Temple

in Nevada

There are 142 people with the last name "Temple" in Nevada.

Ranking in Nevada

Name	Rank
Temple	1,574

is 1,570th most common Holley
is 1,571st most common Mcclellan
is 1,572nd most common Puckett
is 1,573rd most common Reyna
is 1,574th most common Temple
is 1,575th most common Zapata
is 1,576th most common Bonner
is 1,577th most common Cuellar
is 1,578th most common Dickey

Meaning & History

Temple

English and French: occupational name or habitational name for someone who was employed at or lived near one of the houses (‘temples’) maintained by the Knights Templar, a crusading order so named because they claimed to occupy in Jerusalem the site of the old temple (Middle English, Old French temple, Latin templum). The order was founded in 1118 and flourished for 200 years, but was suppressed as heretical in 1312.

English: name given to foundlings baptized at the Temple Church, London, so called because it was originally built on land belonging to the Templars.

Scottish: habitational name from the parish of Temple in Edinburgh, likewise named because it was the site of the local headquarters of the Knights Templar.