Given name & surname
Tempest
“one who is stormy; turbulent”
Tempest is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “one who is stormy; turbulent.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “one who is stormy; turbulent.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tempest through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,322
- 0 boys · 1,322 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 98 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #7,103 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −26%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,103 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 26.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 98 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,101 as a first name in 2020; 624 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tempest’s family of names
Tempest has a related form in Tempestt. Tempest has a related form in Tempanea. Tempest has a related form in Tempanee.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 18
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Appears in
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