Raiden

Raiden comes from the Japanese raijin, a contraction of rai for thunder and jin for god or spirit, the storm deity often depicted in woodblock prints surrounded by a ring of drums. It entered American consciousness largely through the Mortal Kombat franchise and has since stood comfortably outside its game-character origins, sitting at rank 449 as a name parents choose for its sheer weather-patterned drama. Two syllables, a rolling opening and a firm close, evoking lightning on a far ridge. Mythic without being solemn, bold without being aggressive, Raiden hits like distant summer thunder, announced and remembered.