Temprance
Girl · TEM-prens · English
Temprance is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “moderation, self-restraint”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Temprance mean?
English: variant of Temperance, from Latin temperantia
“moderation, self-restraint”
Variant of Temperance, a virtue name used by the Puritans, from the English word for moderation.
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- TEM-prens
Is Temprance a girl's or a boy's name?
Temprance is a girls' name.
How popular is Temprance in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the girls named Temprance in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Temprance in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,061 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
Nicknames for Temprance
- Tempe
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