English · Unisex name
Navy
“navy blue color”
About the name Navy
Navy is an English name derived from the term for the color navy blue, a dark blue named after the uniforms of the British Royal Navy, which adopted it for officers in the mid-eighteenth century. The word navy itself comes through Old French navie from the Latin navis, ‘ship’. The name is associated with naval uniforms and maritime themes. It is used as a unisex given name, mainly in the United States, alongside other color names such as Blue and Grey.
- Meaning
- navy blue color
- Origin
- English
- Gender
- Unisex
- Pronunciation
- NAY-vee(2 syl.)
Variants and spellings
No common variant spellings are widely recorded.
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Middle names for Navy
- Navy James
- Navy Taylor
- Navy Morgan
- Navy Sky
- Navy Rae
Questions about Navy
- What does Navy mean?
- Navy is an English name meaning "navy blue color".
- How do you pronounce Navy?
- Navy is pronounced NAY-vee, with emphasis on the first syllable.
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