The name Ocean was taken from the English word ‘ocean’. It is based on the Greek word ‘okeanos’ which was the name of a large river that was believed to surround the then known world.
Ocean is a first name for all genders.
Few children have been named Ocean in recent years. Although it is used several times each year, only approximately 9 out of 100,000 children are currently called Ocean. Whether you’re a boy or a girl, you will most likely be the only person with the special name Ocean at your school. In our SmartGenius ranking, Ocean is number *** on the list of most common first names.
The name Ocean was taken from the English word ‘ocean’. It is based on the Greek word ‘okeanos’ which was the name of a large river that was believed to surround the then known world.
Oceanus, a Titan from... Greek mythology and father of the river gods, is depicted as the central statue in the famous Trevi Fountain in Rome.
Ocean is a fairly recent phenomenon. In the past, the name wasn't really on the radar of expectant parents. Then, unexpectedly, Ocean cried out for attention, reaching its peak in popularity at #759 in our SmartGenius statistics in the year 2022. People over 50 probably didn't have classmates named Ocean, for there were many years in which not a single parent chose this first name for their newborn child. Although it also has never been in the top 100 of most popular first names, Ocean seems to have been in vogue for a while, especially since the beginning of the new millennium.
In years where the graph has no value, the name Ocean was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter O is quite rare as an initial letter for first names: only 1.5% of all common given names in the US begin with an O, which means that this initial occurs less than half as often as the other letters on average. Nevertheless, O is by no means the rarest initial. While A, J and K are the most common first letters of given names, U, X and Q are the least common initials of first names.
With five letters, the name Ocean is comparatively short. In fact, 17.0% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly five letters. Only 7% of all first names are even shorter, while 75% have more than five letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
Now do the math: Since 1.5% of all first names begin with an O, this initial occurs less than half as often as the other letters on average.
If your name is Ocean and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Ocean, you can simply say:
Orange
Cat
Elephant
Apple
Nut
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Ocean
Ocean
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
O
C
E
A
N
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
O
C
E
A
N
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Ocean sounds like this:
