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Lagoon names for fantasy maps, stories, games and waterside villas: color names like Moonmirror Lagoon and Emerald Shallows, coastal names like Mangrove Lagoon and Curlew Sound, hideaways like Careening Lagoon, and Laguna and Lagon forms like Laguna Esmeralda.

About Lagoon names

A lagoon is shallow water cut off from the open sea by something: a sandbar, a barrier island or the ring of an atoll. That shelter is what the names are usually about. Coastal lagoons are named for the birds, grasses and shellfish that live in them or for the way the tide gets in, so the list has Heron Lagoon, Cordgrass Lagoon, Two Mouths Lagoon and Tidegate Lagoon. Atoll lagoons lean on color and on the life inside the ring: Aquamarine Lagoon, Giant Clam Lagoon, Heart of the Ring.

Other languages have their own words, and they change the feel of a map at once. Laguna is Spanish and Italian, lagon is the French word used on tropical islands, and lagoa is Portuguese. French also calls its Mediterranean lagoons étangs, and Spanish has albufera for a coastal lagoon.

For stories the list adds pirate and mermaid hideaways (Careening Lagoon, Mermaid's Mirror), glowing night waters (Sea Sparkle Lagoon, Blue Tears Lagoon) and eerie backwaters (Fogbound Lagoon, Weeping Cypress Mere). Fewer than half the names use the word Lagoon; the rest use Shallows, Sound, Mere, Waters or a single word like Tidemirror. A small share suits villas, pools and resorts, such as Lagoon Terrace and Slow Tide Haven.

How to choose Lagoon names

  • Name the barrier as well as the water. A lagoon exists because of a sandbar, reef or island, and a name like Back Barrier Lagoon or Spit End Lagoon tells the reader what shelters it.
  • Let the language place it. Laguna de los Flamencos sets a Spanish-speaking coast, Lagon des Alizés a French island and Lagoa da Lua a Portuguese one, without a word of description.
  • Use the wildlife that would really be there: mangroves, herons and manatees for warm coasts, eelgrass and curlews for cooler ones, giant clams and manta rays inside an atoll.
  • For a hidden or cursed lagoon, drop the word Lagoon. Names like Hush Water, The Still Black and Cartographer's Folly sound like something sailors say quietly.
  • For a villa, pool or resort, search the name with your area first. Lagoon names are popular with real properties and parks.

Frequently asked questions

What is a good name for a lagoon?

Start with what a visitor sees first: the color, the light or the animals. Moonmirror Lagoon, Emerald Shallows and Pelican Lagoon each give one clear picture. For a place with history, name it for the people who used it, as in Pearl Diver's Lagoon or Netmender's Lagoon.

What is the difference between a lagoon, a bay and a lake?

A lagoon is shallow water separated from the sea by a barrier such as a sandbar, a barrier island or a reef, usually with only a narrow opening. A bay is open to the sea on one side, and a lake is inland water. That is why lagoon names talk about shelter, stillness and the pass that lets the tide in.

What do Laguna and Lagon mean?

Both mean lagoon. Laguna is the Spanish and Italian word and lagon is the French word for a tropical lagoon, so Laguna del Faro is the lagoon of the lighthouse and Lagon des Tortues is the lagoon of the turtles. In Spanish, laguna is also used for a small inland lake.

Are there names for a glowing or bioluminescent lagoon?

Yes. Sea Sparkle Lagoon, Blue Tears Lagoon, Glowwater Lagoon and Lagoon of a Thousand Stars are written for water that lights up at night, and Cold Fire Waters and Liquid Starlight do the same without the word Lagoon. They suit fantasy settings and night scenes equally well.

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All 500 Lagoon names

This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 10 names

  • Abalone Lagoon
  • Albufera Chica
  • Albufera de la Garza
  • Albufera del Poniente
  • Amber Evening Lagoon
  • Amber Haff
  • Aquamarine Lagoon
  • Atoll Heart
  • Avocet Marsh Pool
  • Azure Hollow

B: 31 names

  • Back Barrier Lagoon
  • Back of Beyond
  • Barachois de la Pointe
  • Barachois des Hérons
  • Barachois du Vieux Quai
  • Barefoot Shallows
  • Barrier Island Sound
  • Behind the Dunes
  • Bernsteinhaff
  • Bittern's Boom
  • Black Flag Lagoon
  • Black Mangrove Lagoon
  • Black Pearl Lagoon
  • Blacktip Nursery
  • Blackwater Lagoon
  • Blue Crab Sound
  • Blue Ember Waters
  • Blue Tears Lagoon
  • Bluestone Bight
  • Bluewater Mere
  • Boat Pass Waters
  • Bonefish Flats
  • Bonewhite Lagoon
  • Bottle Green Lagoon
  • Bougainvillea Lagoon
  • Breadfruit Lagoon
  • Breakwater Lagoon
  • Brightwater Lagoon
  • Brine Lagoon
  • Buccaneer's Lagoon
  • Buttonwood Lagoon

C: 30 names

  • Cabana Lagoon
  • Calmwater
  • Calmwater Deep
  • Canoe Pass Lagoon
  • Careenage Waters
  • Careening Lagoon
  • Cartographer's Folly
  • Casa de la Laguna
  • Castaway Shallows
  • Celadon Lagoon
  • Cerulean Reach
  • Chain of Lagoons
  • Clearwater Lagoon
  • Cobalt Lagoon
  • Cockle Lagoon
  • Coconut Crab Lagoon
  • Coconut Grove Lagoon
  • Cold Fire Waters
  • Comb Jelly Drift
  • Conch Shell Lagoon
  • Coral Crown Shallows
  • Coral Throne Lagoon
  • Cordgrass Lagoon
  • Cormorant Roost Lagoon
  • Corpse Candle Lagoon
  • Corsair's Hideaway
  • Cowrie Lagoon
  • Crabhole Lagoon
  • Curlew Sound
  • Cutlass Lagoon

D: 10 names

  • Dawnlight Lagoon
  • Dead Man's Anchor Lagoon
  • Dolphin Rest Waters
  • Doubloon Lagoon
  • Dragon Turtle Lagoon
  • Driftwood Lagoon
  • Drowned Cypress Lagoon
  • Drownwood Backwater
  • Dugong Pasture
  • Dune Slack Lagoon

E: 15 names

  • Ebb Tide Lagoon
  • Eel Mother's Pool
  • Eelgrass Lagoon
  • Egret Lagoon
  • Electric Blue Reach
  • Elvenmere Lagoon
  • Emerald Shallows
  • Estero de las Garzas
  • Estero del Manglar
  • Étang de la Lune
  • Étang de la Sansouïre
  • Étang des Aigrettes
  • Étang des Flamants
  • Étang des Salins
  • Étang du Grau

F: 13 names

  • Fallen Stars Pool
  • Ferryless Water
  • Ferryman's Lagoon
  • Fever Mere
  • Fiddler Crab Lagoon
  • Firefly Lagoon
  • Fisher's Lagoon
  • Flying Fish Lagoon
  • Fogbound Lagoon
  • Forgotten Lagoon
  • Frangipani Lagoon
  • Freebooter's Hideaway
  • Frigatebird Lagoon

G: 14 names

  • Galaxy Water
  • Gallows Tide Lagoon
  • Gator Eye Lagoon
  • Ghostlight Lagoon
  • Giant Clam Lagoon
  • Giant's Footbath
  • Glass Lagoon
  • Glasswort Lagoon
  • Glimmerwake
  • Glowwater Lagoon
  • Goldwater Lagoon
  • Gravewater
  • Green Turtle Lagoon
  • Greenlight Fen

H: 16 names

  • Hag's Looking Glass
  • Halcyon Haven
  • Halcyon Lagoon
  • Hammock Lagoon
  • Haven on the Shallows
  • Heart of the Ring
  • Heaven's Mirror
  • Hermit Crab Flats
  • Heron Lagoon
  • Hibiscus Lagoon
  • Hōkū Lagoon
  • Hollow Reed Lagoon
  • Honu Lagoon
  • Horseshoe Crab Lagoon
  • Houseboat Backwater
  • Hush Water

I: 2 names

  • Indigo Lagoon
  • Inner Sound

J: 3 names

  • Jade Narrows
  • Jasmine Lagoon
  • Jolly Boat Waters

K: 4 names

  • Kelpie Haven
  • Keyhole Lagoon
  • Kingfisher Lagoon
  • Kraken's Cradle

L: 97 names

  • Lagoa da Lua
  • Lagoa da Sereia
  • Lagoa das Conchas
  • Lagoa das Garças
  • Lagoa das Tartarugas
  • Lagoa do Pescador
  • Lagoa do Sol Poente
  • Lagoa do Vento
  • Lagoa dos Coqueiros
  • Lagoa Dourada
  • Lagoa Encantada
  • Lagoa Serena
  • Lagon d'Argent
  • Lagon d'Émeraude
  • Lagon de Corail
  • Lagon de Jade
  • Lagon de l'Aube
  • Lagon de la Baleine
  • Lagon de la Lune
  • Lagon de la Passe
  • Lagon de la Pointe Dorée
  • Lagon de Sable Rose
  • Lagon des Alizés
  • Lagon des Filaos
  • Lagon des Frégates
  • Lagon des Hérons
  • Lagon des Perles
  • Lagon des Pirogues
  • Lagon des Raies
  • Lagon des Tortues
  • Lagon du Cocotier
  • Lagon du Levant

L, continued

  • Lagon du Motu
  • Lagon Secret
  • Lagoon Court
  • Lagoon Garden
  • Lagoon of a Thousand Stars
  • Lagoon of Glass
  • Lagoon of Morning Gold
  • Lagoon of Sighs
  • Lagoon of Singing Shells
  • Lagoon of the Drowned Moon
  • Lagoon of the First Canoe
  • Lagoon of the Long Light
  • Lagoon of the Lost Galleon
  • Lagoon of the Nine Sisters
  • Lagoon of the Sea Kings
  • Lagoon of the Second Sky
  • Lagoon of the Seven Tides
  • Lagoon of the Sleeping Tide
  • Lagoon of the Sun Priests
  • Lagoon of Unbroken Calm
  • Lagoon Terrace
  • Lagoon Walk
  • Lagoon's Edge
  • Laguna de la Garza Blanca
  • Laguna de la Media Luna
  • Laguna de la Sirena
  • Laguna de las Conchas
  • Laguna de las Estrellas
  • Laguna de las Tortugas
  • Laguna de los Cocoteros
  • Laguna de los Flamencos
  • Laguna de los Pelícanos

L, continued

  • Laguna de los Susurros
  • Laguna de San Telmo
  • Laguna dei Pescatori
  • Laguna del Coral
  • Laguna del Corsario
  • Laguna del Faro
  • Laguna del Manglar
  • Laguna del Navegante
  • Laguna del Ocaso
  • Laguna del Pescador
  • Laguna della Luna Piena
  • Laguna delle Conchiglie
  • Laguna Encantada
  • Laguna Esmeralda
  • Lagune de l'Île Verte
  • Lagune der Silberreiher
  • Lagune des Sirènes
  • Lagune im Morgenlicht
  • Last Turning Lagoon
  • Leeshore Lagoon
  • Leeward Calm
  • Leviathan's Nursery
  • Lightfall Lagoon
  • Lighthouse Lagoon
  • Liquid Starlight
  • Little Lagoon
  • Living Light Shallows
  • Locals Only Water
  • Longshore Lagoon
  • Lost Oar Mere
  • Lotus Backwater
  • Low Fog Backwater
  • Low Tide Door

M: 32 names

  • Mahina Lagoon
  • Manatee Lagoon
  • Mangrove Lagoon
  • Mangrove Maze
  • Mangrove Tunnel
  • Manta Lagoon
  • Mariner's Mercy
  • Marooner's Lagoon
  • Merfolk Shallows
  • Mermaid's Bath
  • Mermaid's Comb Lagoon
  • Mermaid's Mirror
  • Miasma Lagoon
  • Milkwater Bight
  • Milky Way Shallows
  • Mirage Lagoon
  • Moana Mālie
  • Monsoon Shallows
  • Moon Jelly Lagoon
  • Moon Priestess Pool
  • Moonmilk Lagoon
  • Moonmirror Lagoon
  • Moonpath Narrows
  • Moonrise Sound
  • Morning Swim Waters
  • Mother-of-Pearl Reach
  • Motu Iti Lagoon
  • Motu Manu Lagoon
  • Mourning Water
  • Mudlark's Grave
  • Mudskipper Flats
  • Mullet Run Lagoon

N: 15 names

  • Nameless Lagoon
  • Narrow Pass Lagoon
  • Needle's Eye Lagoon
  • Needlefish Narrows
  • Nereid Lagoon
  • Netmender's Lagoon
  • New Cut Lagoon
  • Night Heron Roost
  • Night Lantern Pool
  • Nightglow Lagoon
  • Nightjar Mere
  • Nine Tides Basin
  • No Chart Shows It
  • Noddy Tern Waters
  • Noonday Lagoon

O: 11 names

  • Old Channel Lagoon
  • Old Man Heron's Lagoon
  • Old Silver's Anchorage
  • Opal Lagoon
  • Oracle's Pool
  • Orchid Lagoon
  • Osprey Sound
  • Otter Slide Lagoon
  • Outrigger Lagoon
  • Oyster Lagoon
  • Oystercatcher Flats

P: 21 names

  • Palm Backwater
  • Palm Crown Lagoon
  • Palm Shade Lagoon
  • Pandanus Lagoon
  • Parrotfish Garden
  • Pavilion Lagoon
  • Peacock Water
  • Pearl Diver's Lagoon
  • Pearl Light Lagoon
  • Pearl Queen's Lagoon
  • Pearl Singer's Pool
  • Pearlgate Lagoon
  • Pearlwater
  • Pelican Lagoon
  • Phosphor Lagoon
  • Pieces of Eight Shallows
  • Plover Lagoon
  • Plumeria Bight
  • Powder Keg Lagoon
  • Privateer's Lagoon
  • Prop Root Lagoon

Q: 3 names

  • Quartermaster's Rest
  • Quicksilver Lagoon
  • Quietwater

R: 11 names

  • Rainbow's Foot
  • Ray Nursery Lagoon
  • Red Mangrove Creek
  • Redfish Flats
  • Reedmirror
  • Ring Island Lagoon
  • Rivermouth Lagoon
  • Rose Dusk Lagoon
  • Roseate Lagoon
  • Rotwood Lagoon
  • Rumrunner's Lagoon

S: 86 names

  • Saffron Dawn Lagoon
  • Salt Dragon's Basin
  • Salt Pan Lagoon
  • Saltcrown Lagoon
  • Saltgrass Lagoon
  • Saltmarsh Lagoon
  • Saltmirror
  • Saltrot Flats
  • Saltwater Crocodile Lagoon
  • Saltwater Garden
  • Samphire Lagoon
  • Sand Dollar Reach
  • Sandalwood Lagoon
  • Sandbar Lagoon
  • Sandpiper Flats
  • Sandspit Pool
  • Sapphire Stillwater
  • Scuttled Ship Lagoon
  • Sea Breeze Lagoon
  • Sea Cave Lagoon
  • Sea Cow Sound
  • Sea Dragon's Lagoon
  • Sea Elf Haven
  • Sea Glass Lagoon
  • Sea Grape Lagoon
  • Sea Maiden's Pool
  • Sea Nymph Waters
  • Sea Sparkle Lagoon

S, continued

  • Sea Star Flats
  • Sea Turtle Nursery
  • Sea Witch Lagoon
  • Sea's Looking Glass
  • Seafoam Lagoon
  • Seagrass Meadow Lagoon
  • Seahorse Paddock
  • Selkie Lagoon
  • Seven Islets Lagoon
  • Shallows of the Old Gods
  • Shark Pup Shallows
  • Shearwater Cay Sound
  • Shellbank Lagoon
  • Shimmer Lagoon
  • Siesta Shallows
  • Silverwater Lagoon
  • Siren Song Shallows
  • Siren's Rest Lagoon
  • Sirens' Pool
  • Skimmer Lagoon
  • Skywater
  • Slack Tide Lagoon
  • Slackwater Hollow
  • Slow Tide Haven
  • Smuggler's Stillwater
  • Snook Hole
  • Song of the Shallows
  • Spanish Moss Backwater
  • Sparkwake

S, continued

  • Spinner Dolphin Lagoon
  • Spit End Lagoon
  • Spoonbill Lagoon
  • Spyglass Lagoon
  • Stagnant Mirror
  • Stagno dei Fenicotteri
  • Stagno delle Saline
  • Stagno di Sale
  • Starfall Shallows
  • Starfish Garden
  • Starlight Lagoon
  • Starwake Pool
  • Starwater Lagoon
  • Still Waters Lagoon
  • Stille Lagune
  • Stillmere
  • Stillness Sound
  • Stillwater Villas
  • Storm Breach Lagoon
  • Stormwarden Lagoon
  • Stowaway Shallows
  • Sundown Mirror
  • Sunglint Lagoon
  • Sunken Bell Lagoon
  • Sunken Grotto Lagoon
  • Sunpath Lagoon
  • Sunset Deck Waters
  • Sunwater
  • Swimmer's Halo

T: 56 names

  • Tannin Water Lagoon
  • Tarpon Basin
  • Teal Mere
  • Tern Island Lagoon
  • Terrapin Lagoon
  • The Back Sound
  • The Blue Looking Glass
  • The Captain's Looking Glass
  • The Dreaming Shallows
  • The Drowned Garden
  • The Glowing Mere
  • The Great Lagoon
  • The Hidden Anchorage
  • The Hidden Mirror
  • The Inner Atoll
  • The Lagoon at Coral Point
  • The Lagoon at Heron's Landing
  • The Long Lagoon
  • The Merqueen's Garden
  • The Painted Water
  • The Quiet Blue
  • The Quiet Fathom
  • The Sapphire Court
  • The Sea's Cradle
  • The Sea-King's Bath
  • The Secret Blue
  • The Seven Blues
  • The Shallows House

T, continued

  • The Sister Lagoons
  • The Still Black
  • The Stillwater
  • The Three Lagoons
  • The Tide Queen's Mirror
  • The Turquoise Ring
  • Thirteen Herons
  • Three Skulls Hideaway
  • Through the Sea Arch
  • Tide Mill Lagoon
  • Tide Sprite Pool
  • Tidecaller's Lagoon
  • Tidegate Lagoon
  • Tidelock
  • Tidemaiden's Rest
  • Tidemirror
  • Tidemother's Lagoon
  • Tidepool Terrace
  • Tidewater Mere
  • Topaz Lagoon
  • Trade Wind Lagoon
  • Tradewinds Mere
  • Treasure Fleet Lagoon
  • Triton's Rest
  • Tropicbird Lagoon
  • Turquoise Mirror
  • Twilight Reach
  • Two Mouths Lagoon

U: 1 name

  • Unmapped Lagoon

V: 3 names

  • Veiled Lagoon
  • Verdigris Lagoon
  • Villa Laguna Clara

W: 16 names

  • Wanderer's Reward
  • Washover Lagoon
  • Water's Edge Villa
  • Waters of the Turtle Spirit
  • Wavebinder's Lagoon
  • Weeping Cypress Mere
  • Whale Calf Lagoon
  • Whisper Lagoon
  • Widgeon Grass Bight
  • Widow's Lagoon
  • Will-o'-Wisp Lagoon
  • Wind's End Waters
  • Windward Pass Waters
  • Witchmoss Mere
  • World's Edge Waters
  • Wrecker's Hideaway