How popular is the baby name Sea in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Sea.

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Popularity of the baby name Sea


Posts that mention the name Sea

Baby names with SEA: Seaborn, Tysean, Chelsea

the sea

Looking for baby names that contain the word SEA?

If so, you’re in luck!

Below you’ll find a long list of names that contain the letter sequence “s-e-a.” Most of these names come directly from the U.S. SSA’s baby name data.

  • Alesea
  • Alisea
  • Alysea, Alyssea
  • Asean
  • Aseante
  • Casea, Cassea
  • Celsea
  • Cesear
  • Chalsea
  • Charlsea
  • Chealsea
  • Chelesea
  • Chelsea, Chellsea, Chelseay
  • Chrisean, Chrissean
  • Daesean, Daysean
  • Daisean
  • Dasean
  • Delsean
  • Desean
  • Dresean
  • Dsean
  • Dusean
  • Dysean
  • Elisea
  • Esean
  • Helsea
  • Hosea
  • Iseah
  • Jahsean
  • Jaisean
  • Jasean
  • Jasear
  • Jaysea
  • Jaysean, Jaesean
  • Jesean
  • Josea
  • Josean
  • Joseane
  • Joseany
  • Jsean
  • Kasea, Kassea
  • Kasean
  • Kaysea
  • Kaysean
  • Keesean
  • Keisean
  • Kelsea, Kellsea, Khelsea
  • Kesean
  • Keysean
  • Kisean
  • Krisean
  • Ksean
  • Kysean
  • Lasean
  • Lesean
  • Lindsea, Lyndsea
  • Linsea, Lynsea
  • Lueseal
  • Luseane
  • Marsea
  • Marsean
  • Maysea
  • Mysean
  • Naisean
  • Nasean
  • Nasear
  • Naysean
  • Nisean
  • Nysean
  • Odysseas
  • Osean
  • Oseas
  • Quasean
  • Quaysean
  • Quesean
  • Quisean
  • Rahsean
  • Raisean
  • Rasean
  • Raysean, Raesean
  • Resean
  • Rosea
  • Roseabella
  • Rosealee
  • Rosealeigh
  • Rosealie
  • Rosealina
  • Rosealine
  • Rosealyn
  • Rosealynn
  • Rosean
  • Roseana
  • Roseann
  • Roseanna
  • Roseanne
  • Rousseau
  • Sea
  • Seabert
  • Seaborn, Seaborne, Seabourn, Seabourne
  • Seabrook, Seabrooke
  • Seaburn
  • Seabury
  • Seadra
  • Seaman, Seamon
  • Seager
  • Seah
  • Seaira, Seairra, Seairah
  • Seals
  • Sealtiel
  • Seamas
  • Seamus
  • Sean, Seann
  • Seana, Seanna
  • Seanan
  • Seanda
  • Seandee
  • Seandell
  • Seandra
  • Seandre
  • Seandrea
  • Seaneen
  • Seanette
  • Seanice
  • Seanix
  • Seaniya
  • Seanne
  • Seanta
  • Seantae
  • Seante
  • Seara, Searra
  • Searcy
  • Searia
  • Searl, Searle
  • Searria
  • Sears
  • Season
  • Seasons
  • Seath
  • Seaton
  • Seattle
  • Seaver
  • Seavy
  • Shelsea, Shellsea
  • Taisean
  • Tasean
  • Taysean, Taesean
  • Teresea, Theresea
  • Tersea, Thersea
  • Tesean
  • Teysean
  • Thresea
  • Tisean
  • Traesean
  • Trasean
  • Treasea
  • Tresea
  • Tresean
  • Treysean
  • Tsean
  • Tysean
  • Tyseana
  • Vasean
  • Zaysean
  • Zysean

Some of the above are non-traditional spellings of more common names such as Casey, Lindsay, and Marcy.

Other sea-themed names I’ve blogged about include Seafield, Seaford, Seaforth, Seawillow, and Skysea.

Which SEA name do you like most? Let me know in the comments!

Source: SSA

Image: Adapted from 0009 2015 in Tel Aviv-Yafo by Rakoon under CC0 1.0.

Sea-themed names given to sea-born babies

Earlier this year, singer Ed Sheeran welcomed a baby girl named Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran. She wasn’t actually born at sea — “Seaborn” is her mother’s surname — but did you know that many of the babies named “Seaborn” throughout history were in fact born at sea?

And it doesn’t stop at “Seaborn.” These sea-born babies got all sorts of interesting names hinting at the circumstances of their birth. Here’s a round-up of what I’ve spotted in the records…

Sea-inspired names:

  • Sea
  • Seaborn (The earliest American example I know of is Seaborn Cotton, born in August of 1633 while as his parents were traveling from England to New England. Notably, he was the uncle of Cotton Mather.)
  • Seabourn
  • Seaborne
  • Seabourne
  • Seafield
  • Seaford
  • Seaforth (e.g., Charles Seaforth Stewart)
  • Sealine
  • Seaman
  • Sea-Mercy (This one comes from Sea-Mercy Adams, a man who got married in Philadelphia in 1686.)

Ocean-inspired names:

Marine-inspired names:

  • Marina
  • Marine
  • Mariner
  • Marino

Atlantic-inspired names:

  • Atlanta
  • Atlante
  • Atlantia
  • Atlantic (One was Atlantic Seaborn Ford, born in 1863. Another was Atlantic Missouri Linne, born in 1889.)
  • Atlantica
  • Atlantika

Pacific-inspired names:

  • Pacific
  • Pacifica
  • Pacifico

And, finally, all of the other sea-birth-inspired baby names I’ve seen:

If you had a baby on the open ocean, what would you name that baby?

Image: Salem Harbor (1853) by Fitz Henry Lane

41 Pun-names for April Fools’ Day (4/1)

painting of a smiling man

I can’t play a prank on you for April Fools’ Day, but I can give you a list of personal names that seem like pranks.

Except, they’re not.

All of the below are legit first & last names that belonged to real people — often multiple people. (In parentheses I’ve added rough estimates of how many instances I’ve come across so far.)

  1. Alma Mater (several)
  2. April Showers (dozens)
  3. Bear Trapp (one)
  4. Candy Cane (several)
  5. Cliff Hanger (several)
  6. Constant Agony (two)
  7. Constant Craps (one)
  8. Crystal Ball (dozens)
    • There’s also Krystal Ball, who ran for office in Virginia a few years back.
  9. Death Knox (one)
  10. Gettysburg Battle (one)
  11. Gold Mine (two)
  12. Green Bean (several)
  13. Hazel Nut/Nutt (dozens)
  14. Ima Hogg (one)
  15. Jed I Knight (one)
  16. London England (dozens)
  17. Mud Brown (three)
  18. Never Fail (two) — father and son
    • The son’s headstone offers context for the name by referencing 1 Corinthians 13: “Love never fails.”
  19. Norman Conquest (two)
  20. North West (hundreds)
  21. Nude Mann (one)
  22. Orbit Moon (one)
  23. Orchestra Harp (one)
  24. Paris France (several)
  25. Preserved Fish (several)
  26. Pullman Carr (several)
  27. Rainy Day (one)
  28. River Bottom (one)
  29. Rocky Mountain (dozens)
  30. Sandy Beach (dozens)
  31. Sea Shore (several)
  32. Seymour Butts (two) — not just a Bart Simpson prank call!
  33. Shanda Lear (one)
  34. Silence Bellows (one)
  35. Soda Popp (one)
  36. Strong Beer (one)
  37. Tell No Lyes (several)
  38. Ten Million (one)
    • He had a daughter named Decillian Million.
  39. Timber Wood (one)
    • He has a sister named Drift Wood.
  40. Truly Wright (several)
  41. Tu Morrow (one)
    • Daughter of actors Rob Morrow and Debbon Ayer (read: debonaire)

Which one do you think is the best? Or should I say, the worst?

Sources:

Image: Falstaff (1921) by Eduard von Grützner

Baby names you can type with one hand: Carter, Tessa, John, Poppy

computer keyboard

When you sign your first name, you use one hand. But when you type it, chances are you need to use both hands — even if your name is a short as Emma, Gus or Ty.

Have you ever wondered which names can be touch-typed on the standard QWERTY keyboard with one hand only? Me too, so I came up with some lists…

Left-handed baby names

  • Ace, Ada, Adar, Adeva, Aeta, Afra, Aqsa, Ara, Arda, Ardra, Artra, Asa, Astra, Astraea, Astrea, Atef, Ava, Awa, Aza, Azeeza, Azza
  • Babette, Barbara, Barrett, Baxter, Bess, Bette, Brad, Brett
  • Cade, Caesar, Cara, Carter, Casara, Case, Cass, Castara, Cedar, Ceres, Cesar, Cresta
  • Dara, Dart, Dasza, Dave, Dawes, Dax, Deatra, Debra, Dee, Dessa, Devara, Dexter, Drew
  • Ece, Ed, Edgar, Edward, Eevee, Efe, Egas, Erva, Esta, Estes, Etta, Eva, Evart, Eve, Everard, Everett, Evette, Ewart, Eze, Ezra
  • Faraz, Fedde, Fraser, Frazer, Freeda, Fred, Fredda
  • Gage, Garret, Garrett, Gerard, Grace, Greg, Greta, Grete, Gretta
  • Rafer, Rava, Rebeca, Rebecca, Reece, Reed, Reese, Retta, Reva, Rever, Rewa, Rex
  • Sabra, Sada, Sadaf, Sade, Safaa, Sagar, Sage, Sara, Saras, Sardar, Sea, Stassa, Steve, Stewart, Svea, Sverre, Sveva
  • Tad, Tage, Taggart, Tara, Tate, Ted, Tera, Teresa, Terrea, Tess, Tessa, Tex, Trace, Tracee, Trava
  • Vada, Varda, Varvara, Vera, Verree, Vesta, Vester
  • Wade, Wafa, Ward, Warre, Wes
  • Xerra, Xerxes
  • Zada, Zara, Zed, Zera

How funny is it that Dexter, which comes directly from the Latin word for “right,” is typed with the left hand only?

Right-handed baby names

  • Hoku, Holli, Holly
  • Io
  • Jill, Ji-Min, Jim, Jimi, Jimmy, Jin, Jo, John, Johnny, Jon, Joni, Joy, Juho, Juli, Julio, Jun, Juni, Juno
  • Kiki, Kiko, Kilik, Kim, Kimi, Kimiko, Kimmy, Kimo, Kin, Kip, Kipp, Kippy, Kiyoko, Kiyomi, Kojo, Kollin, Kumiko, Kuuipo, Kyou
  • Lili, Lilikoi, Lilio, Lilly, Lilou, Lily, Lin, Lino, Loki, Loni, Lonny, Lou, Lulu, Lumi, Lyn, Lynn
  • Miki, Mikki, Mikko, Milly, Milo, Mimi, Min, Minh, Minokimin, Miyu, Molly, Momoko
  • Nik, Nikhil, Niki, Nikki, Niko, Nikol, Nikon, Niilo, Ninon, Nipin, Nolon, Nuno
  • Olli, Olujimi, Om
  • Phil, Philip, Phillip, Philo, Pio, Pliny, Plum, Pol, Polly, Pono, Poppy
  • Umiko, Ummul, Umu, Union
  • Yoko, Yuko, Yumi, Yumiko

I realize that QWERTY “handedness” is not a major baby-naming factor for most people, but I do think it would be cute to pair a one-handed name with another one-handed name — maybe a surname (Teresa Garza, Phillip Hill) or a twin name (Edward & John, Grace & Lily, Zara & Milo). What do you think?

Image: Adapted from Apple Macintosh Plus Extended Keyboard by MagicTom13 under CC BY-SA 3.0.