With both having had sons recently we know what an ordeal choosing a name can be but these days you can call your children pretty much anything, so why not be inspired by your favourite hobby and use a swimming related name. Here are our favourites:
- Elaine. Get it… A-Lane
- Catalina. In honour of one of the Ocean’s Seven.
- Ariel. Our favourite mermaid.
- Byron. In 1810 Byron swam from Europe to Asia by swimming the Hellespont strait.
- Nemo. The captain in “20,000 leagues under the sea” and our favourite animated fishy friend.
- Paul. Pronounced Pull or pool. I’ll get my coat.
- Keri-Anne. Team GB’s finest open water swimmer and our girl crush.
- Leander. The original Hellespont swimmer who swam to Hero nightly until on a bad crossing he met his death.
- Hudson. This river is part of the triple crown’s Manhattan Island swim that we did in 2012
- Dory. Another one from Finding Nemo but now she has her own movie she needs her own entry.
- Sprint. Suitable for Katie, I (Manda) would have to use ‘Plod’ instead.
- Poseidon. God of the sea. And horses..
- Boomer. If Michael Phelps says it’s ok, we say it’s ok!
- Nixie. Cute name meaning water nymph.
- River. Made famous by River Phoenix – this is a great name for an open water swimmer’s offspring.
- Eddy. Not every Channel swimmers’ friend, especially not Lisa’s, but a lovely name all the same.
TEAM Mermaids 