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Names of wind, storm, thunder and rain
Weather names: Audra means storm in Lithuanian, and others carry wind, thunder, cloud and rain. 71 names so far, each with its own page, story and name art.
Alize
may mean “trade wind”
French
Amaya
may mean “night rain”
Basque and Japanese
Amihan
“the northeast monsoon wind”
Tagalog
Aneel
“wind, air”
Sanskrit
Anil
“wind, air”
Sanskrit
Aolani
“heavenly cloud”
Hawaiian
Aria
may mean “air, melody”
Italian, also Persian
Ariah
may mean “air; or melody”
Italian, via English
Astrape
“lightning”
Greek
Audra
may mean “noble strength, or storm”
English and Lithuanian
Audrius
“storm”
Lithuanian
Aura
“breeze, gentle air”
Greek
Ayaz
“frosty night breeze”
Turkish
Barak
“lightning”
Hebrew
Baran
“rain”
Persian and Kurdish, via Turkish
Bayu
“wind”
Sanskrit, via Indonesian
Bulut
“cloud”
Turkic
Burak
may mean “lightning”
Arabic, via Turkish
Ceferino
“west wind”
Greek, via Spanish
Dima
“steady rain”
Arabic
Eivind
may mean “island wind; or lucky”
Old Norse
Era
“wind”
Albanian
Ermal
may mean “mountain wind”
Albanian
Esen
may mean “healthy, or breeze”
Turkish
Esila
may mean “gentle breeze”
Turkish
Eunwoo
may mean “grace and rain; or kindness and friend”
Korean
Haizea
“wind”
Basque
Ilma
“air”
Finnish
Ilmari
“from ilma, air”
Finnish
Ilmatar
“spirit of the air”
Finnish
Kanoelani
“heavenly mist”
Hawaiian
Kari
may mean “curly-haired; or wind”
Old Norse
Keanu
“the cool breeze”
Hawaiian
Lei
may mean “flower bud; or thunder”
Chinese and Hawaiian
Lilinoe
may mean “fine mist”
Hawaiian
Māpuana
may mean “wind-blown fragrance”
Hawaiian
Meghna
may mean “cloud”
Sanskrit
Meghnada
“thunder of the clouds”
Sanskrit
Meltem
“summer sea breeze”
Turkish
Miglė
“mist”
Lithuanian
Mihika
may mean “perhaps mist, dew”
Sanskrit
Moani
may mean “fragrant breeze”
Hawaiian
Nassima
“breeze”
Arabic, via French
Neil
may mean “champion; or cloud”
Irish, via English
Niall
may mean “champion; or cloud”
Irish
Noelani
“heavenly mist”
Hawaiian
Nomvula
“mother of rain, with rain”
Nguni (Zulu, Xhosa)
Pilve
may mean “cloud”
Estonian
Pilvi
“cloud”
Finnish
Rain
“rain”
Old English
Raine
may mean “queen, or rain”
French and English
Rosaura
may mean “of uncertain meaning; perhaps rose + breeze”
Spanish, via Portuguese
Sabanur
may mean “morning breeze light”
Arabic, via Turkish
Samira
“breeze”
Arabic, Sanskrit, Persian
Storm
“storm”
Old English
Thor
“thunder”
Old Norse
Tor
“thunder”
Old Norse, via Norwegian
Torgny
“Thor's thunder”
Old Norse
Tuule
may mean “wind”
Estonian
Tuuli
“wind”
Finnish
Tuulia
“wind”
Finnish
Tuulike
may mean “wind”
Estonian
Tuulikki
may mean “wind”
Finnish
Varsha
“rain”
Sanskrit
Wayra
“wind”
Quechua
Yağmur
“rain”
Turkish
Yıldırım
“lightning”
Turkish
Yu
may mean “rain; jade; or universe”
Chinese
Zeferino
“west wind”
Greek, via Portuguese
Zéphirin
“west wind”
Greek, via French
Zephyr
“west wind”
Greek