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Temperance spiked randomly about a decade ago (that's when the one I've met was born). Her parents are Baptists, but I don't think they're anti-alcohol, or their parents and siblings aren't at least...and their other kids have more common names like Violet. I suspect they were influenced by the TV show Bones.

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Also I wonder if it could be influenced by the tarot trend sometimes (Temperance is a tarot card, along with Moon, Star, Justice, Empress, Emperor); that's one of my associations, which makes it seem like it could fit in with stuff like Aura, Essence, Spirit, Clarity, Quest, Indie, Indigo, Knight, Journey, Courage, Lucky, Gemini, Jupiter, Jet, River. But in general it seems like a more unwieldy tomboyish Prudence to me and reminds me a bit of Tennessee or Timothea and Twyla. I like that it's more persnickety than Patience, so maybe that is an association with Tempest or temper, idk.

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Omega does remind me of werewolves, but I'd guess Alpha and Omega are used mostly as a religious reference ("Jesus is the Alpha and Omega" in connection to eternity - that kind of thing).

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