Boat names

Watatsumi

Watatsumi is a Japanese sailboat name.

Name of the main Japanese God of the sea. It is also known as Ryūjin.

Categorized into: Mythologic names.

Wave

Wave is an English rowboat name. Meaning “marine ripple”.

Wave Runner

Wave Runner is an English yacht name.

Whale

Whale is an English sailboat name. Meaning “baleen, cetacean”.

Categorized into: animal names.

Whydah

Whydah is an Arabic pirate ship name.

Name of a white and black bird.

This boat was captained by Black Sam Bellamy. He was the richest pirate of all time despite exercising for just one year piracy.

Categorized into: animal names

Willem van der Decken

Willem van der Decken is a German sailboat name.

He was the captain of the famous ship “The Flying Dutchman“.

William Kidd

William Kidd is an English sailboat name.

Name of a Scottish pirate of the 18th century. He was known as “Captain Kidd”.

Windward

Windward is an English sailboat name. Meaning “direction from which the wind is blowing”.

Winnipeg

Winnipeg is a French transatlantic name.

Name of a Canadian city.

It is estimated that its name is a transcription of a word in the Cree language (language of the native indigenous people of the region) that means “muddy waters”.

Yacumama

Yacumama is a Native American sailboat name.

It means “mother of water” in the Tucuman language. It derives from the words “yacu” (water) and “mama” (mother).

In the mythology of the indigenous peoples of Ecuador and Peru, it is a huge snake that inhabits the mouth of the Amazon River and its lagoons. It is a spirit that protects the natural sources of water.

Categorized into: Mythologic names.