Tempest
TEM-pest
English/French
Girl
Meaning-based name
- Meaning
- Storm; Violent wind
- Origin
- English/French
- Is it in the Bible?
- No — the name Tempest does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Storm; Violent wind", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Tempest.
- First appears in
- Does not appear in the King James text
- Peak US usage
- No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
- Spiritual meaning
- Tempest bows to the One who says 'Peace, be still' — every storm a stage for God's power, every calm a display of His authority.
- Verses on this meaning
- Mark 4:39
"And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm."
- Psalm 107:29
"He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still."
- Mark 4:39