Temperance
Temperance is a girl name of Latin origin, meaning Moderation and restraint.
What Temperance means
Moderation and restraint.
Temperance is a long name at 10 letters, which usually means a nickname will appear whether you plan one or not, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room. Its 4 vowels give it a flowing rhythm.
Where Temperance comes from
Latin names travelled through the Roman world and then through the Church, which is why so many survive across Europe in local variants. A great many were originally descriptive — of virtue, of appearance, or of birth order.
Temperance is recorded as Latin in origin. Browse other Latin names.
How popular is Temperance?
You will not find Temperance in the top 100 girl names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.
The character of Temperance
We group Temperance under Peace and Gentle — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Temperance
These share Temperance's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Serenity — Peace and calm.
- Malie — Calm and gentle.
- Patience — Calm endurance.
- Serena — Serene and calm.
- Subira — Patience.
- Olivia — Olive tree — peace, dignity, friendship.
- Clementine — Mild and merciful.
- Liberty — Freedom.
- Olive — The olive tree; peace.
- Solace — Comfort in sorrow.
- Clement — Merciful and mild.
- Pax — Peace.
More Latin names
- Sylvia — From the forest.
- Tiberius — Of the Tiber river.
- Sylvester — From the forest; wild.
- Titus — Title of honour; a defender.
- Stellaluna — Star and moon.
- Trinity — The holy three.
- Stella — Star. Shining and celestial.
- Urban — Of the city; refined.
- Solace — Comfort in sorrow.
- Ursula — Little bear.