Entry № 9335 · Inuit origin

Sedna Sedna — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SED-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Inuit
Meaning
"Sea goddess"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Inuit)

A name that means "sea goddess".

Sedna is the Inuit goddess of the sea and marine animals — one of the most important deities in Inuit mythology. The dwarf planet Sedna (discovered 2003) was named for her.

Sedna is rare but rising as Indigenous Arctic names gain wider recognition.

Sea goddess. The Inuit Arctic deity.

The name in its native script.

Sedna
Transliteration
Sedna
Pronunciation
/ ˈsɛd.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sedna stands.

Sedna does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Sednas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Sedna
Inuit sea goddess.
Inuit mythology

Names connected to Sedna.

The number behind Sedna.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Sedna reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.