Brooke
WaterGirl · English surname
From a surname for someone who lived by a brook Well attested
linked with: stream
US 2025: #313 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #353
Related in meaning in Chinese: 溪 xī (stream)
Baby names from rivers and streams
In Chinese tradition, rivers belong to Water, so this page gathers names linked to rivers. English has no such tradition, so this is an adaptation, inspired by Chinese naming.
Girls' names
Shannon
WaterGirl · Irish river name
From the River Shannon, the chief river of Ireland Well attested
linked with: river
US 2025: #2405 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #2138
Related in meaning in Chinese: 河 hé (river)
Boys' names
Brooks
WaterBoy · English surname
A form of the surname Brook, for someone who lived by a brook Well attested
linked with: stream
US 2025: #64 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #585
Related in meaning in Chinese: 溪 xī (stream)
Clyde
WaterBoy · Scottish river name
From the River Clyde, which runs through Glasgow in Scotland Well attested
linked with: river
US 2025: #743 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #5137
Related in meaning in Chinese: 河 hé (river)
Douglas
WaterBoy · Scottish Gaelic
From a Scottish place and river name, Gaelic for 'dark stream' Well attested
linked with: stream
US 2025: #807 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #224
Also spelled: Douglass
Related in meaning in Chinese: 溪 xī (stream)
Trent
WaterBoy · English river name
From the River Trent in the English Midlands, an old British river name Well attested
linked with: river
US 2025: #1344 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #1359
Related in meaning in Chinese: 河 hé (river)
Names for either
Avon
WaterEither · Celtic river name
From English river names that come from a Celtic word for 'river' Well attested
meaning: river
US 2025: #5232 (boys)
Same meaning in Chinese: 河 hé (river)
Brook
WaterEither · English word and surname
A small stream; as a surname, someone who lived by one Well attested
meaning: stream
US 2025: #4373 (girls), #5896 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #3684 (boys)
Same meaning in Chinese: 溪 xī (stream)
Jordan
WaterEither · Hebrew river name
From the River Jordan, whose water crusaders brought home for baptisms Well attested
linked with: river
US 2025: #584 (girls), #131 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #4201 (girls), #248 (boys)
Related in meaning in Chinese: 河 hé (river)
Rio
WaterEither · Spanish or Portuguese word
Apparently from Spanish río, 'river', perhaps by way of Rio de Janeiro Likely
linked with: river
US 2025: #1877 (girls), #532 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #1362 (girls), #166 (boys)
Related in meaning in Chinese: 河 hé (river)
River
WaterEither · English word
The English word river, from a Latin word for a riverbank Well attested
meaning: river
US 2025: #220 (girls), #111 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #168 (girls), #110 (boys)
Same meaning in Chinese: 河 hé (river)
Chinese characters linked with river: 河 hé (river), 江 jiāng (river), 沂 yí (Yi river), 泉 quán (spring), 流 liú (flow), 淇 qí (Qi River), …
Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.