105. ROSEMARY: English name derived from the herb name, "rosemary," itself from Latin rosmarinus, composed of ros "dew" and marinus "the sea," literally meaning "dew of the sea." In some cases the name may be a combination of Rose "rose" and Mary "beloved."

106. SALACIA: Roman myth name of a goddess of salt water, meaning "salt."

107. SKYLLA: "Tear and rend." Original Greek form of Latin Scylla, myth name of a sea goddess resembling a mermaid but having numerous ravenous canine foreparts. 
108. SU: Turkish name meaning "water."
109. TADTASI: Chamoru unisex name meaning "having no sea."
110. TAITASI: Chamoru name meaning "no sea."
111. TALLULAH: Native American Choctaw name meaning "leaping water."
112. TASI: Chamoru unisex name meaning "sea or ocean."
113. TASINA: Chamoru unisex name meaning "his/her sea."
114. TETHYS: Greek myth name of a Titaness and sea goddess, a daughter of Uranus and Gaia, meaning "grandmother; nurse."
115. THALASSA: "Sea." Greek myth name of a daughter of Aether and Hemera. She was a feminine personification of the Mediterranean Sea.
116. THETIS: Greek myth name of a sea goddess, one of the fifty Nereids, derived from tithemi, meaning "to establish, to set up."
117. TIAMAT: Babylonian myth name of a sea goddess and dragon who was the mother of the first gods, meaning "sea."
118. TRAFFORD: "Fish-trap ford." English surname transferred to unisex forename use, itself from the name of various places composed of the Old English elements træppe "fish-trap" and ford "ford."
119. ULA: Female Celtic name meaning "Gem/jewel of the sea." 
120. VELLAMO: Finnish myth name of a cold-hearted goddess of the sea who dwelled in an underwater palace called Ahtola with her husband Ahto.
121. WELLAMO: Variant of Finnish Vellamo, myth name of a cold-hearted goddess of the sea who dwelled in an underwater palace called Ahtola with her husband Ahto.
122. YOKO: Japanese name meaning "ocean child; positive child." 

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