Little wave
Derived from the Latin word 'unda', meaning wave. In European folklore, Ondines are elemental spirits of the water who can gain a human soul by marrying a mortal.
Less common today
Ondine isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #7,835 in 2013.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
A water nymph who falls in love with a knight · Ondine (play by Jean Giraudoux)
A mermaid who lives in a fishing net · Ondine (2009 film)
French poet and daughter of Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
