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I've never heard Tuppence spoken. I did assume it was pronounced like tup/Tupperware when I saw it originally, years ago, but now I assume the U is "oo" as in Prudence or tupelo? I don't like it, either way. It does have a derogatory connotation of cheapness/lack to me (like two-bit, as RoxStar said, or more affectionately like calling someone half-pint) even though I am only vaguely aware of what pence means (maybe that makes it worse, like I recognize it as a word name, but it's a foreign seeming word), and I don't like that tup is slang either. I wouldn't feel weird calling someone it, but I wouldn't want to be called it, which makes it about like Dulcie...

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I like Temperance. It has a steady vibe to me like Prudence but less straitlaced and more modern, similar to Patience. It also sounds more new-agey/secular to me than some virtue names, because I associate it with (various artistic interpretations of) tarot. Occasionally it does also seem woodsy or rare & old-timey to me the way Tennessee sort of does, but I don't dislike that.

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A friend has a niece named Temperance (sisters are Violet and Natalie), and the mom was a Bones fan but didn't name her kid after the character, just liked the name. I think in the US kids are named Temperance about as often as Honor, Honesty, Patience (I have met a gen Z person named each of those) - slightly more than Prudence but something like 10 times less than Harmony.

This message was edited 10/8/2023, 9:43 AM