Weather Baby Names

  1. Varsha
    • Origin:

      Hindi
    • Meaning:

      "rain"
    • Description:

      This Indian name with a Slavic sound definitely has potential.
  2. Tornado
    • Origin:

      Spanish word name
    • Meaning:

      "tornado"
    • Description:

      Tornado first meant thunderstorm and only later came to mean whirlwind, the common modern meaning. More recently, Tornado is the first name of a tennis-playing teen whose sister is called the equally attention-getting Hurricane. Both names work for either gender, if you think you can withstand the storm jokes.
  3. Saar
    • Origin:

      Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "storm"
    • Description:

      With its appealing double-a configuration, this is the name of an Israeli kibbutz on the Galilee beach. For girls, Saar is a popular modern name in the Netherlands, a shortened form of Sarah.
  4. Windy
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "windy"
    • Description:

      And her sisters, Stormy and Sunny.
  5. Donar
    • Origin:

      German
    • Meaning:

      "ancient thunder god"
    • Description:

      Futuristic, in a 1930s kind of way.
  6. Lulani
    • Origin:

      Hawaiian
    • Meaning:

      "sky"
    • Description:

      A close relative of the very popular Leilani, with just a hint of Lulu.
  7. Piyesiwak
    • Origin:

      Cree
    • Meaning:

      "thunder"
    • Description:

      A powerful Cree nature-related word turned name.
  8. Dorrin
    • Origin:

      Manx
    • Meaning:

      "sullen; tempest"
    • Description:

      This name stems from an Irish word meaning sullen, but in the Isle of Man is used to refer to sullen weather, rather than sullen people (hence the tempest meaning). It's a cute and spunky name that could easily work outside Manx circles.
  9. Sema
    • Origin:

      Turkish
    • Meaning:

      "sky"
    • Description:

      Sema may have hit its peak in its native Turkey in the 1980s, but this simple distinctive name is new in the English-speaking world. Arabic variation Sama ranks in the British Top 1000.
  10. Mihkwaskâw
    • Origin:

      Cree, “red sky; red clouds at sunset”
  11. Ostadar
    • Origin:

      Basque, rainbow
    • Description:

      Ostadar is one of the few names relating to rainbows that is definitively masculine in its original language. Beyond its lovely meaning, Ostadar has a fabulous ring to it and is ripe for greater use outside of the Basque region of Spain.
  12. Suree
    • Origin:

      Thai
    • Meaning:

      "sun"
    • Description:

      This name is very wearable in English-speaking countries and has a lovely meaning.
  13. Agasga
    • Origin:

      Cherokee
    • Meaning:

      "rain"
    • Description:

      Traditional Cherokee choice that could work for a daughter born on a rainy day.
  14. Scirocco
    • Origin:

      Italian, from Arabic
    • Meaning:

      "warm wind"
    • Description:

      A cool and breezy nature name with a stylish sound, used by Volkswagen for one of its cars.
  15. Waseskwan
    • Origin:

      Cree
    • Meaning:

      "the sky is clearing after a storm"
    • Description:

      Poetic name used among the Cree people.
  16. Tadita
    • Origin:

      Native American, Omaha
    • Meaning:

      "to the wind"
    • Description:

      Feminissima.
  17. Lightning
    • Origin:

      Nature name
    • Description:

      Olympic athlete Usain Bolt introduced this unusual and electric nature name to the lexicon when he chose it for his daughter's middle name: Olympia Lightning Bolt. Now there's a name with layers of meaning!
  18. Storms
    • Origin:

      English word name
    • Meaning:

      "a disturbance it the atmosphere involving lightning, thunder, wind and rain"
    • Description:

      A tumultuous nature-inspired option, Storms is A bold name that conjures up imagery of fork lightning and heavy clouds, awe-inspiring in both an impressive and formidable way. This could feel like quite a heavy association to carry off, but the word itself has a gentle quality, in tune with Story, Cam, or Rory.
  19. Raicho
    • Origin:

      Japanese
    • Meaning:

      "Thunderbird"
    • Description:

      Japanese feminist Raicho Hiratsuka chose the name Raicho for herself - no doubt because of its fabulously meaning. As a journalist and publisher, Raicho fought for the rights of working class women in Japan’s textile industry and eschewed conventional domesticity, openly living with a lover and having her children out of wedlock. Thunderbirds are GO indeed!
  20. Huyana
    • Origin:

      Native American
    • Meaning:

      "rain falling"
    • Description:

      A Miwok tribe name with a pleasant meaning.