Japanese Names Meaning Thunder, Cloud, Storm & Lighting

Japanese parents warn children to cover their belly buttons during a storm, or the thunder god will steal them. I have hand-picked 57 Japanese names meaning thunder, cloud, storm, lightning, rain, wind, mist and snow, as well as their meanings.

Japanese Names Meaning Thunder:

Raita

“Great thunder” in Japanese and a yogurt side dish in India.

Ikazuchi

It is pronounced ee-kah-ZOO-chee. Eight thunder deities in the Kojiki are known as Ikazuchi. Each one represents a different type of storm.

Rai

Thunder, trust, “next” or flower bud, depending on the kanji.

Raijin

“Thunder god.”

Todoroki

Pronounced toh-doh-ROH-kee. Roar. Tokyo has only one valley that is inside its city wards which is Todoroki Valley.

Narukami

Narukami comes from naru, to sound, and kami, god.

Raiga

“Thunder/fang.”

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Raito

”Thunder” or “trusted person.”

Cloud:

Kirara

“Sparkle”. Save

Shiun

It is made of shi, purple, and un, cloud.

Yakumo

Yakumo (“eight clouds”) was the Japanese moniker Lafcadio Hearn chose for himself.

Seiun

“Star/cloud.”

Kumo

Cloud. With other kanji, spider.

Kumoi

“Above the clouds,” or the imperial court in old poems.

Izumo

It combines izu, to emerge, and kumo, cloud.

Hibari

Hibari is a favorite of mine. It is meaning “skylark” and is written with the kanji for cloud and sparrow.

Murakumo

“Gathering clouds,” and an early name of Kusanagi, a legendary sword.

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Storm:

Arashi

“Storm” in Japanese. Save

Nowaki

“Autumn storm,” and a chapter title in The Tale of Genji, which is a classic work by lady-in-waiting Murasaki Shikibu.

Hayate

“Gale/sudden wind.”

Murasame

“Village rain,” or a sudden heavy shower.

Fubuki

Fubuki (“snowstorm”) Koshiji sang French chansons in Japanese.

Lightning:

Inazuma

”Lightning” or “rice spouse”.

Raiki

Thunder and radiance, coming hope, trusted hope or “coming light,” by kanji choice.

Raiden

Raiden (“thunder and lightning”) Tameemon lost ten sumo bouts in his career.

Inabikari

“Lightning flash”.

Shiden

“Purple lightning,” as well as a navy fighter plane (Kawanishi N1K Shiden-Kai) in World War Two.

Raiko

Flash of lightning. Different kanji spell demon slayer Minamoto no Raiko.

Rain:

Shigure

“Late autumn shower.” Poet Basho’s death day is named after it. Hundreds of editions have since been published in several languages. Save

Kosame

Kosame is symbolizing ”light rain.”

Miu

Beautiful rain or “beautiful feather.”

Uryu

It combines u, rain, and ryu, dragon.

Ame

“Rain.” Spoken with a different pitch, it means candy.

Amaya

“Night rain.”

Amane

Sound of rain, heavenly sound, sound of the sea or “everywhere,” depending on the kanji.

Tsuyu

Plum rain, the June rainy season.

Samidare

“Fifth month rain”, the long showers of early summer. These rains coincide with Children’s Day.

Kirisame

From kiri, fog, and same, rain.

Wind:

Kaze

“Wind”. With other kanji, a cold.

Futa

Big wind.

Fuma

Fuma (“wind demon”) Kotaro was part of a ninja band for the Hojo clan.

Kazane

A name that I love: “sound of the wind.”

Kochi

“East wind.” Kochi is also the opening word of Sugawara no Michizane’s plum blossom poem.

Sota

“Swift breeze” or war in Finnish.

Fuga

Elegance, from fu, wind, and ga, grace.

Fuka

“Wind flower,” or snow drifting down from a clear sky.

Nagi

“Calm,” the moment the wind drops at sea.

Kogarashi

Tree-withering wind, the first cold blast of winter.

Mist And Fog:

Kasumi

“Mist,” or spring haze in poetry.

Kiri

Fog. With other kanji, paulownia, the tree on Japan’s government seal. More than 140 designs exist of the paulownia crests.

Asagiri

“Morning fog.”

Sagiri

From sa, a prefix, and kiri, fog.

Yugiri

Evening mist.

Snow:

Yuki

“Snow,” or happiness with other kanji.

Koyuki

Koyuki (“little snow”) Kato played Taka in The Last Samurai.

Mizore

Sleet.

Sasameyuki

“Light snow.” Sasameyuki is also the title of Tanizaki’s novel The Makioka Sisters. It is about four women who try to preserve a way of life.