Coral
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning coral; the marine organism.
Coral by the numbers
In 2025, 17 babies in England and Wales were named Coral. In the US, 159 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 224 babies in 2004, making it a 2000s name.
Names that come from Coral
Forms of Coral in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Coral. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Coramaiden; a form of Kore3,422 in the US (2017)
- Corahcalling, summons; a feminine form of korah23 in the US (2017)
- Coraliecoral; relating to coral23 in England and Wales (2025)
- Coraleeheart; a form of Coral78 in the US (2017)
- Coralyncoral; a blend of Coral and Carolyn47 in the US (2017)
- Corryspear; a form of Corey8 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Coral
Names that are said the same way as Coral, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Koral24 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean the sea
Like Coral, each of these has the sea in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Dylanson of the sea10,158 in the US (2017)
- Kaisea672 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marystar of the sea; beloved2,381 in the US (2017)
- Morgansea-born; great and bright2,273 in the US (2017)
- Mariahof the sea; a form of Maria1,604 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Coral
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