Initially, hurricanes are named in honor of the bad politicians

For the first time the names of tropical cyclones began to give at the end of the 19th century Australian meteorologist Clement Vregg innovator. It is used for these purposes the Greek alphabet and characters of Greek and Roman mythology.

But at some point, it seemed to him that it is not enough original, and then decided to call Vregg hurricanes after local politicians for some reason he does not like. So he said that "officials" are "cause great disaster" or "wandering aimlessly around the Pacific Ocean." For some time the practice was widespread, but later became fashionable to give female names to hurricanes.

via factroom.ru