Returning to symbolism, the names Miran, Pace, Shanti and Solomon can be traced back to words meaning "peace" in Slavic, Middle English, Sanskrit and Hebrew. In that vein, there are Helio/Helios and Ravi, sun gods from Greek and Hindu myth. The reader mentioned that names that were the "opposite" of storm could also work. Gods of wind and/or storms include Enlil (Sumerian), Amon (Egyptian) and Zephyr/Zephyrus (Greek). Gods of thunder and/or lightning include Perun (Slavic), Thor (Greek), Taranis (Celtic) and Raijin (Japanese). Next, since I was already thinking about grand-scale things, I turned my attention to the gods. I found Barak, Hebrew for "lightning." The Biblical names Anan and Anani mean "cloud" and "my cloud." Urtzi (Basque) and Kalani (Hawaiian) are two names that mean "sky." Finally, on a more symbolic level, I thought the Slavic name Casimir, "destroyer of peace," sounded quite storm-like. Then I looked for names with meanings that could be associated with storms. But, unless my reader is going for a Phoenix-style family (e.g., River, Rain, Summer), these names might not work well next to Storm. My first thoughts were the dual-gender names Sky and Rain (and all of their various forms, including Skye and Rayne). Ideally, the name should be unusual, but not too unusual. The reader has a son named Storm and would like to find a related nature-name for baby boy #2, due this fall. I received an interesting question from a reader the other day.
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