AIBU to tell the Met Office there's no such name as Henk

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Henk?

Seriously? Thats a made up name if ever there was.

Isn't it Dutch?

The name's aren't just UK based.

Very common Dutch and Belgian name. Storm Gerrit was named after a Dutch weatherman.

I know a Henk - Dutchman

I assume it's Dutch. I believe the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands take it in turns.

It's not made up. It's a fairly popular name where I live.

Well you learn something new every day.

Still a ridiculous name though lol

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Tell us you're ignorant without telling us you're ignorant 🤣

Are you not aware that all words are made up.

Henk is a dutch name, it influenced the name Hank.

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Ridiculous because it’s foreign? Or because you haven’t heard of it?

The storm name is not the ridiculous sounding thing here

Apart from the good point made by other posters, yabu simply because the names are voted on by the public not by the met office, so even if it was named by uk met office its the public that choose the names

They rotate, English Dutch and Irish I think.

Just because you've never heard of something it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. A 30 second Google would have told you it is a name and that the storm has been named by the Dutch.

I thought Gerrit was the same as Witcher. But DH put me right on that one!

UK Storm Centre - Met Office info page on storm namings

I think it's pronounced Hank.

Why on earth do storms need names? Why are we personifying the weather?!

Other cultures have names too.

It's Dutch. Our best man was Henk. He is Dutch.

I knew one years ago- he was a Dutch multimillionaire. I certainly wasn't going to question his name as he paid for my family contact flights (he owned the company, flights were part of the relocation package).

Are you aware how xenophobic this makes you sound?

Agree.

It’s obviously a real name. Why would they make up a name for a storm?