Given name & surname
Water
“descendant of cold water”
Water is a surname with more than one origin.
Meaning & origin
What it means
As an Irish surname, it goes back to a word meaning “descendant of cold water.”
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Where it comes from
As an Irish surname, it goes back to a word meaning “descendant of cold water”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Water’s family of names
In English usage, Water shares a linguistic root with Hadrian. In German usage, Water as a surname has a related form in Bassermann.
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Nicknames & forms 1
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