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I'm not the biggest fan of nature names, but I prefer Tempest over Storm/Stormy. I've heard of way too many black cats named Storm/Stormy that the name has become unusable in my mind. Tempest is still usable to me and, although destructive, there is something awe inspiring about them. The only issue I could see is if the girl has major attitude; the connection to her name would be brought up a lot!

I've been really liking this name as well (though I've been leaning more toward it being for a boy, myself, mostly because I prefer Temperance for a girl). Nonetheless, I really do like it for a girl as well. Tempest Eliza Miriam is a lovely combo! I think the more traditional names, Eliza and Miriam, complement Tempest very well. Nice combo, and nice names all-around.

Wow. I hated Tempest until I opened the thread and saw your combo. How did you freaking do that?!
Tempest Eliza Miriam is genius. Dude. I don't even know what to say. Hence the rambling.

I am currently in love with Tempest. Like, seriously in love. Tempest Josephine Adele sounds lovely to me.

A few years back I loved Tempest as a middle name for a boy. And when I say loved, I mean I absolutely adored this name!
And then I shared it on here, in the combo Edmund Tempest, and as you can imagine got a Hell of a lot of backlash for my troubles! But I'd never heard of Tempest as a female name, my only two associations of it being; the Shakespeare play, and as the surname of a set of twins who were protagonists in a series of books I read as a pre-teen.

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Honestly I don't think it can work as a first name. And I still love it on a boy, so seeing it next to frilly, beautiful names such as Eliza and Miriam, seems totally wrong and alien to me. :)

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I love it!

I don't think tempest sounds nice as a name for several reasons. First of all it sounds too harsh. Secondly, I'm not too keen on word names but even if you are there are word names with better meanings. Also, it contains the word 'Pest' which is the German word for 'plague' (although that wouldn't concern an English speaker).

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That said, I think Eliza Miriam is a nice combo.

I can't like Tempest at all. It just seems like asking for trouble!! Also people's homes and stuff get totally destroyed by tempests all the time. I really can't see this being a good name for an actual person.

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Eliza Miriam is lovely though :)

I don't think of this as a name. There was the actress who played Vanessa on the Cosby Show, Tempestt Bledsoe, and there was the famous old-time stripper who called herself Tempest Storm.
But in my mind it's only suited for a stage name, and it's lame even as a stage name. Plus it sounds ugly.

I don't think it's very namey. It makes a better middle name. The word "pest" really jumps out at me. Also it reminds of tempest in a teapot, tempestuous (connotes something trivial or annoyingly chaotic), and Shakespeare (pretentiously literary). I prefer Storm or Stormy. This reminds me, I met a little girl aged 7 named Stormy, a couple of weeks ago.

This message was edited 10/1/2014, 4:27 PM

I really like the sound of it, but not so sure that the meaning is a good one for a name. Tempe would be a cute nickname. I really like Temperance nn Tempe also, but I'm a little iffy on the meaning of that one, because of the historical temperance movement, although of course the word does have a wider meaning.

It's ok. It's fun. It would be a great surprise middle name (Miriam Tempest Eliza would be AMAZING).

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I prefer Audra, which has a similar meaning.

Eliza is very nice and Miriam isn't a favorite of mine but I don't mind it. I think the combo of Miriam Eliza flows more

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Tempest: not a fan-just not crazy for it. I don't even like Temprence but I do think that is slightly better.

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Temprence Eliza Miriam (flows more with temprence)
Temprence Miriam Eliza