Keir Stormer, Dame Judi Drench, Storm Prince Andrew, and Elon Gust are among the storm names that have been suggested to the Met Office.
Members of the public have put forward thousands of recommendations, which also include Bruce Spring Storm, David Blowy, Benjamin Netanyahu, Stormzy, Storm-y Daniels and Aaaaaaaaagh.
Also among the suggestions were Stormy McStormFace, Blowy McBlowFace, Cloudy McCloudFace and Rainy McRainFace.
A Met Office spokesperson said: “We love the range of names submitted, and getting more people engaged in choosing names helps awareness.
“Some of the names are really clever and funny and we enjoy seeing them suggested. However, we couldn't ever use comedy names for our storms, because at the heart of it, naming storms has an important safety purpose.”
In 2015, the Met Office launched its scheme to allow members of the public to submit storm names for consideration. A list of around 20 names is jointly compiled by the Met Office, Irish meteorological service Met Éireann, and the Netherlands’s KNMI.
The weather agencies had more than 50,000 suggestions submitted for the 2025/2026 season. The 21 names chosen included Amy, Bram, Chandra, Dave, Eddie, Fionnuala, Gerard, Hannah, Isla, Janna, Kasia, Lilith, Marty, Nico, Oscar, Patrick, Ruby, Stevie, Tadhg, Violet and Wubbo.
The list runs from early September to late August to coincide with the start of autumn and the end of summer.
A freedom of information request submitted to the forecaster has revealed more than 27,000 names suggested by the public.
More than 600 of the suggestions had a focus on environmental concerns, with some targeting oil companies, including BPocalypse, Shell-shocked, Exxonstentialthreat, Oily McOilFace, Fossily McFuelface, and Emissions Impossible.
Storms are named in collaboration with Met Éireann and KNMI. They are given names when they are forecast to cause medium or high impacts.
“We know that naming storms works, it helps to raise awareness of their impacts and keep people safe - and we want the names to be memorable,” a Met Office spokesperson said.
“Some years we have a different theme to choosing names, one year we chose based on stories behind the names, another time names were chosen to honour emergency responders.
“This year our final choices were a mixture of the most popular nominations and some with funny associations, such as a snoring husband as well as a little girl who is a whirlwind.”
Storm Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, named after the village in Wales, was also among the suggestions, as well as Hail Yeah, About Time We Need Some Rain, Buzz Lightning, Darth Vapour, Arnold Stormneggar, Harristorm Ford, and Fifty Shades of Rain.
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