Given name & surname
Tuula
“of the wind”
Tuula is a variant of Tuuli. One Finnish interpretation is “of the wind.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tuula is a variant of Tuuli. One Finnish interpretation is “of the wind.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Tuula is a variant of Tuuli. An origin associated with Tuuli is Finnish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tuula through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 15
- 0 boys · 15 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 215 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tuula’s family of names
In Greenlandic usage, Tuula was borrowed from the Danish form Thora. Tuula has a related form in Tuuli. In Greenlandic usage, Tuula has a related form in Tûla.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tuula
- Tuula HaatainenFinnish politicianborn 1960
- Tuula PuputtiFinnish ice hockey playerborn 1977
- Tuula-Liina VarisFinnish journalistborn 1942
- Tuula TenkanenFinnish sailorborn 1990
- Tuula VilkasFinnish speed skaterborn 1950
- Tuula TeeriFinnish biologistborn 1957
- Tuula VäätäinenFinnish politicianborn 1955
- Tuula LinnainmaaFinnish politicianborn 1942
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.