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Puritan style baby names

59 replies

17caterpillars1mouse · 15/10/2017 19:12

DD1 has a name heavily associated with Puritan times. Now expecting DC2 so am looking for suggestions of names that have a puritan vibe to them for both boys and girls.

I quite like Delilah, Constance, Tobias and Gideon maybe

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Goosegrass · 26/10/2017 09:40

Clemency is beautiful but the few I’ve known tend to get called Clemmie. Which makes me think of clammy.

NoSwsForYou · 22/10/2017 08:35

So many of these names are beautiful! I'm blatantly plavemsrking to show DP yhstvwe need to have another baby, a girl, to use some of the names Grin

mammabear4 · 22/10/2017 08:30

@newtlover I immediately thought of Credence from Fantastic Beasts!

NoCureForLove · 21/10/2017 23:44

Prosper
Amos
Moses (nn Moss)
Malachi

Glory
Friday
Leah
Dorcas

Tempnamechange77 · 21/10/2017 23:11

This has just popped in my head!

Patience is a virtue, Virtue is a grace, and Grace is a little girl who doesn’t wash her face!

IfYouGoDownToTheWoodsToday · 21/10/2017 22:58

Abigail

newtlover · 21/10/2017 22:57

there aren't many male virtue names are there?

zeebeedee · 21/10/2017 22:52

What about Felix for a boy - meaning happiness?
Or Clement
Endeavour?Smile
Ernest

yaela123 · 21/10/2017 20:55

I met 5 sisters called Mercy, Hope, Grace, Faith and Patience once!

thegreylady · 21/10/2017 18:21

I love Constance and Clemency
I have an 18 years old dgd named Constance (Connie)

LovelyBranches · 20/10/2017 21:52

Ernest nn Ernie

I think Constance with the nn Connie is beautiful

Petalflowers · 20/10/2017 19:54

Virginia

dementedma · 17/10/2017 20:36

Constance

NatMatCat · 16/10/2017 22:17

I wouldn't go for another name with an obvious meaning, although I do love virtue names. Cecily or Esther would be good.

I wish more people would choose Clemency over Clementine when they want to use the nickname Clemmie.

Tigersteeth · 16/10/2017 22:05

Fly-fornication?
Fear-not?

OlennasWimple · 16/10/2017 22:01

Puritan names or Dingle names....? Wink

MaroonPencil · 16/10/2017 21:59

Cecily

timeistight · 16/10/2017 21:43

Continence, that has a good Puritan ring to it!

IHeartKingThistle · 16/10/2017 21:38

Sorry to interrupt but does anyone remember the baby names thread years ago when someone said they knew triplets called Faith, Hope and Kevin?

Want it to be true so much!

I love Clemency too :)

MessyBun247 · 16/10/2017 21:37

Miriam
Chastity

dementedma · 16/10/2017 21:35

I like Clemency

Threeandabit · 16/10/2017 21:33

Bartholomew
Ebenezer (nn Ben)

Temperance

Montacute · 16/10/2017 21:24

Delilah. Ummm, nope, not very Puritan!

Repentance or Fornicate-Not.

Loveisthelaw · 16/10/2017 21:22

I have to say my immediate thought on puritan names was something along the lines of Praise-God Barebones, but otherwise Clemency is nice.

LongDivision · 16/10/2017 15:25

Abigail
Myles
Thomas
Mary
Anne

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