The tradition of naming storms is nothing new in the United States, where it's been done since 1953, but it's only lately caught on in the UK.
It wasn’t until 2014 that the Met Office opted to start issuing male and female names to confirmed storms in a bid to help raise awareness and inform the public of the risks of upcoming bad weather.
Each year, they team up with Ireland's Met Éireann and Holland's KNMI weather service to select each years’ list of names from suggestions submitted by the public.
They are assigned in alphabetical order, but there are no names starting with the letters Q, U, X, Y and Z - meaning there are a total of 21 names picked each year.
Here are all the names for this year. Let's hope we don't make it all the way to Walid...
Each year, they team up with Ireland's Met Éireann and Holland's KNMI weather service to select each years’ list of names from suggestions submitted by the public.
![A female Scandinavian and Welsh name, Elin is derived from the Greek name Helen, meaning 'bright', 'shining', or 'sunbeam'.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2023/10/18/13/Untitled%20design%20-%202023-10-18T142858.476.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
5. Elin
A female Scandinavian and Welsh name, Elin is derived from the Greek name Helen, meaning 'bright', 'shining', or 'sunbeam'. | Canva/Getty Images
![Fergus, also spelled Feargus, is one of the oldest known Scottish names and means 'the strong one'.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2023/10/18/13/Untitled%20design%20-%202023-10-18T144152.508.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
6. Fergus
Fergus, also spelled Feargus, is one of the oldest known Scottish names and means 'the strong one'. | Canva/Getty Images
![A Dutch name with Germanic roots, Gerrit means 'brave with spear'.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2023/10/18/13/Untitled%20design%20-%202023-10-18T144439.375.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
7. Gerrit
A Dutch name with Germanic roots, Gerrit means 'brave with spear'. | Canva/Getty Images
![Henk is a shortened version of the Dutch Hendrik, meaning 'ruler of the home'.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2023/10/18/13/Untitled%20design%20-%202023-10-18T144807.526.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
8. Henk
Henk is a shortened version of the Dutch Hendrik, meaning 'ruler of the home'. | Canva/Getty Images