Wind-related names -- even Storms?

Girl Names
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I’m looking into names related to/having meaning of the wind, possibly even storm-related names. Meaning of, word names, foreign words, concept words, even foreign boy names that would seem like a girl name in the U.S. – dump your ideas here! Something having to do with a fall-time wind would be perfect, if such a name/concept exists in one word/name.

So far I have, but can’t use:
[name_f]Zephyrine[/name_f] (love this but I have a boy named Zephan)
[name_f]Tempest[/name_f] (T surname)
[name_f]Audra[/name_f] (acquaintance)
[name_f]Stormy[/name_f] (too nickname literal)
[name_f]Windy[/name_f] (also too nickname literal and tease-able)
Pneumatos (Greek for wind/spirit isn’t attractive as a name)
Anori (Greenlandic male name sounds too much like “annoy”)

Thank you to anyone up to this challenge!

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[name_f]Alizeh[/name_f] - means wind in Persian
[name_f]Amaya[/name_f] - night rain
The obvious, [name_f]Breeze[/name_f], [name_f]Stormy[/name_f], [name_f]Rainey[/name_f].
Aella (variations- Aellae, Allai) storm wind in Greek
[name_u]Dema[/name_u] or [name_m]Dima[/name_m] - downpour in Arabic
[name_f]Elysia[/name_f] - the website said it might? be translated into lightning-struck
[name_u]Gale[/name_u] - sea storm
[name_f]Thora[/name_f] (variations [name_u]Tora[/name_u], [name_f]Tova[/name_f]) thunder in Scandinavian
Yoki - rain in Hopi
Deema - rain cloud in Arabic
[name_f]Lillith[/name_f] - storm goddess, night monster in Hebrew
Taima - thunder in Native American
I am not entirely sure about the validity of all of these, but hope it helps!

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[name_f]Sirocco[/name_f] - the warm wind from [name_u]North[/name_u] [name_f]Africa[/name_f] over Europe (you could use Sirocca to feminise it)
Calima - is a wind in the [name_f]Canary[/name_f] Islands
Levante - the wind through the Mediterranian from Jerusalem to the Straits of Gibraltar. Again, Levante or Levanta would be a feminine variant
[name_f]Santa[/name_f] [name_f]Ana[/name_f] - the Californian winds; maybe [name_u]Santana[/name_u] or [name_f]Ana[/name_f]
Zonda - the wind through the Argentine Andes
[name_f]Chloris[/name_f] - the bride of [name_u]Zephyr[/name_u]
[name_m]Auster[/name_m] - the [name_m]Roman[/name_m] equivalent of [name_f]Sirocco[/name_f]; Austa might be a nice alternative
Favionus - the [name_m]Roman[/name_m] equiv of [name_u]Zephyr[/name_u]; for a girl Faviona or Favia are the names that are used.
[name_f]Aura[/name_f] - was the divine personification of a breeze

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Thanks @meganashley & @esita. I have to say, I’m pretty impressed with these suggestions.

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[name_f]Makani[/name_f]: “wind” - Hawaiian
[name_u]Guthrie[/name_u]: “windy spot” - Scottish
[name_m]Gust[/name_m]: a wind gust, could be a good nickname for [name_f]Augusta[/name_f] or a similar name
[name_u]Coro[/name_u]: “wind”, could be a neat nickname
[name_f]Brisa[/name_f]: “breeze” - Spanish
[name_f]Indra[/name_f]: Hindu warrior god of sky and rain
[name_f]Reva[/name_f] ([name_u]RAY[/name_u]-vuh): “rain”
[name_f]Varsha[/name_f]: “rain”
[name_f]Jora[/name_f]: “autumn rain” (this meaning is just perfect)
[name_f]Huyana[/name_f]: “rain falling”
[name_f]Bronte[/name_f]: “thunder” - Greek
[name_f]Toril[/name_f]: “thunder” - Norse

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[name_f]Anemone[/name_f] but its another flower name
[name_u]Coro[/name_u], [name_m]Bayu[/name_m], [name_u]Guthrie[/name_u], [name_f]Makani[/name_f], [name_f]Sefarina[/name_f],

Wind Names - a list of winds - some might work as names.
List of local winds - Wikipedia - a list from Wikipedia with some others
tipsywriter

A few are winds that occur in [name_f]Autumn[/name_f] (but probably not the best name candidates :slight_smile: )

Elephanta - A strong southerly or southeasterly wind which blows on the Malabar coast of [name_f]India[/name_f] during the months of [name_f]September[/name_f] and [name_f]October[/name_f] and marks the end of the southwest monsoon

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Cordonazo The “[name_m]Lash[/name_m] of St. [name_u]Francis[/name_u].” Name applied locally to southerly hurricane winds along the west coast of Mexico. It is associated with tropical cyclones in the southeastern [name_u]North[/name_u] [name_m]Pacific[/name_m] [name_u]Ocean[/name_u]. These storms may occur from [name_f]May[/name_f] to [name_u]November[/name_u], but ordinarily affect the coastal areas most severely near or after the Feast of St. [name_u]Francis[/name_u], [name_f]October[/name_f] 4.

And just because they popped up when I was searching

http://www.meaning-of-names.com/search/index.asp?nm=wind&stype=1

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@123names and @mgtv - Oh, these are wonderful. [name_m]Just[/name_m] when I’ve done all the Google and name meaning searches I can think of, a different perspective brings in fresh ideas. Of course, I should have thought to look up thunder and rain, but I was only searching for storm, wind, breeze and things like that. The weather links are really perfect. I had a great time reading them.

I’m going to do some more research on/see if my husband likes these:
[name_u]Coro[/name_u] (so far I’m only finding NB with the meaning “wind”)
[name_f]Jora[/name_f]/Joria (found Joria when I went to look up [name_f]Jora[/name_f])
Briza/[name_f]Brisa[/name_f]
Levantera
Norte
Calima
Cers
Cierzo
Zonda
Brisote
[name_m]Aquilo[/name_m]/[name_f]Aquila[/name_f] (I’ve always seen this one as meaning “eagle”)

There were tons of great ideas I would have wanted for a boy… Gilavar being #1. I have SO much trouble with girl names.

Thanks for the great ideas! If anyone has other ideas or links I can go hunt down, I’d be happy to take a look.

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P.S. Yes - I like [name_f]Anemone[/name_f] a lot, and I don’t really mind the flower so much, but the ocean association is what kills it as a “wind” name. It’s too bad!

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There is also [name_f]Alberta[/name_f] (Clipper), Derecho (never heard of this type of storm until we had one a few years ago), Gustnado/Gustinado(sounds like a very active boy to me) , The Fujita scale rates intensity of tornadoes, Helicity (SKEW-T: A LOOK AT HEL),

Maybe [name_u]Coro[/name_u] came from Coriolis Effect?

Cirrus, Vortex (the cool x factor)

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Chergui or sharqi (Arabic : šarqīa شرقية) is the name of a continental easterly or southeasterly wind which blows on the most part of [name_u]Morocco[/name_u], a hot and dry wind coming from the [name_f]Sahara[/name_f] Desert. This wind can be compared with the sirocco, a very hot and very dry desert wind. The Arabic word means “coming from the east”, as the chergui emanates from the desert east of the [name_m]Atlas[/name_m] Mountains. This is a rain shadow wind as it falls down after passing over the top of the mountain range as a very hot and dry air into the coastal plains area towards the Atlantic ocean, which brings soaring temperatures typical of the desert, often over 40 °C (104 °F) and can even turn around 48 °C (118.4 °F) during the day at summertime and the relative humidity is extremely low, nearly always below 15%. The chergui can also more rarely blow at wintertime, and is responsible of a warm, sunny and dry weather.

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Vortex, LOL. The pregnancy with this kid FEELS like a vortex. Cirrus is a cloud type, which is also very cool, though not quite the direction I’m thinking. The Coriolis Effect vid was great, thanks for linking it! The Saharan winds seem a bit out of my league, though they do have interesting names. If nothing else, my nearly-forgotten inner weather nerd is having a lovely time learning about all of these local phenomena.

I also forgot to comment on @123’s [name_f]Augusta[/name_f] nn [name_m]Gust[/name_m], which is very clever. Of course, now all I can hear is “a gust o’ wind,” lol.

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I was rather enjoying looking into it myself. Fun to Google a country name and “wind name” and see the different names that came up. Somewhat more interesting than the paperwork I was doing. I liked Chergui but only for the nn [name_f]CHER[/name_f]. Winds of [name_u]Morocco[/name_u] lead me to this - WINDS OF MOROCCO - ROBERT SHELDON - YouTube. [name_f]Hope[/name_f] your little vortex doesn’t wear you out, you need your energy to find her the perfect name.

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There are some amazing suggestions here! Striking out along the same trail as pneuma, “wind, spirit,” have you considered [name_f]Psyche[/name_f]? It’s subtly different, slightly lower on the scale, than pneuma, as it means “breath, soul,” rather than “wind, spirit”; but it’s more usable as a name. I rather like the story of [name_m]Cupid[/name_m] and [name_f]Psyche[/name_f], too, especially C.S. [name_m]Lewis[/name_m]'s take in his novel “[name_m]Till[/name_m] We Have Faces.”

By the way, Calima makes me think of Frodo’s exclamation in Shelob’s lair, in praise of Earendil’s light from the vial of Galadriel: “Aiya Earendil Elenion Ancalima!” (Behold Earendil, Star of Long-light!) Ancalima means “long-light” in Quenyan Elvish. Bonus points in my book!

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@mtgv - Nice! You might enjoy this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izYrFFyY0O4

@auroradawn - Yes, some great ideas to track down here! [name_f]Psyche[/name_f] is great on the meaning, but sadly I don’t think it’s very wearable. It’s probably worse than [name_f]Luna[/name_f] T, which we ruled out for obvious reasons. I’ll go look up “breath” meanings though, maybe something will turn up on that front! Oh, yeah I never would have put Calima together with the Elvish, lol. Good catch.

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Braela is Icelandic and means fog, wind, and rain that happen at the same time! The a and e are smooshed together, though.

Fanndis means snow goddess which makes me picture snow swirling round in the wind romantically:)

[name_f]Unna[/name_f] means billowing or undulating, which makes me think of wind.

Also Kita in Japanese is [name_u]North[/name_u]/[name_u]North[/name_u] wind. [name_u]Nikita[/name_u] would be cute:)

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[name_f]Alize[/name_f]*(northeasterly across central [name_f]Africa[/name_f] and the Caribbean)‎

Autan*(warm, föhn-type southeasterly wind in the MediterraneanLanguedocregion)

Andhi is seen Punjab, Rajasthan in [name_f]India[/name_f], a summer time blowing, it is also called sand wind

Calima*(dust-laden south to southeasterly wind blowing in theSaharan [name_f]Air[/name_f] Layeracross the [name_f]Canary[/name_f] Islands)

Chinook*(warm dry westerly off the [name_m]Rocky[/name_m] Mountains

Föhn*(warm dry southerly off the northern side of the Alps and the*[name_u]North[/name_u] [name_f]Italy[/name_f]), the name gave rise to thefén-fēng(焚風*‘burning wind’) of Taiwan‎. (I know a girl with this name, pronounced fawn, very pretty name actually)

Kona*(southeast wind in*[name_m]Hawaii[/name_m], replacing*trade winds, bringing high humidity and often rain)

[name_f]Marin[/name_f]*(south-easterly from Mediterranean to [name_f]France[/name_f])‎

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there’s a few short and sweet japanese names you might like:

[name_m]Aki[/name_m] ([name_m]AH[/name_m]-key) depending on the character use to spell it the name can either mean autumn or bright/shining.

[name_f]Ame[/name_f] ([name_m]AH[/name_m]-may) means rain, but is also a word used for sweets or candies

[name_u]Yuki[/name_u] (YOO-key) means [name_f]Snow[/name_f]

bonus points, all three names are actually unisex . hope it helps

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These have probably been suggested already, but:

[name_f]Alizeh[/name_f] is a lovely Persian name meaning wind

[name_f]Thora[/name_f] is pretty awesome, and you can’t get stormier than [name_m]Thor[/name_m]. It would be pretty in your sibset too.

Ok, this isn’t actually a storm/wind name but [name_f]Paloma[/name_f] came to mind because its meaning, “dove”, always makes me think of the calm after the storm. It doesn’t really count , i know, but it does match the romance of your other daughters’ names.

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Thank you for all the great ideas. I also combed through Google Translate, Forvo, and dug up some weather-related lists, element-related lists, and other wind-related lists. I’ll copy my notes here in case there is anyone else interested in this topic. These are just my notes, so I didn’t confirm all of the suggestions/words from multiple sources as being legitimate meanings. The name are also mixed in with picks from NB; this is the list I had my husband go through:

[name_f]Aquila[/name_f]
[name_u]Coro[/name_u] “wind"
Joria “autumn rain"
[name_f]Jora[/name_f]
[name_f]Solana[/name_f]
Briza
Levantera
Norte
Calima
Cers
Cierzo
Zonda
Brisote
Coriolis
Briseas
Blaewen (Old English “to blow” [he’s adamantly opposed to this meaning… okay I get it, didn’t think of that…])
Veata “breeze/wind” (Khmer/Cambodian)
Andras “breath” (Norwegian, Welsh)
Gwenhwyfar “fair spirit” (Welsh)
Gwennor “fair spirit” (Welsh)
Tuuli “wind” (Finnish)(word)
Tuula
Tuulia
Tuulikki
Vindur “wind” (Icelandic) (word)
Anima “wind/breath/life” (Latin)(word)
[name_f]Vara[/name_f] “wind” (Marathi) (word) (prn varay)
Umoya “wind/spirit” (Zulu) (word)
Artaith “storm” (Welsh)
Szel “wind” (Hungarian) *Forvo
Ziel “soul” (Dutch) *Forvo
[name_m]Seele[/name_m] “ [name_m]German[/name_m] *Forvo
Kita “north” Japanese (did not find source confirming “wind")
Kona (local wind) (Hawaiian)
Arashi “storm” (Japanese) (word)
Vadala “storm” (Marathi) (word)
Avira (”ַוִירָ”):Aramaic name meaning “air, atmosphere, spirit”
Zepour “breeze” Armenian

Unfortunately, there wasn’t anything that he really loved. He only ranked these in his “like but I don’t want to use them” category: [name_f]Aquila[/name_f], Brisote, Briza, [name_u]Coro[/name_u], Kita, Kona, [name_f]Solana[/name_f], Tuulia. He has two more levels above this level on his list, so he didn’t hate these, but they definitely didn’t get a great review. Avira was my favorite from the lot.

@mousehouse - I’ve actually seen [name_f]Unna[/name_f] with two Ns as a Norwegian word-name meaning “to love.” I really like it for that, but my husband doesn’t care for it.

@kadey - Thanks, we usually do enjoy Japanese names.

@freya55 - I wish I could love [name_f]Paloma[/name_f], but I always think of Palomino ponies, and also Pamona, [name_u]California[/name_u] (even though Pamona is its own name, [name_f]Paloma[/name_f] is so similar I always mix them up!) I’m always kind of “meh” about [name_f]Thora[/name_f]… maybe because I like just plain [name_m]Thor[/name_m] so much (and [name_m]Tor[/name_m] best of all).

Thanks again to everyone for the ideas. If anybody comes upon other interesting links or sources, dump them here for me! [name_f]Snow[/name_f] is a little too much into winter; I’m really looking for the words that overlap wind and soul as first choice, or general wind; and storms as kind of a secondary but related idea. I’m pretty impressed to have come up with this many options, and it’s too bad that nothing really-and-truly stood out to my husband. For now, I’m just going to shelve the existing list and get it out again in a couple of weeks to see if anything has “grown” on him. I’ll also work on adding any other ideas I find to see if perhaps something else really jumps out at us.

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What about Esprit? Obviously pronunciation is an issue, but it’s so pretty, the meaning is awesome, and it’s a word most people already know, at least! [name_u]Brio[/name_u] would be great, too - it means ‘with fire, excitement, liveliness!’ It’s used in classical music quite a bit. [name_f]Allegra[/name_f], too! [name_f]Revel[/name_f] would be really pretty, too - to celebrate, to really soak in the spirit of something:) Plus it’s pretty and you get the adorable nn Rev, which seems to suit this baby from what you’ve said.