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Is this TOO weird/out there?

78 replies

RunRabbit · 13/10/2013 19:45

Temperance Grace.

Yay or nay?

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quoteunquote · 13/10/2013 20:18

Love it, fab name.

r3d3 · 13/10/2013 20:19

Tampax for short.

RunRabbit · 13/10/2013 20:24

Cadence is very American to me, like Madison.

Elizabeth Grace maybe or Catherine Grace - Too common/popular.

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EhricLovesTeamQhuay · 13/10/2013 20:28

Temperance is very religious. Are you? Because if not, it's a bit weird. And a weird virtue to name your child after IMO.

sonlypuppyfat · 13/10/2013 20:36

It's a bit Ned Flanders

looki · 13/10/2013 20:43

Its truly awful.

LizzieVereker · 13/10/2013 20:45

I love it, makes me think of Spencer's Faerie Queen.

QOD · 13/10/2013 20:53

I like it and I read Tempe as tem pay and I like that too!

BlueChampagne · 14/10/2013 15:23

Not keen on Temperance (or Chastity). Liberty came to mind, shortly followed by the phrase 'taking liberties' so that's out too.

How about Tamsin or Tamara, or even Thomasina?

MrsBungle · 14/10/2013 15:25

I quite like it although it sounds very religious.

youretoastmildred · 14/10/2013 15:25

aren't two virtues overkill, and perhaps contradictory? True grace can be very intemperate.

youretoastmildred · 14/10/2013 15:26

Also, it is very dodgy that meek virtues are always given to girls as names. You would expect her brother to be called Bullet Ram or something. or Manley Tank or something like that

PoppyAmex · 14/10/2013 15:27

Temperance sounds like an African American middle-aged woman from the deep South in the US, who spends most of her time in a Baptist Church singing in the choir.

LowLevelWhinging · 14/10/2013 15:30
CruCru · 14/10/2013 17:04

I love it. Do you like Patience?

curlew · 14/10/2013 17:05

Clemency Grace

curlew · 14/10/2013 17:08

Starrystarryknut- I know a Cadenza!

PatoBanton · 14/10/2013 17:08

Noooo...sorry. I like Patience and Constance is Ok too. But Temperance has got 'temper' in it which to me has the immediate association with a bad one. Also reminds me of the AA thing...

hmmm.

PatoBanton · 14/10/2013 17:08

Ooh Thomasina ...now you're talking Smile

squoosh · 14/10/2013 17:21

Temperance is awful, I don't really like virtue names but this is worse than most. The kind of name I'd expect Carrie's mother to have.

reelingintheyears · 14/10/2013 17:22

Yes.

RunRabbit · 14/10/2013 17:50

Seems like it's either loved or really hated Grin

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LillyNotOfTheValley · 15/10/2013 05:49

Really bible belt to my ears. Constance is much easier to live with.

How about Honoria Grace?

RaRa1988 · 15/10/2013 12:26

Don't like it, sorry. Temperance is long and awkward and doesn't sound nice - and is there any way of shortening it?

TallulahBetty · 15/10/2013 13:20

Honoria sounds like gonorrhea Shock

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