ALTON m EnglishFrom an Old English surname which was derived from a place name meaning "town at the source of the river".
BRENNAN m Irish, EnglishFrom an Irish surname derived from
Ó Braonáin meaning "descendant of Braonán".
Braonán is a byname meaning "rain, moisture, drop" (with a diminutive suffix).
BROOK m & f EnglishFrom an English surname which denoted one who lived near a brook.
DELTA f EnglishFrom the name of the fourth letter in the Greek alphabet,
Δ. It is also the name for an island formed at the mouth of a river.
GLAW m & f WelshMeans "rain" in Welsh. This is a modern Welsh name.
HYEON-U m KoreanFrom Sino-Korean
賢 (hyeon) meaning "virtuous, worthy, able" or
顯 (hyeon) meaning "manifest, clear" combined with
祐 (u) meaning "divine intervention, protection" or
雨 (u) meaning "rain". This name can be formed by other hanja character combinations as well.
JI-U f & m KoreanFrom Sino-Korean
芝 (ji) meaning "sesame" or
志 (ji) meaning "will, purpose, ambition" combined with
雨 (u) meaning "rain" or
宇 (u) meaning "house, eaves, universe". Other combinations of hanja characters can form this name as well.
KERR m Scottish, English (Rare)From a Scottish surname which was derived from a place name meaning "rough wet ground" in Old Norse.
MILFORD m EnglishFrom an English surname which was originally derived from various place names all meaning "ford by a mill" in Old English.
MISTY f EnglishFrom the English word
misty, ultimately derived from Old English. The jazz song 'Misty' (1954) by Erroll Garner may have helped popularize the name.
MORTIMER m EnglishFrom an English surname which was derived from a place name meaning "still water" in Old French.
PELAGIA f Ancient Greek, Greek, PolishFeminine form of
PELAGIUS. This was the name of a few early saints, including a young 4th-century martyr who threw herself from a rooftop in Antioch rather than lose her virginity.
PHIRUN m KhmerMeans "rain" in Khmer, from the name of a rain god in the mythologies of southeast Asia. The god's name is possibly derived from
VARUNA.
POSEIDON m Greek MythologyPossibly derived from Greek
ποσις (posis) "husband, lord" and
δα (da) "earth". The name first appears in Mycenaean Greek inscriptions as
po-se-da-o. In Greek mythology Poseidon was the unruly god of the sea and earthquakes, the brother of
Zeus. He was often depicted carrying a trident and riding in a chariot drawn by white horses.
ROCÍO f SpanishMeans "dew" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin
Mary María del Rocío meaning "Mary of the Dew".
ROSWELL m EnglishFrom a surname which was derived from an Old English place name meaning "horse spring".
SHANNON f & m EnglishFrom the name of the River Shannon, the longest river in Ireland, called
Abha an tSionainn in Irish. It is associated with the goddess
Sionann and is sometimes said to be named for her. However it is more likely the goddess was named after the river, which may be related to Old Irish
sen "old, ancient". As a given name, it first became common in America after the 1940s.
SI-U m KoreanFrom Sino-Korean
始 (si) meaning "begin, start" combined with
祐 (u) meaning "divine intervention, protection" or
雨 (u) meaning "rain". Other combinations of hanja characters can form this name as well.
UNDINE f LiteratureDerived from Latin
unda meaning "wave". The word
undine was created by the medieval author Paracelsus, who used it for female water spirits.
WALTON m EnglishFrom a surname which was originally taken from various Old English place names meaning "stream town", "wood town", or "wall town".
YU f & m ChineseFrom Chinese
玉 (yù) meaning "jade, precious stone, gem",
愉 (yú) meaning "pleasant, delightful" or
雨 (yǔ) meaning "rain". Other characters can form this name as well.
ZEDONG m & f ChineseFrom Chinese
泽 (zé) meaning "moist, grace, brilliance" combined with
东 (dōng) meaning "east", as well as other character combinations. A notable bearer was the founder of the People's Republic of China, Mao Zedong (1893-1976).