How Cyclones are Named

The names of significant tropical cyclones are retired from the lists, with a replacement name selected at the next World Meteorological Organization's Hurricane Committee. If all of the names on a list are used, storms are named using the letters of the Greek alphabet.
This article is about the current and future tropical cyclone lists. For the history of naming, see History of tropical cyclone naming. For previously named storms, see Historic tropical cyclone names. Tropical cyclones and subtropical cyclones are named by various warning centers to provide ease of communication between forecasters and the general public regarding forecasts, watches, and warnings. The names are intended to reduce confusion in the event of concurrent storms in the same basin. Generally once storms produce sustained wind speeds of more than 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph), names are assigned in order from predetermined lists depending on which basin they originate. However, standards vary from basin to basin: some tropical depressions are named in the Western Pacific, while tropical cyclones must have a significant amount of gale-force winds occurring around the centre before they are named in the Southern Hemisphere.

Before the formal start of naming, tropical cyclones were named after places, objects, or saints' feast days on which they occurred. The credit for the first usage of personal names for weather systems is generally given to the Queensland Government Meteorologist Clement Wragge, who named systems between 1887 and 1907. This system of naming weather systems subsequently fell into disuse for several years after Wragge retired, until it was revived in the latter part of World War II for the Western Pacific. Formal naming schemes and naming lists have subsequently been introduced and developed for the Eastern, Central, Western and Southern Pacific basins, as well as the Australian region, Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean.

Tropical cyclone naming institutions

Tropical cyclone naming institutions
Basin	Institution	Area of responsibility
Northern Hemisphere
North Atlantic Eastern Pacific	United States National Hurricane Center	Equator northward, African Coast – 140°W
Central Pacific	United States Central Pacific Hurricane Center	Equator northward, 140°W - 180°
Western Pacific	Japan Meteorological Agency PAGASA (Unofficial)	Equator – 60°N, 180 – 100°E 5°N – 21°N, 115°E – 135°E
North Indian Ocean	India Meteorological Department	Equator northward, 100°E – 45°E
Southern Hemisphere
South-West Indian Ocean	Mauritius Meteorological Services Météo Madagascar	Equator – 40°S, 55°E – 90°E Equator – 40°S, African Coast – 55°E
Australian region	Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Papua New Guinea National Weather Service Australian Bureau of Meteorology	Equator – 10°S, 90°E – 141°E Equator – 10°S, 141°E – 160°E 10°S – 36°S, 90°E – 160°E
Southern Pacific	Fiji Meteorological Service Meteorological Service of New Zealand	Equator – 25°S, 160°E – 120°W 25°S – 40°S, 160°E – 120°W
South Atlantic	Brazilian Navy Hydrographic Center (Unofficial)	Equator – 35°S, Brazilian Coast – 20°W

there is huge list of named cyclones. some lists are given below.

Within the North Atlantic Ocean, tropical or subtropical cyclones are named by the National Hurricane Center (NHC/RSMC Miami) when they are judged to have intensified into a tropical storms with winds of at least 34 kn (39 mph; 63 km/h).^[1] There are six lists of names which rotate every six years and begin with the first letters A—W used, skipping Q and U, and alternating between male and female names.^[1] The names of significant tropical cyclones are retired from the lists, with a replacement name selected at the next World Meteorological Organization's Hurricane Committee meeting.^[1] If all of the names on a list are used, storms are named after the letters of the Greek alphabet.^[1]

The current naming scheme began with the 1979 season. It uses alternating women's and men's names, and also includes some Spanish and a few French names. Before then, only women's names were used.

List of Atlantic tropical cyclone names

2017
Names	Arlene	Bret	Cindy	Don	Emily	Franklin	Gert	Harvey	Irma	Jose	Katia
	Lee	Maria	Nate	Ophelia	Philippe	Rina	Sean	Tammy	Vince	Whitney
2018
Names	Alberto	Beryl	Chris	Debby	Ernesto	Florence	Gordon	Helene	Isaac	Joyce	Kirk
	Leslie	Michael	Nadine	Oscar	Patty	Rafael	Sara	Tony	Valerie	William
2019
Names	Andrea	Barry	Chantal	Dorian	Erin	Fernand	Gabrielle	Humberto	Imelda	Jerry	Karen
	Lorenzo	Melissa	Nestor	Olga	Pablo	Rebekah	Sebastien	Tanya	Van	Wendy
2020
Names	Arthur	Bertha	Cristobal	Dolly	Edouard	Fay	Gonzalo	Hanna	Isaias	Josephine	Kyle
	Laura	Marco	Nana	Omar	Paulette	Rene	Sally	Teddy	Vicky	Wilfred
2021
Names	Ana	Bill	Claudette	Danny	Elsa	Fred	Grace	Henri	Ida	Julian	Kate
	Larry	Mindy	Nicholas	Odette	Peter	Rose	Sam	Teresa	Victor	Wanda
2022
Names	Alex	Bonnie	Colin	Danielle	Earl	Fiona	Gaston	Hermine	Ian	Julia	Karl
	Lisa	Martin	Nicole	Owen	Paula	Richard	Shary	Tobias	Virginie	Walter

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