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Generate storm names in every real and fictional style: official-sounding named storms like Storm Tamsin and Winter Storm Athena, historic gales and blizzards, local wind names, and epic tempests for fantasy novels, games and D&D campaigns.

About storm names

Real storms are named three different ways, and each produces a different sound. Meteorological services in the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands run an alphabetical list of ordinary given names each season, so Storm Arwen, Storm Babet and Storm Ciarán follow one another and skip Q, U, X, Y and Z. The Weather Channel names US winter storms from a list heavy on classical and mythic names such as Athena, Brutus and Draco. Before formal lists existed, storms were remembered by the date or the damage: the Candlemas Storm, the Great Gale of 1871, the Children's Blizzard.

That last convention is the one to copy for fiction. A storm that matters to a plot needs a name people would actually use in dialogue: a saint's day or holiday, a place it wrecked, a nickname like the Widowmaker or the Big Wet, or a title in the world's own religion such as the Skyfather's Wrath. Local wind names (the Mistral, the Williwaw, the Haboob, the Blue Norther) are another rich vein; pair one with a verb of violence and it instantly sounds like something sailors fear.

This list mixes all of those registers with storm types as prefixes (Typhoon, Derecho, Bomb Cyclone, Supercell), so you can match the scale of the weather to the scale of the story.

How to choose storm names

  • Match the prefix to the basin: hurricanes form in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific, typhoons in the western Pacific, cyclones in the Indian Ocean and South Pacific. Getting this right makes a fictional storm feel researched.
  • For historical fiction, name the storm after a feast day or a place (the Michaelmas Gale, the Drowning of Saltmarsh) rather than a person; official given-name lists only began in the 1950s.
  • If your world has its own gods or calendar, build the storm's name from them (the Skyfather's Wrath, the Eve of May Storm) so it reinforces the setting instead of importing ours.
  • Avoid names retired after deadly real storms such as Katrina, Haiyan or Sandy; they carry real grief and will pull readers out of the story.
  • Give a recurring fictional storm a short nickname people would shout (Old Howler, Cold Betty) and a longer formal name for newspapers and records within the story.

Frequently asked questions

How do storms get their official names?

Tropical cyclones use rotating lists maintained by the World Meteorological Organization. European windstorms are named from annual alphabetical lists set by the UK Met Office, Met Éireann and KNMI, and the Weather Channel assigns names to significant US winter storms. Names of especially destructive storms are retired.

What makes a good fantasy storm name?

Ground it in the world: a god's name, a feast day, a ruined place, or a sailor's nickname. Names like the Eye of the Sunken God or the Hollowbrook Flood tell the reader what the storm did and who fears it, which a random invented word cannot.

Can I use these as winter storm or blizzard names?

Yes. The Winter Storm and Blizzard entries follow the classical and Nordic feel of real winter storm lists, while the historic-style names (the Long Night Blizzard, the Nine Nights' Snow) suit stories set before formal naming existed.

Can I use these names in a novel or game?

Yes. Storm names are ordinary given names or descriptive titles, and fiction borrows them all the time. Be aware that the Storm, Winter Storm and Typhoon entries follow official lists closely, so many match names real storms have carried, and a few nicknames such as the White Hurricane belong to historic storms. We tried to avoid retired names of catastrophic storms, but lists change every season and we may have missed some; search a name before you build a plot around it.

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B: 18 names

  • Big Grey
  • Bitter Bert
  • Blackcloud
  • Blizzard Asdis
  • Blizzard Eirik
  • Blizzard Gunnhild
  • Blizzard Halvard
  • Blizzard Ingunn
  • Blizzard Leif
  • Blizzard Ragnar
  • Blizzard Solveig
  • Blizzard Thyra
  • Blizzard Torstein
  • Bomb Cyclone Harlan
  • Bomb Cyclone Isaura
  • Bomb Cyclone Lucasta
  • Bomb Cyclone Rowan
  • Bomb Cyclone Theron

C: 23 names

  • Cloudburst Acheron
  • Cloudburst Bellamy
  • Cloudburst Corwin
  • Cloudburst Delacroix
  • Cloudburst Esmond
  • Cloudburst Fairweather
  • Cloudrake
  • Cold Betty
  • Cyclone Bronwyn
  • Cyclone Haroun
  • Cyclone Kalani
  • Cyclone Lusi
  • Cyclone Malia
  • Cyclone Marama
  • Cyclone Ngaio
  • Cyclone Oriel
  • Cyclone Penina
  • Cyclone Ruaridh
  • Cyclone Savitri
  • Cyclone Tavita
  • Cyclone Tomasi
  • Cyclone Vailea
  • Cyclone Wiremu

D: 10 names

  • Derecho Calloway
  • Derecho Holloway
  • Derecho Marguerite
  • Derecho Ostrander
  • Derecho Vance
  • Dust Storm Ayub
  • Dust Storm Kedar
  • Dust Storm Samira
  • Dust Storm Tariq
  • Dust Storm Zahra

F: 6 names

  • Firestorm Brasidas
  • Firestorm Kalden
  • Firestorm Pyrrha
  • Firestorm Seraph
  • Firestorm Volka
  • Frostgale

G: 7 names

  • Gale Brannoc
  • Gale Corvane
  • Gale Isolde
  • Gale Seraphine
  • Gale Tamirah
  • Galeheart
  • Greymantle

H: 6 names

  • Hailbringer
  • Hailstorm Ambrose
  • Hailstorm Brennus
  • Hailstorm Ludovic
  • Hailstorm Ottoline
  • Hailstorm Perpetua

I: 6 names

  • Ice Storm Caradoc
  • Ice Storm Elspeth
  • Ice Storm Gideon
  • Ice Storm Margarethe
  • Ice Storm Oswin
  • Icewrath

L: 2 names

  • Long Wet
  • Loud Lou

M: 6 names

  • Maelstrom Ashkaar
  • Maelstrom Idrenne
  • Maelstrom Oblane
  • Maelstrom Thessaly
  • Maelstrom Varuk
  • Mean Gus

N: 6 names

  • Nightsquall
  • Nor'easter Abigail
  • Nor'easter Cormac
  • Nor'easter Delancey
  • Nor'easter Ephraim
  • Nor'easter Winslow

O: 3 names

  • Old Grumble
  • Old Howler
  • Old Roarer

R: 3 names

  • Rainbreaker
  • Rimeclaw
  • Rusty the Derecho

S: 77 names

  • Sandstorm Farouk
  • Sandstorm Ishaq
  • Sandstorm Leila
  • Sandstorm Nadira
  • Sandstorm Qasim
  • Sideways Sam
  • Skyfury
  • Sleetfang
  • Sneaky Pete the Squall
  • Snowreaver
  • Squall Dunmore
  • Squall Hesper
  • Squall Linnea
  • Squall Marrick
  • Squall Tovren
  • Squallborn
  • Storm Ailsa
  • Storm Bram
  • Storm Brigid
  • Storm Conall
  • Storm Dearbhla
  • Storm Elin
  • Storm Ewan
  • Storm Fergus
  • Storm Ffion
  • Storm Franklin
  • Storm Gerrit
  • Storm Gwenda
  • Storm Hamish
  • Storm Henk
  • Storm Iona
  • Storm Isha
  • Storm Jasper
  • Storm Jocelyn
  • Storm Kathleen
  • Storm Kerensa
  • Storm Kieran
  • Storm Lachlan

S, continued

  • Storm Leander
  • Storm Lilian
  • Storm Maeve
  • Storm Malik
  • Storm Marit
  • Storm Nelson
  • Storm Niall
  • Storm Orla
  • Storm Osian
  • Storm Padraig
  • Storm Pia
  • Storm Piet
  • Storm Ragnhild
  • Storm Regina
  • Storm Rhona
  • Storm Saoirse
  • Storm Stuart
  • Storm Tadhg
  • Storm Tamsin
  • Storm Tobias
  • Storm Ulrich
  • Storm Una
  • Storm Vasko
  • Storm Vivienne
  • Storm Wilfred
  • Storm Wren
  • Stormbringer's Night
  • Stormcrown of the North
  • Stormhowl
  • Stormshroud
  • Stormsong of the Ninth Sea
  • Stormtide of Aelmoor
  • Stormwake
  • Stormwall of Varenth
  • Supercell Brannigan
  • Supercell Dunmere
  • Supercell Kallisto
  • Supercell Oriax
  • Supercell Vesper

T: 285 names

  • Tempest Anwyn
  • Tempest Cassiel
  • Tempest Drevahl
  • Tempest Fenric
  • Tempest Ilsabeth
  • Tempest Kharun
  • Tempest Maerwyn
  • Tempest Mordain
  • Tempest Nerissa
  • Tempest Orrath
  • Tempest Solenne
  • Tempest Ulmara
  • Tempest Veyra
  • Tempest Ysolde
  • Tempest Zohar
  • Tempestine
  • The Age of Hail
  • The All Saints' Storm
  • The Amber Derecho
  • The Anvil of Heaven
  • The Ash Snow
  • The Ash Wednesday Gale
  • The Ashfall Storm
  • The Barber Wind
  • The Barn-Killer Derecho
  • The Bayou Blower
  • The Big Blow of '89
  • The Big Wet
  • The Black Blizzard
  • The Black Friday Squall
  • The Black Monsoon
  • The Blizzard Baron
  • The Blood Hail
  • The Blue Norther
  • The Bone Rain

T, continued

  • The Bone-Dry Blow
  • The Boxing Day Cyclone
  • The Breaking of Caldmoor Bridge
  • The Breath of Gorthan
  • The Breath of the Frost King
  • The Brickfielder
  • The Bull's-Eye Squall
  • The Buran of the Steppe
  • The Burning Sky Storm
  • The Candlemas Storm
  • The Cape Doctor's Fury
  • The Ceaseless Storm of Rhaz
  • The Chimney Taker
  • The Chinook Thaw Storm
  • The Cinder Cyclone
  • The Cloudbreak
  • The Cobalt Tempest
  • The Copper Hurricane
  • The Crimson Cyclone
  • The Crop Hammer
  • The Crystal Gale
  • The Cyclone King
  • The Debris Ball Storm
  • The Delta Drencher
  • The Devouring Mist
  • The Dragon's Breath Storm
  • The Drift Wall
  • The Drowning of Saltmarsh
  • The Dry Lightning Season
  • The Dry Norther
  • The Dryline Dance
  • The Dune Walker
  • The Dust Bowl Gale
  • The Elephanta Wind
  • The Ember Wind
  • The Epiphany Ice Storm

T, continued

  • The Equinox Nor'easter
  • The Eternal Gale
  • The Eve of May Storm
  • The Eye of the Sunken God
  • The Eye of Ulvarra
  • The Eye of Winter
  • The Fall of the Seven Suns
  • The Fen Fog Gale
  • The Fence-Flattener
  • The Fenwick Hail
  • The Fist-Sized Hail
  • The Flash Flood of Fennimore
  • The Foehn Fire
  • The Forge Storm
  • The Forty-Inch Snow
  • The Frostbite Friday Storm
  • The Furnace Gale
  • The Fury of Mount Cael
  • The Fury of the Tidemother
  • The Gale Witch
  • The Ghost Monsoon
  • The Gilded Storm
  • The Glass Rain
  • The Glass Storm
  • The Glazing
  • The Godwind
  • The Golf Ball Hail of Hale County
  • The Good Friday Derecho
  • The Great Gale of Harrowmere
  • The Great Hoar
  • The Great Storm of Ashcombe
  • The Green Sky Storm
  • The Grey Squall
  • The Greywater Deluge
  • The Griffin Gale

T, continued

  • The Grinning Cloud
  • The Haboob of Hazar
  • The Hallowtide Tempest
  • The Hammer of Thunor
  • The Harbor Eater
  • The Harmattan Haze
  • The Harvest Moon Hurricane
  • The Heaven's Fall
  • The Hollowbrook Flood
  • The Hook Echo
  • The Howling Maw
  • The Hundred-Hour Gale
  • The Hundred-Mile Wind
  • The Hundred-Year Tempest
  • The Hungry Fog
  • The Hurricane Duchess
  • The Hush Before Harrowgate
  • The Hushfall
  • The Ice Shroud
  • The Iron Rain
  • The Ironcliff Whiteout
  • The Ivory Whiteout
  • The Kestrel Bay Cyclone
  • The Khamsin Fifty
  • The Kiln Wind
  • The Kraken Swell
  • The Lammas Flood
  • The Laughing Gale
  • The Levanter Lash
  • The Leviathan's Wake
  • The Lightning Crown
  • The Lightning Harvest
  • The Lightning Lord
  • The Locust Wind
  • The Long Dry Blow
  • The Long Night Blizzard

T, continued

  • The Long Thaw Flood
  • The Loo Scorcher
  • The Lowland Flood
  • The Mammatus Sky
  • The Marrow Hill Tornado
  • The Martinmas Blast
  • The Mastsnapper
  • The Michaelmas Gale
  • The Midsummer Hailstorm
  • The Mile-Wide Wedge
  • The Mistral's Teeth
  • The Monsoon Queen
  • The Moorland Mist Storm
  • The Morning Glory Storm
  • The Mountain Scour
  • The Neverending Rain
  • The Night the Lighthouse Fell
  • The Nine Nights' Snow
  • The Northern Howler
  • The Obsidian Squall
  • The Orchard Stripper
  • The Outback Duster
  • The Owl Storm
  • The Oxbow Valley Flood
  • The Pale Gale
  • The Pampas Gale
  • The Phoenix Wind
  • The Plains Grinder
  • The Purga Whiteout
  • The Rain Maiden
  • The Rain of Ashvale
  • The Raven Squall
  • The Ravensfell Blizzard
  • The Red Dust Gale
  • The Red Monsoon
  • The Reef Scourer

T, continued

  • The Rimefall
  • The Roaring Dark
  • The Roll Cloud at Burketown
  • The Roof-Ripper of Ridgely
  • The Rope Funnel of Redwater
  • The Sahel Squall
  • The Salt Gale
  • The Salt Snow
  • The Sandblaster
  • The Santa Ana Blaze Wind
  • The Scorching Sirocco
  • The Scream of the Banshee Wind
  • The Screaming Wind
  • The Serpent Tide
  • The Shamal Sweep
  • The Shelf Cloud of Caddo
  • The Shipbreaker
  • The Shrike Wind
  • The Sigh of the Sea Queen
  • The Silver Monsoon
  • The Silvermere Squall
  • The Singing Hail
  • The Sirocco Scorch
  • The Skyfall at Ithra
  • The Skyfather's Wrath
  • The Skyrending
  • The Sleepless Storm
  • The Sleet Prophet
  • The Smoke Squall
  • The Snow Widow
  • The Snowlock
  • The Softball Hail
  • The Solstice Whiteout
  • The Southerly Buster
  • The Squall Sisters

T, continued

  • The Steeple Breaker
  • The Steppe Wind
  • The Stovepipe at Sutter's Mill
  • The Sudden Dark
  • The Summer of Black Skies
  • The Tempest of Kharum
  • The Tempest Twins
  • The Tempest Unending
  • The Ten-Inch Rain
  • The Thornbury Gale
  • The Thousand-Eyed Tempest
  • The Thousand-Year Storm
  • The Three-Day Blow
  • The Thunder at Kilgarrow
  • The Thunder Child
  • The Thunder Throne
  • The Thunderfall of Brennock
  • The Thunderhead Summer
  • The Tundra Whip
  • The Twelfth Night Blow
  • The Twin Funnels
  • The Typhoon Prince
  • The Valley Gusher
  • The Vineyard Hail
  • The Violet Tempest
  • The Wailing Veil
  • The Wall Cloud of Juniper County
  • The Wednesday Whiteout
  • The Week of Sideways Rain
  • The Weeping Sky
  • The Wet Chinook
  • The Whispering Rain
  • The White Hurricane
  • The Whiteout of the Pass
  • The Whitsun Washout
  • The Widow's Monsoon

T, continued

  • The Widowmaker
  • The Williwaw
  • The Winter That Would Not End
  • The Wolfwind
  • The Wrath of Orenthal
  • The Wrath of the Deep
  • The Wreck of the Northern Banks
  • The Year Without a Summer
  • The Zonda Burn
  • Thunderhead
  • Torrentia
  • Tropical Storm Arlo
  • Tropical Storm Bettina
  • Tropical Storm Celso
  • Tropical Storm Delphine
  • Tropical Storm Emilio
  • Tropical Storm Farrah
  • Tropical Storm Gideon
  • Tropical Storm Hollis
  • Tropical Storm Ignacio
  • Tropical Storm Juno
  • Tropical Storm Tobiah
  • Tropical Storm Ximena
  • Typhoon Anselmo
  • Typhoon Bising
  • Typhoon Dodong
  • Typhoon Haruna
  • Typhoon Ineng
  • Typhoon Kestrel
  • Typhoon Ligaya
  • Typhoon Lupit
  • Typhoon Marisol
  • Typhoon Mirabel
  • Typhoon Nando
  • Typhoon Quiel
  • Typhoon Sinlaku

U: 1 name

  • Ugly Sal

W: 41 names

  • Wild Wanda
  • Windshear
  • Winter Storm Athena
  • Winter Storm Avery
  • Winter Storm Bozeman
  • Winter Storm Brutus
  • Winter Storm Caesar
  • Winter Storm Cleon
  • Winter Storm Decima
  • Winter Storm Draco
  • Winter Storm Euclid
  • Winter Storm Ezekiel
  • Winter Storm Finn
  • Winter Storm Freyr
  • Winter Storm Gage
  • Winter Storm Galba
  • Winter Storm Harper
  • Winter Storm Helios
  • Winter Storm Iago
  • Winter Storm Izzy

W, continued

  • Winter Storm Jove
  • Winter Storm Jupiter
  • Winter Storm Khan
  • Winter Storm Luna
  • Winter Storm Magnus
  • Winter Storm Nadia
  • Winter Storm Numa
  • Winter Storm Olive
  • Winter Storm Orko
  • Winter Storm Peggy
  • Winter Storm Plato
  • Winter Storm Quintus
  • Winter Storm Rocky
  • Winter Storm Saturn
  • Winter Storm Triton
  • Winter Storm Ukko
  • Winter Storm Virgil
  • Winter Storm Walda
  • Winter Storm Xerxes
  • Winter Storm Yogi
  • Winter Storm Zeus