Why do people give female names to the hurricanes?

Meteorologists long ago learned that naming tropical storms and hurricanes helps people remember the storms, communicate about them more effectively, and so stay safer if and ... In 1953, to avoid the repetitive use of names, the system was revised so that storms would be named after female names. read more

The next year, the bureau embraced forecasters’ informal practice of giving hurricanes women’s names. Because America led the world in weather tracking technology at the time, many other countries adopted the new nomenclature. read more

Actually, since the 1970’s in the US, hurricanes alternate between male and female names. read more