A spokesperson for the forecaster said many of the ideas submitted by the public are creative and amusing, but joked that they cannot be used officially
Hundreds of suggestions, including humorous ones such as “Elon Gust” and “Dame Judi Drench”, have been submitted to the UK’s weather service as potential names for future storms.
The public has been invited to propose names each year since 2015, although only around 20 are typically selected for the final list. Other suggestions received this year included “Stormy McStormFace,” “Keir Stormer,” “David Blowy,” “Storm Prince Andrew,” “Bruce Spring Storm,” “Fifty Shades of Rain,” and “Stormzy.”
The list of submissions was disclosed following a Freedom of Information request to the Met Office.
A spokesperson for the forecaster said many of the ideas submitted by the public are creative and amusing, but joked that they cannot be used officially.
“Some of the names are really clever and funny and we enjoy seeing them suggested,” the forecaster said. “However, we couldn’t ever use comedy names for our storms, because at the heart of it, naming storms has an important safety purpose.”
More than 50,000 name suggestions were submitted for the 2025–26 storm season. From these, meteorological agencies selected the official list: Amy, Bram, Chandra, Dave, Eddie, Fionnuala, Gerard, Hannah, Isla, Janna, Kasia, Lilith, Marty, Nico, Oscar, Patrick, Ruby, Stevie, Tadhg, Violet and Wubbo.
Storm Chandra struck the UK and Ireland at the end of January, with Dave next in line if another significant system develops.
However, with spring approaching, some of the remaining names may not be used. Storms are only named when they are expected to cause medium (amber) or high (red) weather impacts in the UK, Ireland or the Netherlands.
The storm-naming list is compiled jointly each year by the national weather services of the three countries. Other regional groups in Europe follow similar systems: Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium and Luxembourg coordinate storm names for southwestern Europe, while Denmark, Sweden and Norway manage naming for storms in the far north.
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