Herman T. Pott National Inland Waterways Library

Steamboat Names

DESCRIPTIVE WORDS Used for Steamboat Names
  • Bride
  • Brilliant
  • Brunette
  • Charm
  • Charmer
  • Clipper
  • Coquette
  • Darling
  • Dart
  • Defiance
  • Enterprise
  • Era
  • Excelsior
  • Fancy
  • Halcyon
  • Hope
  • Imperial
  • Invincible
  • Leviathan
  • Lightfoot
  • Magenta
  • Magic
  • Majestic
  • Nonpareil
  • Onward
  • Paragon
  • Peerless
  • Political
  • Quickstep
  • Regulator
  • Resolute
  • Science
  • Souvenir
  • Splendid
  • Sterling
  • Success
  • Summit
  • Superior
  • Swiftsure
  • Talisman
  • Time
  • Victory

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NATIVE AMERICAN WORDS Used for Steamboat Names

  • Cherokee
  • Chickasaw
  • Hiawatha
  • Keokuk
  • Osage
  • Piasa
  • Pocahontas
  • Powhatan
  • Red Chief
  • Shawnee
  • Tecumseh
  • Wenona
  • Winnebago
  • Wyandotte

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NATURE WORDS Used for Steamboat Names

  • Antelope
  • Buckeye
  • Cobweb
  • Cotton Plant
  • Cricket
  • Delta
  • Dew Drop
  • Diamond
  • Dolphin
  • Eagle
  • Early Bird
  • Echo
  • Eclipse
  • Elephant
  • Elk
  • Fawn
  • Flying Cloud
  • Golden Eagle
  • Grey Eagle
  • Hesperian
  • Lotus
  • Luna
  • Mayflower
  • Magnolia
  • Meteor
  • Morning Star
  • North Star
  • Northern Light
  • Oriole
  • Otter
  • Pelican
  • Planet
  • Polar Star
  • Porpoise
  • Prairie Bird
  • Prairie Rose
  • Rainbow
  • Reindeer
  • Rising Sun
  • Sea Gull
  • Shamrock
  • Shark
  • Silver Moon
  • Silver Wave
  • Skylark
  • Spray
  • Spread Eagle
  • Star of the West
  • Sunbeam
  • Sunflower
  • Sunny South
  • Swallow
  • Tempest
  • Thistle
  • Tiger
  • Tigress
  • Tobacco Plant
  • Twilight
  • Wave
  • White Cloud
  • White Rose
  • Zephyr

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OCCUPATION AND DESCRIPTIVE WORDS Used for Steamboat Names

  • Admiral
  • Commodore
  • Corn Planter
  • Empress
  • Farmer
  • Financier
  • Gipsy
  • Gladiator
  • Hunter
  • Lamplighter
  • Mechanic
  • Messenger
  • Miner
  • Pilot
  • Planter
  • Plough Boy
  • Post Boy
  • President
  • Prima Donna
  • Princess
  • Ranger
  • Senator
  • Trapper
  • Umpire
  • Volunteer
  • Warrior

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PATRIOTIC WORDS Used for Steamboat Names

  • America
  • Citizen
  • Compromise
  • Dictator
  • Domain
  • Empire City
  • Empire State
  • Freedom
  • Grape Shot
  • Hail Columbia
  • Independence
  • July 4th
  • Liberty
  • Luminary
  • Olive Branch
  • Republic
  • Revolution
  • Seventy-six
  • Star Spangled Banner
  • Tariff
  • Uncle Sam
  • Union
  • Yankee
  • Young America

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PLACE AND CITY NAMES Used for Steamboat Names

  • Bunker Hill
  • Crescent City
  • Cumberland Valley
  • Danube
  • Hudson
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Kanawha
  • Kentucky
  • Mississippi
  • Missouri
  • Monongahela
  • Montana
  • Muscatine
  • Natchez
  • New Orleans
  • Nile
  • Ohio
  • Oregon
  • St. Louis
  • Sucker State
  • Tennessee Belle
  • Texas
  • Thames
  • Vermont
  • Wyoming
  • Yazoo
  • Yellowstone

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WESTERN NAMES AND PEOPLE Used for Steamboat Names

  • Conestoga
  • Creole
  • Daniel Boone
  • Dixie
  • Emigrant
  • Frontier
  • Great West
  • Mountaineer
  • Pathfinder
  • Pioneer
  • Westerner
  • Zebulon M. Pike

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