Tempestt
Feminine · “Storm”
Tempestt is the spelling of one actress, Tempestt Bledsoe, who grew up on American television as Vanessa Huxtable. The word inside it is older than storms: tempest comes from the Latin for a season, and that from the Latin for time.
How old is the name Tempestt?
Tempestt first appears in US birth records in 1985 — 40 years ago. The typical Tempestt alive today was born around 1989, making them about 36 years old. About 600 people named Tempestt are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Tempestt most popular?
Tempestt peaked in 1989, reaching #1479 nationally. See the whole 1989 chart.
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Where it comes from
From tempus to Tempestt
The story of Tempestt
Latin used tempestas for a period of time, then for the weather of that time, and finally for bad weather, and English took the word from French as tempest. French still uses one word, temps, for both time and weather. Tempestt Bledsoe was cast as Vanessa, the third Huxtable daughter, on The Cosby Show when it began in 1984 and played her for all eight seasons; the doubled t at the end is her own spelling. The name appears in the American record in the years the show was on the air, in this exact spelling as well as Tempest.
Meaning
Storm, from the English word tempest
Tempest comes through Old French from Latin tempestas, 'a season, weather, a storm', which is built on tempus, 'time'.
How the name formed
- tempus
- tempestas
- tempest
- Tempestt
Related forms: Tempest · Tempestas
Pronouncing Tempestt
TEM-pist
Said like the word tempest; the second t is silent.
Nicknames for Tempestt
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1985
- Most girls named
- 198998 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1479reached in 1989
- Change vs 2001
- −54.5%5 in 2002, from 11
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Tempestt in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Tempest in English — spelling variant
- Tempestas in Latin — related form
Tempestts among us
people named Tempestt are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Tempestt sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Everyone can say it, because it is an English word.
- Linked to a well-known actress who carried the exact spelling.
- Rare, so a Tempestt is unlikely to share her name.
- The doubled t will be dropped by almost everyone, so expect to spell it every time.
- A name that means 'storm' invites predictable jokes about temper; they are easy to shrug off.
- The show it came from is now remembered alongside the sexual-assault allegations against its star, and some people will think of that first.
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Frequently asked
- How many Tempestts are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Tempestt are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Tempestt in 2025?
- Tempestt is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Tempestt with classmates?
- Tempestt will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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