Sammamish fell short in its attempt to have a state ferry named after it.

The Washington Transportation Commission decided earlier this month that it will name its two new 144-car ferries the Samish and the Tokitae.

The City of Sammamish threw its name in the hat in September in hopes that it could join Issaquah in the list of ferries named after cities.

The Samish tribe is located near Anacortes and the name translates to “giving people.”

Tokitae is a greeting that means, “nice day, pretty colors.” It is also the original name of an orca better known as Lolita captured near Penn Cove on Whidbey Island in the in 1970s and moved to Miami’s Sequarium.

Other names that were turned down were Cowlitz, Hoquiam, Muckleshoot and Ivar Haglund, the founder of Ivar’s seafood chain.