In the entire world, Temple (Temple 
, تمبل 
, Темпл 
) is quite a rare unisex given name. The forename Temple is characteristic of Nigeria, where it is quite a rare mostly male, but infrequently female name, the United States, where it is a rare mostly girly, but uncommonly masculine name, and Ireland, where it is a rare boy's name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Nigeria, the United States, and Philippines. More prevalently, Temple is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Temple | United Kingdom, Philippines, Nigeria, United States, Canada |
| تمبل | Yemen, Sudan |
| Темпл | Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine |
| טמפל | Israel |
Temple is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .
| sir john temple (1593-1632) (b. 1593) |
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| sir peter temple (1613-1660) (b. 1613) |
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| sir william temple, 5th bt. (1694-1760) (b. 1694) |
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| paxton temple (1720-1745) (b. 1720) |
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| sir richard temple, 7th bt. (1731-1786) (b. 1731) |
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| lewis temple American abolitionist, blacksmith, inventor (1800-1854), US (b. 1800) |
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| jackson temple associate justice of the Supreme Court of California, US (b. 1827) |
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richmond temple British public relations consultant, GB (b. 1893) |
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| winfield temple Lawyer; Mayor of Marlborough, Massachusetts, US (b. 1875) |
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| sir richard durand temple, 3rd bt. (1880-1962) (b. 1880) |
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| vere temple British artist (1898-1980) (b. 1898) |
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collis temple basketball player, US (b. 1952) |
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| sir richard antony purbeck temple, 4th bt. (1913-2007) (b. 1913) |
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| gray temple Bishop (1914-1999) (b. 1914) |
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| alva temple tuskegee airman Fighter Pilot (b. 1917) |
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