Tourmaline: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Tourmaline – Meaning: the multicolored boron-silicate mineral, from a Sinhalese word (toramalli/turmali) meaning roughly "mixed gems" – Origin: Sinhalese – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: TOOR-muh-leen


Tourmaline is a Sinhalese girl's name meaning “the multicolored boron-silicate mineral, from a Sinhalese word (toramalli/turmali) meaning roughly "mixed gems"”. It appears in 3 of our baby name lists.

Meaning & Origin of Tourmaline

Meaning: The multicolored boron-silicate mineral, from a Sinhalese word (toramalli/turmali) meaning roughly "mixed gems".

Origin: Sinhalese.

How to Pronounce Tourmaline

Phonetic: TOOR-muh-leen   IPA: /ˈtʊərməliːn/

Popularity of Tourmaline

Tourmaline doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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