Given name & surname
Tuuli
“of the wind”
Tuuli is used as a given name and a surname. One Finnish interpretation is “of the wind.”
Original FinnishTuulia
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Finnish interpretation is “of the wind.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Finnish.
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Tuuli is a diminutive of TUULIKKI. In Finnish usage, Tuuli is a short form of TUULIKKI.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2020. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tuuli through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 33
- 0 boys · 33 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,790 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,790 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tuuli’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Tuuli is a diminutive of TUULIKKI. Tuuli has a related form in Tuula. In Estonian usage, Tuuli has a related form in TUULE.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Tuuliavariant · Finnish
- Tuulikkifull form · Finnish
- Tuulavariant
- Tuulevariant · Estonian
- Tuuleavariant
- Tuuleyvariant
- Tuulyvariant
- Tuuleevariant
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People named Tuuli
- Tuuli TomingasEstonian biathlete (born 1995)
- Tuuli Petäjä-SirénFinnish windsurferborn 1983
- Tuuli VahtraEstonian chess player (born 1989)
- Tuuli RandEstonian singer (born 1990)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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