Anyone saying the names of the Houses reflect their place in pre-Whirlwind society is speculating without any concrete evidence except maybe in reference to The House of Judgment. We know that in modern times the Houses are more or less the Fallen's equivalent of nation-states. They each have a self contained political and military hierarchy and claim territory independent of one another. We know their hierarchy is at least an echo of their past which suggests that pre-Whirlwind they were at least vaguely feudalistic. We know that prior to its collapse the House of Judgment seemed to serve as a kind of intermediate between the Houses, at least in post-Whirlwind society. They served as advisors to the Kells and leaders of other Houses and served as the lore keepers of their past. What if any specific function any other House served during pre-Whirlwind society is unknown, though the authorship of the Kell of Kells Prophecy was attributed to the House of Rain.