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Temprance

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How to Pronounce Temprance

Pronounced TEM-pruhns /ˈtɛmprəns/Medium

Meaning: Temprance is a streamlined respelling of Temperance, a virtue name adopted by English Puritans from the Latin temperantia, 'moderation' or 'self-restraint'. Dropping the middle -e- gives it a modern, phonetic look while keeping the old meaning of measured, balanced conduct. Like Faith and Prudence, it belongs to the family of quality-names once given to signal a hoped-for character.Medium

In 30 seconds: Temprance is a respelling of the virtue name Temperance, 'moderation', revived in modern America (say TEM-pruhns).
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Origin MediumEnglish, Latin
MeaningTemprance is a streamlined respelling of Temperance, a virtue name adopted by English Puritans from the Latin temperantia, 'moderation' or 'self-restraint'. Dropping the middle -e- gives it a modern, phonetic look while keeping the old meaning of measured, balanced conduct. Like Faith and Prudence, it belongs to the family of quality-names once given to signal a hoped-for character.
U.S. rank (2018)#13669 ↗ Rising
2018 U.S. births7 girls (0.00% of U.S. girls)
Peak year2011
Total births (all-time)≈ 154

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

peak 201120072018

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

Temprance reworks Temperance, one of the classic English virtue names taken from Latin temperantia, 'moderation'. Puritan families once gave such names to daughters as living reminders of good character. The trimmed Temprance spelling is a modern touch, keeping the meaning while looking fresh, and it rode a small revival of the virtue name in recent years.

This spelling stayed rare, drawing only a couple dozen girls a year even at its high in the early twenty-tens. A girl given it is still young, from the cohort when antique virtue names quietly returned to fashion. Temperance itself fits the current taste for old-fashioned names coming back, and Temprance is a streamlined member of that small revival rather than a long-common name.

Did you know? Temperance was a Puritan virtue name, and it returned to notice through a popular television character in the two-thousands.
Overall data confidence 55%
References - Temprance — Respelling of Temperance; Latin temperantia 'moderation'; virtue name

Variations

TemperanceTemperenceTempranceTemprence

Nicknames

TempyTess

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Temperance— the standard spelling of this virtue name
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Frequently Asked

What does the name Temprance mean?

It carries the meaning of Temperance, an English virtue name from Latin temperantia, 'moderation' or 'self-restraint'.

How do you pronounce Temprance?

It's said TEM-pruhns /ˈtɛmprəns/, two syllables, stress on the first.

Is Temprance a boy or girl name?

Temprance is used as a girl's name.

Is Temprance a popular name?

No, this spelling stayed rare, a variant of Temperance seen in small numbers in the early twenty-tens.

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