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[Opinions] Retired hurricane names throughout the years (Atlantic)
by Realisticmind379
4/3/2023, 7:03 PM
Inspired by a recent post. I decided to look up names that are no longer used for hurricanes and came across this alphabetical list. Pretty interesting I think, although most of these storms happened well before my time. Agnes (1972)
Alicia (1983)
Allen (1980)
Allison (2001. Too young to remember this one. Also the name of my youngest niece)
Andrew (1992)
Anita (1977)
Audrey (1957 😭)
Betsy (1965)
Beulah (1967)
Bob (1991)
Camille (1969)
Carla (1961)
Carmen (1974)
Carol (1954)
Celia (1970)
Cesar (1996)
Charley (2004)
Cleo (1964)
Connie (1955)
David (1979)
Dean (2007)
Dennis (2005)
Diana (1990)
Diane (1955. Wow, so both Diana & Diane)
Donna (1960)
Dora (1964)
Dorian (2019. Remembered this one + name of a relative)
Edna (1954)
Elena (1985)
Eloise (1975)
Erika (2015)
Eta (2020)
Fabian (2003)
Felix (2007)
Fifi (1974)
Flora (1963)
Florence (2018. Remembered this one)
Floyd (1999. Heard about this one I think)
Fran (1996)
Frances (2004)
Frederic (1979)
Georges (1998)
Gilbert (1988)
Gloria (1985)
Greta (1978)
Gustav (2008)
Harvey (2017. Remembered this one well)
Hattie (1961)
Hazel (1954)
Hilda (1964)
Hortense (1996)
Hugo (1989)
Ida (2021)
Igor (2010)
Ike (2008)
Inez (1966)
Ingrid (2013)
Ione (1955)
Iota (2020)
Irene (2011. Absolutely remembered this one.)
Iris (2001)
Irma (2017. Remembered this one)
Isabel (2003)
Isidore (2002)
Ivan (2004)
Janet (1955)
Jeanne (2004)
Joan (1988)
Joaquin (2015)
Juan (2003)
Katrina (2005. This one's real obvious)
Keith (2000)
Klaus (1990)
Laura (2020)
Lenny (1999)
Lili (2002)
Luis (1995)
Maria (2017. Remembered this one)
Marilyn (1995)
Matthew (2016. Remembered this one + relative's name)
Michael (2018. Remembered this one)
Michelle (2001)
Mitch (1998)
Nate (2017)
Noel (2007)
Opal (1995)
Otto (2016)
Paloma (2008)
Rita (2005)
Roxanne (1995)
Sandy (2012. Another real obvious one. Remembered this one QUITE well)
Stan (2005)
Tomas (2010)
Wilma (2005)My favorites from the list of names are these: Allison, Andrew, Audrey, Cleo, Dean Diana, Greta, Gustav, Elena, Eloise, Erika (prefer Erica) Ida, Igor (G.P) Ivan, Klaus, Laura, Maria, Matthew, Nate, Roxanne & Tomas.
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- guasguendi
4/4/2023, 1:07 AM
My favourites:Agnes
Alicia
Allen (best spelling, in my opinion)
Andrew
Audrey (this one was devastating! Also, its satellite image is rather gloomy)
Camille (same as Audrey; devastating and gloomy)
Carmen
Celia
Dean
Diana
Dorian (I remember seeing this one on the news. It surprised me when it stopped over the Bahamas and stayed there for a few days)
Elena
Eloise
Erika (retired as a tropical storm!)
Fabian
Felix
Flora
Florence
Frances
Frederic (this spelling is better than Frederick)
Georges
Gloria
Hilda
Ida
Igor
Ingrid
Irene
Iris
Isabel
Ivan (had a weird track)
Joaquin
Katrina (I hope it re-enters the top 1000, it's one of my favourites form of Katherine)
Laura
Maria
Marilyn
Noel
Opal
Otto
Wilma (had a rapid intensification)
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- Impala1729
4/4/2023, 1:03 AM
- sprout
4/3/2023, 11:51 PM
- erb816   +1
4/3/2023, 7:33 PM
Most of these were before my time as well, though I think I'm older than you (Hurricane Andrew happened when I was an infant). I'll never forget Katrina and Rita back-to-back, hammering the Gulf of Mexico the way they did - nor the political maelstrom that followed (I was a freshman in high school, just starting to become more "aware" and not take what I was told at face value).It's a shame how stigmatized the name Katrina was for a long time, because I've always liked the name. It might not be as taboo anymore, though. Although I checked the popularity stats and the drop-off is a bit less steep than I'd thought it would be; but it still fell out of the Top 1000 a decade ago.Other names on this list I like:Audrey
Carla
Carol
Connie (as a nickname for Constance)
David
Dennis (he's a real menace, isn't he?)
Diana
Donna
Dorian
Elena (I had no idea this was the name of a hurricane!)
Florence
Gustav
Hazel
Ione (no idea this was a hurricane name, either)
Irene (oh, this was a bad one)
Iris
Isabel
Joan
Laura
Matthew (yeah, this one, too)
Michael
Noel (why don't I remember this one?)
Otto
Roxanne
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- Realisticmind379
4/4/2023, 9:07 AM
I agree it is a shame. Katrina is actually a pretty nice name. Someone I used to know from a few years ago mentioned that she once had a friend named Katrina and whenever she would get mad (which sounded like it was often) her and her other friends would call her hurricane Katrina. :(
I'm sure the stigmatism of the name is still plenty there and likely won't make a resurgence anytime soon, which again, is a shame.
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