Unique and Sophisticated Names for Your Boat
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You have a new boat, a dream come true. It seems unbefitting such a vessel to have placed upon its stern some mash up of you and your wife’s names. Even worse, you cannot bear to give it any of the trite, pun filled, puerile and unimaginative monikers you have discovered thus far.
Face it, you have complex sensibilities. Common men name their boats “Jimmy’s Joy,” “Seaduction,” “Nauti Bouy,” or “Steady As She Goes.” What do you want emblazoned on the escutcheon of your quarter of a million dollar sloop? You already know it won’t be “Dock Holiday” or “Unsinkable III.”
You are articulate and maybe a Scrabble freak. You are reaching for something that is, as yet – undefined. Like naming children, it’s important. Boats and kids live up to the names we give them. Boating is an existential quest, defining you, the boat and your relationship with the sea.
You need something that, like you, is refined and enigmatic. The boat’s name must capture some undiscovered salient, embracing your thoughts, words and deeds that spring forth from your heart, mind and soul.
Lucky for you, the richness of language provides erudite and metaphorical terms which describe your state. Those spotting your stern with binoculars might well suspect that you have both a command of language as well as the sea. Yes, names such as these are conversation starters. They are archaic, obtuse, sometimes foreign and a few - snobbish.
Type them into Google Speak to pronounce them for you. Try them on. They will roll off your tongue soon enough.
See you out on the big water.
A List of Unique Boat Names for Your Yacht or Sailboat
| Name | Meaning | Notes |
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PETRICHOR | The smell after rain |
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RIDENT | Cheerful |
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UBIQUARIAN | Someone who goes everywhere. |
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ZIRALEET | Expression of joy |
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GEGENSCHEIN | Dust in the sky opposite the sun’s position creating a night glow. |
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INTREPID | Hyper-adventurous |
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AXIOMATIC | A self evident outcome of an idea or action. |
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EPAGOMENIC | Spontaneous celebration for no worthy reason. |
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INSANGEIOUS | To be made equal to the angels. | A favorite |
KAKIKSTOCRACY | A government run by the worst citizens |
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CERULEAN | Blue like the water around unspoiled tropical islands. | A favorite |
BLOOTERED | Very drunk | Scottish |
GOLIARD | Wandering student | (Aren’t we all?) |
GLEEK | Sharp joke or a superb trick |
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WHIPJACK | A beggar who pretends to be an out of luck sailor |
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XIPHOID | Spear shaped | For medical people. Racing boat? |
AMPHISBAENA | Mythical two headed serpent | Your mother in law? |
CHANTICLEER | Rooster-like | For alpha males and kings of industry. |
EUCATASTROPHE | Perfect ending or outcome of a story |
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OPEROSE | Displaying great ability and effort for all to see |
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OPSIMATH | A person who begins to learn late in life |
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RESOUNDING | Undeniable. Obvious and clearly marked |
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RIPARIAN | Of the river | Rights of water-usually drilling related. law term. |
PANEMORFI | Beautiful | Greek |
ZEITREISE | Time travel | German |
ZENIT | Zenith | German |
METANOIA | The process of changing your heart, mind and goals. |
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MERAKI | To do with creativity, passion and resolve |
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SIDEREAL | Determined by the stars |
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EMACITY | A fondness for buying things |
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APAIXONAR | Falling in love – like off a cliff. | Portuguese. Quaint term. |
AEONIAN | Eternal and everlasting |
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VERKLEMPT | Overcome with emotion |
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DAEDALIAN | Deft, intelligent, crafty |
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ENHALO | To place a halo upon. To crown spiritually. |
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EPITOME | The perfect defining example of a type |
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LUCENT | Shining and hard to look at – gleaming brilliantly |
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DESABAFAR | Let off steam and in the process gaining balance. |
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MOEITY | Two equal parts. (husband and wife for instance) |
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RESPLENDENT | Sublime, full of color, dazzling and eye catching |
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SIGIL | Refers to a signet ring or a mark of one’s family. |
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SWEVEN | Dream, vision, premonition. |
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VISRIENT | Must see new things-one who requires visual stimuli |
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VULPINE | The characteristics of a fox | A favorite. From Latin. |
ETOILE | Star | French |
CARCANET | A jeweled necklace |
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VERGESSENHEIT | Oblivion | German |
TRAUMSTAAT | Dream state | German |
LAGOM | The right moment in time. Aligned. | Swedish. |
INSUPERAVEL | Unsurpassed | Portuguese |
GEHEIMGANG | Secret passage | German |
PANTAGRUELIAN | Vast |
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PANURGIC | Able or willing to do most anything |
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THALASSIC | Referring to the sea |
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LEMNISCATE | Refers to the figure eight infinity symbol |
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VOORZIENE | Foreseen. | Dutch |
VELSIGNET | Blessed |
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EKSAKT | Exact | Danish |
SCINTILLATE | Emits sparks |
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ALGEDONIC | Pleasure and pain together |
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UENDELIG | Infinite | Norwegian |
GLORIEUX | Glorious | French |
UMANI | Salt, sweet, bitter, sour. | Japanese. Delicious. |
LUCUBRATION | The product of laborious study. |
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OENOPHILE | A lover of wine. Not an alcoholic. |
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ZUGZWANG | A compulsion to move. | Chess term. German. |
NIKHEDONIA | The elation that accompanies the moment of victory |
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BIMARIAN | Pertaining to two seas |
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DICAEARCHY | Fair and just government |
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EPHYDRIAD | Water nymph. Like Esther Williams. |
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EVENIENCY | Coming to pass. Inevitable. |
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DOSHEACHANTA | Inevitable | Irish |
GIPESIAN | Pertaining to gypsies |
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HALATINOUS | Saline. Salty. (Applies to the boat owner?) |
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INOCCIDUOUS | A star that never dips below the horizon. | |
ISANGELOUS | Equal to angels. |
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NUBIVAGANT | Moving among the clouds. |
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SPARSILE | Pertaining to a star |
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THEOMENY | The wrath of God against evil |
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TRABBOCANT | Superabundant. |
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TROPAEAN | Wind blowing towards land |
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TROPHAEAL | Pertaining to trophies. Many. |
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ALIFORM | Shaped like a wing |
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ANEMOLOGY | The study of wind |
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CETOLOGY | The study of whales and dolphins |
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LAVEER | To sail against the wind |
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WEATHERLY | Able to sail close to the wind with little leeway. |
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OMNILEGENT | An omnivorous reader, bookworm. |
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MARISTO | Sailor | Esperanto |
BEUNDRANSVARD | Admirable | Swedish |
PRAXIS | Process in which a theory or skill is practiced and embodied |
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COGENT | A clear, logical and convincing argument |
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ANDIAMO | Let’s go! | Italian. Emphatic. |
CONGRUENT | The matching of two geometric shapes. | Husband+wife? |
ENDOXOS | Glorious | Greek |
