Boat Name Ideas

Boating is fun and enjoyable, so you might inject a sense of play and wit to your boat name. Here are some ways of coming up with your boat name.

A boat name inspired by your occupation

  • Nips n Tux
  • Boatox
  • Biopsea
  • Reel Estate
  • Murphy's Law

You can invent your own boat name using your occupation for inspiration. One of our customers who owns a cash register business chose Ka-Ching, shown here on the transom of his Deep V 31.

A boat name using a drink

  • Bay Breeze
  • Rum Runner
  • Scotch on the rocks
  • Wet n Wild
  • Dark n Stormy
  • Champagne Taste
  • Blue Heaven
  • It all sounds like Thirsty Work….

A boat name inspired by a song or band

  • Blood Sweat & Tears
  • Changes in Latitude
  • Delta Dawn
  • Satisfaction
  • Beached Buoys
  • Wild One
  • Xtc

Cinnamon Girl is shown here on the transom of a Grand Banks 43

A boat name inspired by a movie or tv show

  • Sea Change
  • Dead Calm
  • Life Aquatic
  • Current Affair
  • Cast Away
  • And it's fun to play with them e.g. Beer Hunter

Kite Runner shown here on the transom of a Hanse 43

A boat name inspired by a book

  • Twilight
  • New Moon
  • Eclipse
  • Breaking Dawn
  • Gone with the Wind

One of our customers chose a boat name based on the novel Great Expectations. Shown here on the transom of his X-Yacht 43.

A boat name using a dessert

  • Gelato
  • Creme Brulee
  • Ambrosia
  • Hundreds and Thousands

One of our customers chose a boat name based on a dessert he enjoys. Shown here on the transom of his new Hanse 40.

A boat name using a person's name, nick name or combination of people's names

  • Lady Jane
  • Ray Sea
  • Hairy Mary
  • Philanderer
  • Blueys Zarsoff

A boat name using a fish

  • Marlin Magic
  • Kiss by Bass
  • Blue Swimmer
  • Mako Madness
  • Wahoo
  • Pelagic
  • Mahi Mahi
  • Blue Fin
  • Mangrove Jack

One customer chose a boat names with a variety of fish and a play on the word 'Reel'. Shown here on the transom of his Bertram 40.

A boat name using the word 'Aqua'

  • Aquaphile
  • Aqua therapy
  • Aqualibrium
  • Aquadesiac

A boat name using the word 'Sea'

  • Seaduced
  • Seaview
  • Sea Esta
  • Seasun ticket
  • Fantasea
  • Ann Sea
  • Extasea
  • Dela K Sea
  • Tax Seavasion

A boat name inspired by Polynesian Gods

  • Tangaroa
  • Tokelau
  • Ruaumoko
  • Maui
  • Ta'aroa
  • Pahuanui
  • Moana

One of our customers chose a boat names based on a Hawaiian Goddess. Shown here on the topside of his 98ft Blakewell-White race yacht. You could also investigate gods from mythology worldwide.

A boat name idea for a Catamaran

  • Syndicat
  • Wild Cat
  • Catapult
  • Catastrophic
  • Felix
  • Kit Kat
  • Catalac

A boat name inspired by a race horse or grey hound

  • Use the form guide to assist your idea generation