Tempest
A girls’ name of Old French origin, meaning storm, violent wind.
Baby Names Arena rank
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needs 5 head-to-heads
Win rate
45%
of head-to-heads
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Tempest by the numbers
Tempest was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 98 babies in 1990, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that mean the wind
Like Tempest, each of these has the wind in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Audrastorm174 in the US (2017)
- Hawaair, breeze; also Hawaiian165 in England and Wales (2025)
- Stormtempest or violent wind163 in the US (2017)
- Brisabreeze157 in the US (2017)
- Aurabreeze or breath; luminous emanation60 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rudrathe roarer; hindu storm god66 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Tempest
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