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Tempest

/TEM-pist/ FeminineEnglish

Meaning

Tempest is a feminine name of English origin meaning “violent storm”.

Tempest takes the grandest English word for a storm, with Shakespeare's late masterpiece attached, and survives as both an old Yorkshire surname and a dramatic first name. Modern use leans feminine, balancing fury and poetry in three syllables.

Rare but consistently recorded in US naming data.

At a glance

Origin
English
Gender
Feminine
Pronounced
/TEM-pist/
Themes
StormOcean

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Questions

  • Tempest is a feminine name of English origin meaning “violent storm”. Tempest takes the grandest English word for a storm, with Shakespeare's late masterpiece attached, and survives as both an old Yorkshire surname and a dramatic first name.

  • Tempest is traditionally a feminine (girl) name. Rare but consistently recorded in US naming data.

  • The name Tempest comes from English. Tempest takes the grandest English word for a storm, with Shakespeare's late masterpiece attached, and survives as both an old Yorkshire surname and a dramatic first name. Modern use leans feminine, balancing fury and poetry in three syllables.

  • Tempest is pronounced TEM-pist.

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  3. Audra FeminineLithuanian“storm”
  4. Barak MasculineHebrew“lightning”
  5. Baran UnisexPersian and Kurdish“rain”
  6. Boreas MasculineGreek“north wind”