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Names meaning sea, rivers, and water

Water names are quieter than the others. They don't reach for grandness or strength — they reach for the everyday miracle of a thing that lets people live. Nehir is the river. Deniz is the sea, equally a name for daughters and sons. Cansu, in Turkish, is water-of-the-soul. Then there are the rains and the dewdrops (Yağmur, Nada), and the pearl that the sea quietly grows (Lulu). A handful of these names are also paradise images — Kawthar is the river there, Tasnim is the spring. May your child carry one of these names like cool water carried across a hot afternoon.

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