Thunder names for baby girls, with 15 entries. While the cause of thunder has now been explained by science, early man attributed the phenomenon to possibly being the weapon of a celestial god. References to thunder and lightning have been traced as far back to 4,000 years ago in Akkadian times. In Scandinavian mythology, lightning was produced as the thunder god Thor struck his anvil. ‘Thunder’ names have not strayed far from their celestial-inspired origins, as many of these names take the meaning of thunder god.
Thunder names are uncommon as baby girl names. Their usage peaked modestly in 1904 with 0.007% of baby girls being given Thunder names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there was 1 Thunder name. The names have slipped in popularity since then, and are currently of sporadic use.