Disaster Names
Names that mean accident, cataclysm, destruction, disaster, drought,
earthquake, flood, ill-fated, ill-starred, plague, misfortune, ruination,
suicide, starvation, tempest, tornado, tsunami, volcanic eruption.
 
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• FEMALE:

  1. AKELDAMA (ħqęl dmâ): Aramaic biblical name of the place where Judas Iscariot committed suicide, meaning "field of blood." 

  2. CORENTINE: Feminine form of French Corentin, probably meaning "hurricane, tempest." 

  3. DESDEMONA: Literary name derived from the Greek word dysdaimon, meaning "ill-starred." 

  4. DISDEMONA: Variant of Desdemona, meaning "ill-starred." 

  5. DOIREANN: Old Gaelic name, probably derived from the word doireann (also spelled doirionn), meaning "tempestuous weather." 

  6. DOREAN: English form of Gaelic Doireann, meaning "tempestuous weather." 

  7. ELYSE: Variant form of English Elysia, meaning "lightning-struck."
  8. ELYSIA: "Lightning-struck." English name derived from the name of the heavenly fields of Elysia in Greek and Roman mythology, a section of the Underworld called Elysium in Latin, Elysion in Greek. The name evolved from a designation of a place, or person, struck by lightning--enelysion, enelysios.

  9. KEPI: Egyptian name meaning "tempest."

  10. PATIENCE: One of the seven Christian virtue names, derived from the vocabulary word, itself from Latin pati, meaning "to suffer." The Puritans considered it virtuous "to suffer" misfortune and persecution without complaint or loss of faith.

  11. PELE: Hawaiian myth name of the goddess of dance, fire, lightning, violence, and volcanoes, meaning "lava." She is said to sometimes appear to people, resembling either a beautiful young woman or a frail old woman. Signs of her presence are fine golden strands of volcanic glass said to be her hair, or droplets of lava said to be her tears.

  12. TEMPEST: English name derived from the vocabulary word, meaning "tempest, violent storm."

• MALE:

  1. ABADDON: Biblical name of the dark angel of the abyss, meaning "destruction; ruination." 

  2. ARES: Greek myth name of the son of Zeus and Hera. Identified with Roman Mars. Derived from the Greek word ares, meaning "battle strife; ruination."

  3. AVDIMA: Aramaic name meaning "destruction, loss."

  4. AVDIMI: Variant of Aramaic Avdima, meaning "destruction, loss."

  5. BORA: Turkish name meaning "hurricane."
  6. CONLAOCH: "Chief warrior." Irish myth name of the son of Cuchulainn who accidentally killed him, composed of the elements conn "chief" and laoch "warrior." 
  7. CORENTIN: Breton/French name of Celtic origin, probably meaning "hurricane, tempest." 
  8. CUCHULAINN (Cúchulainn): "Hound of Culann." Irish myth name of a heroic warrior who accidentally killed his son Conlaoch.
  9. HUARWAR: "The Hungry." Son of Halwn in Culhwch and Olwen. Called one of the three plagues of Cornwall. 
  10. HUARWOR: Variant of Huarwar, meaning "the hungry."
  11. HUNG: Chinese name meaning "flood."
  12. HYAKINTHOS: "Hyacinth flower." Greek myth name of a youth loved by Apollo who was accidentally killed by him, after which the hyacinth flower sprouted from his blood.
  13. SHIVA: "The destroyer." Hindi myth name of one of the Trimurti, the other two being Brahma "the creator" and Vishnu "the preserver." 
  14. SIB: Variant of Hindi Shiva, meaning "the destroyer."
  15. SVADILFARI: "Disaster; ill-fated." In Norse mythology, this was the name of a magical stallion belonging to a frost giant.
  16. TALBOT: "Messenger of destruction." English surname transferred to forename use, probably composed of the Germanic elements tal "destroy" and bod "message, tidings." 
  17. UKWTAKUN: "Starvation." Micmac legend name of a demigod whose howling signifies the approach of death and destruction. 
  18. URIEL: Biblical name of one of the seven archangels, meaning "God is my flame." He was one of the angels stationed at God's throne. He is considered the wisest of the archangels because his light is not merely of the physical kind, but rather the ultra-spiritual kind, making him highly intellectually illuminated. Uriel was the angel who warned Noah of the coming flood, and helped the prophet Ezra interpret a prediction concerning the coming Messiah. He is the angel of divine magic, alchemy, writing, earthquakes, floods, and other kinds of cataclysms. In 145 A.D., Uriel, along with six other angels, was removed from the Church's list of recognized angels. 
  19. VOLKAN: Turkish name meaning "volcano."
  20. VRITRA: Hindi myth name of a dragon or serpent, the personification of drought and enemy of Indra, meaning "the enveloper."