Naming your boat is like giving your child a name – except you can be as ridiculous as you want without Child Protective Services getting involved.
Whether you’re a seasoned sailor or a new boat owner, choosing the perfect name for your vessel is an important maritime tradition.
Let’s dive into some cleverly crafted boat names that will make fellow boaters chuckle and harbor masters roll their eyes.
Classic Wordplay
- Seas the Day
- Nauti But Nice
- Unsinkable II
- Ship Happens
- Wake and Bake
- Wave Goodbye
- Knot Working
- Moor or Less
- Water You Looking At
- Isle Be Back
- Knot on Call
- Shore Thing
- Dock of Ages
- Tide and Seek
- Pier Pressure
Movie-Inspired Monikers
- Titan Ick
- Cirrhosis of the River
- The Codfather
- Finding Nemo’s Bar Tab
- Float-anic
- Lord of the Fins
- Jaws Dropping
- The Matrix Reloaded (Again)
- Pirates of the Mortgage
- Forest Buoy
- Shrimply the Best
- Sea’s Anatomy
- The Big Lebowski’s Wake
- Game of Floats
- Star Whales
Professional Puns
- Aquaholic CPA
- Sail-ing Private
- Knot Working
- In Deep Ship
- Dock Holiday
- Chief Financial Oarficer
- Moor Billables
- Pier Review
- Sea.E.O
- Offshore Account
- Motion to Sail
- Hull & Associates
- Dock-tor’s Orders
- Nautical Nurse
- Financial Knot-viser
Money-Related Names
- Water Money Gone
- Floating Interest
- Ship for Brains
- Sail La Vie
- Debt’s a Wake
- Liquid Assets
- Wave Goodbye to Money
- Loan Shark
- Capital Gains
- Cash Float
- Sea Note
- Bank or Sink
- Hull Street Blues
- Margin Trawl
- Water Portfolio
Food & Drink Inspired
- Reel Nauti-cal Chowder
- Mai Tai Fighter
- Liquid Asset
- Pour Decisions
- Whiskey Business
- Salty Margarita
- Fish & Ships
- Holy Mackerel
- Chum Bucket
- Wine Not
- Seas & Salt
- Gin & Nautical
- Sea Food Diet
- Prawn Stars
- Crab Cake Walk
Tech-Savvy Vessels
- Control-Alt-Delete This
- Wi-Float
- USB Port
- Ctrl + Seas
- 404 Fish Not Found
- Phishing Vessel
- Cloud Storage
- Sea++
- Data Stream
- Boolean Buoy
- Row-ming Charges
- Mega Bytes
- HTML (High Tide Meets Low)
- Silicon Valship
- Net Worth
Dad Jokes at Sea
- Buoy Oh Buoy
- Hull Yes!
- Mast Appeal
- Propeller Head
- Stern Personality
- Row v. Wade
- Knot Guilty
- Current Situation
- No Regrettas
- Bow Down
- Sea’s the Day
- Hull of Fame
- Sinker About It
- Don’t Get Tide Down
- Knot Too Shabby
Conclusion
These names make you smile every time you see your boat.
While these suggestions might spark some ideas, the perfect name often comes from your personal experiences, profession, or that “aha moment” after your third margarina.
Just avoid anything too risqué – you never know when you’ll need to make a mayday call.
Whatever you choose, make it memorable, make it yours, and most importantly, make it buoy your spirits!
