Think your little bundle of joy will be a force to be reckoned with? Or, certain the baby-to-be growing in your belly will take the world by storm? Then look for inspiration from the names given to the storms, hurricanes, and beauty within nature. No better way to pay homage to the original Mom -- Mother Nature! Check out our list of nature baby names inspired by the weather.

Tropical Storm and Hurricane Baby Names

According to the National Hurricane Center, naming hurricanes and tropical storms informally began with meteorologist identified these storms by naming them after their girlfriends and wives. Some time and a few lists later, the list of names are now pre-approved, assigned in alphabetical order, and alternate between male and female.

For those parents who are sure the mom-to-be has a whirlwind of activity going on in her growing belly, you might want to pick out a name from the most recent list of tropical storms and hurricanes:

2009 Baby Names
Storms on the horizon will be donned the following girl names in 2009: Ana, Claudette, Erika, Grace, Ida, Kate, Mindy, Odette, Rose, Teresa, and Wanda.

Boy names in the queue for these amazing acts of nature include Bill, Danny, Fred, Henri, Joaquin, Larry, Nicholas, Peter, Sam, and Victor.

2008 Baby Names
The boy names for 2008 hurricanes and tropical storms included Arthur, Cristobal, Edouard, Gustav, Ike, Kyle, Marco, Omar, Paloma, Teddy, and Wilfred.

Girl names for 2008 downpours included Bertha, Dolly, Fay, Hanna, Josephine, Laura, Nana, Rene, Sally and Vicky.

2007 Baby Names
Girl names given to 2007 rain and wind combos included Andrea, Chantal, Erin, Gabrielle, Ingrid, Karen, Melissa, Olga, Rebekah, Tanya, and Wendy.

Boy names that drenched the tropical storms and hurricanes of 2007 included Barry, Dean, Felix, Humberto, Jerry, Lorenzo, Noel, Pablo, Sebastien, and Van.

2006 Hurricane Baby Names
Storms in these categories for 2006 were given the boy names Alberto, Chris, Ernesto, Gordon, Isaac, Kirk, Michael, Oscar, Rafael, Tony, and William.

Sweet girl names given to roaring weather wonders in 2006 included Beryl, Debby, Florence, Helene, Joyce, Leslie, Nadine, Patty, Sandy, and Valerie.

2005 Hurricane Baby Names
Hurricanes and tropical storms in 2005 boomed with girl names Arlene, Cindy, Emily, Gert, Irene, Katrina, Maria, Ophelia, Rita, Tammy, and Wilma.

Wondrous weather in 2005 was labeled with boy names Bret, Dennis, Franklin, Harvey, Jose, Lee, Nate, Philippe, Stan, and Vince.

2005 brought an extra helping of Mother Nature, because scientist add to the list to accommodate additional storms. These names included Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, and Zeta, although you may need to be prepare your tiny tot for some teasing on the playground should you dip into this pool of names.

2004 Hurricane Baby Names
In 2004, boy names Alex, Charley, Earl, Ivan, Karl, Matthew, Otto, Richard, Tomas, and Walter identified these wonders of nature.

Girl names for stormy outbursts by nature in 2004 included Bonnie, Gaston, Danielle, Frances, Hermine, Jeanne, Lisa, Nicole, Paula, Shary, and Virginie.

Other Baby Names by Nature

If you want to tip your hat to Mother Nature, but sure the pitter patter of little feet entering your world soon will have a much gentler disposition, one of these monikers suitable for nature and babes alike may be a better fit: Aurora, Autumn, Celeste, Gail/Gale, Heavenly, Kaia (Earth), Rainbow, Rayne, Star, Summer, Sunshine, Sunny/Sonny, Windy/Wendy, or Winter.

No matter what the weather on the day your baby enters the world, there is no doubt your world will change forever.

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