Given name
Temperence
“having self-restraint”
Temperence is a variant of Temperance. One English interpretation is “having self-restraint.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Temperence is a variant of Temperance. One English interpretation is “having self-restraint.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Temperence is a variant of Temperance. An origin associated with Temperance is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2009. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Temperence through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 77
- 0 boys · 77 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 2010.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Temperence’s family of names
Temperence has a related form in Temperance.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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