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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • English : Town near the temple

Boy name variations

Temple

Temple

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Templeten

Templeten

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Scottish : habitational name from a place near Dundonald in Ayrshire, so called from Middle English temple ‘house of the Knights Templar’ + toun ‘settlement’. There are also places called Templeton in Wales, Berkshire and Devon, but these do not seem to have contributed to the surname.

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