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Tempestt

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Pronounced TEM-pist /ˈtɛm.pɪst/High

Meaning: Tempestt is a double-t respelling of Tempest, from Latin tempestas, 'storm, weather,' by way of Old French tempeste. It is a dramatic word-name whose extra 't' marks a specific popular bearer, and it means 'storm.'Medium

In 30 seconds: Tempestt is Tempest — Latin for 'storm' — with a bold double 't' (said 'TEM-pist'). Its spelling and late-eighties peak trace to actress Tempestt Bledsoe.
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Origin MediumLatin
MeaningTempestt is a double-t respelling of Tempest, from Latin tempestas, 'storm, weather,' by way of Old French tempeste. It is a dramatic word-name whose extra 't' marks a specific popular bearer, and it means 'storm.'
U.S. rank (2002)#17875 ↘ Falling
2002 U.S. births5 girls (0.00% of U.S. girls)
Peak year1989
Total births (all-time)≈ 643

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

peak 198919852002

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.

History & Origin

Tempestt is a respelling of the word-name Tempest, from Latin tempestas, 'storm.' Almost unused before the eighties, the specific spelling spread on the fame of actress Tempestt Bledsoe of The Cosby Show and reached its high near 1989 at close to a hundred girls a year.

A girl named Tempestt at that peak is in her mid-thirties today, tying the name to that television moment. Use fell once the show ended, and it reads as a name of the late eighties; the plainer Tempest is the form parents recognize now, sharing the 'storm' meaning.

Did you know? Tempestt owes its exact double-t spelling and its peak around 1989 to Tempestt Bledsoe, who played Vanessa on The Cosby Show through the eighties.
Overall data confidence 62%
References — Tempestt — Respelling of Tempest (Lat. 'storm'); Tempestt Bledsoe, late-1980s peak

Variations

TempestTempestt

Nicknames

TempieTess

Famous Bearers

  • ★Tempestt Bledsoe (1973–present)
    American actress who played Vanessa Huxtable on The Cosby Show, popularizing the spelling

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Tempestt mean?

Tempestt is a respelling of Tempest, from the Latin for 'storm.'

How do you pronounce Tempestt?

It's said TEM-pist /ˈtɛm.pɪst/ — two syllables, stress on the first.

Is Tempestt a boy or girl name?

Tempestt is used as a girl's name.

How popular is Tempestt?

Tempestt flared up in the late eighties on the fame of a television actress and has been rare since; it reads as a name of that moment.

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