How cyclone 'Fani' got its name...

This May 1, 2019, satellite image obtained courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Tropical Cyclone Fani intensifying in the Bay of Bengal AFP.

Fani is likely to hit Bangladesh on Friday

Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh—and other states with coastlines hugging the Bay of Bengal—are bracing for Cyclone Fani to make landfall. Cyclone Fani—pronounced "Foni"—is gaining strength over the southeast Bay of Bengal and will soon develop into an "extremely severe cyclonic" storm.

The name for this cyclone was suggested by Bangladesh, reports India Today. 

The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has devised a mechanism where countries submit it a list of names from time-to-time. Cyclone names are chosen from this pool.

For tropical cyclones developing in the North Indian Ocean, countries—like India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Maldives, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, and Thailand—send in their names to the regional tropical cyclone committee.

At present, all eight countries have submitted eight names each, to name future cyclones. The name Fani was chosen from the list of 64 names