WATER
WAW-ter
A pure, nature-based name tied to the life-giving element water.
Meaning
As a given name, Water is an English word-name taken directly from the common noun for water, the clear liquid essential to life. In naming books, nearby examples show water used in descriptive or symbolic ways rather than as a standard personal name, so its sense is plainly elemental and natural rather than etymological in the usual surname-style sense.
Origin
Englishvaries by culture
Fun fact
In the excerpts, 'water' shows up more often as an image or meaning component in other names than as a standalone given name.
Confidence: pattern inferred. Sources: History of Christian Names, Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature, Praenomina; or, the etymology of the principal Christian names of Great Britain and Ireland.