Ondine
- Gender
- Girl
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- Origin
- Latin
Ondine is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “of the waves”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ondine mean?
Latin: French form of Undine, from Latin unda 'wave'
“of the waves”
Undines are water spirits described by Paracelsus; Jean Giraudoux's play Ondine tells of one who loves a knight.
Is Ondine a girl's or a boy's name?
Ondine is a girls' name.
How popular is Ondine in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1961.
Half of all the girls named Ondine in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ondine in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,635 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
Names like Ondine
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brynlee, Rynlee, Oaklynn, Braelynn, Teagan, Sevyn, Coraline, Lennon, Lakelynn, Ocean, Briar, Wrenley
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ondine: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ondine, updated 20 October 2026.