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favourite virtue names?

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BabyLlamaZen · 23/09/2020 08:57

Not sure I'd ever use them but I quite like Hope.

Guilty love is Blessing - heard it once and think it's beautiful! I don't think I could ever pull it off though.

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ZoyaTheDestroyer · 28/09/2020 20:07

As others have said, Clement and Clemency. I don’t know if it strictly qualifies as a virtue name but I used to teach a lovely girl named Cherish.

I have a soft spot for Endeavour, like Morse, but what a burden to place on your kid!

LadyGAgain · 28/09/2020 18:08

Nor my 3 year old whose lungs are currently rivalling Pavarotti's Confused

BoudicasBoudoir · 28/09/2020 15:23

I remember a book where the heroine was called Silence. Not sure it would suit many babies, though.

LadyGAgain · 27/09/2020 23:40

Best name thread ever Grin

dimdarkashian · 27/09/2020 23:23

One of my students is called 'Godknows'

WithASpider · 27/09/2020 23:18

Dd1's middle name is Constance, Dd2's is Grace. If DS had been a Dd3 he would have had Faith.

Love Mercy, Honor and Hope too.

EvenMoreFuriousVexation · 27/09/2020 23:14

There's Fidelia (f) or Fidelis (m) which means Faith

We have a pet rat who was injured as a baby but battled on, so we named her Valerie (Brave)

We have another from the same litter we've called Ruth

Sophia (Wisdom)

SadWife2020 · 27/09/2020 22:55

There’s also Beloved, like the Toni Morrison book

ShrimpSymphony · 27/09/2020 18:09

Honor and Prudence

ElizabethG81 · 27/09/2020 18:07

I can't choose a favourite but here's some I like that I've not seen mentioned:

Glory
Unity
Bravery

florascotia2 · 26/09/2020 15:01

There is a 17th cent Puritan name 'Pleasant' (and I think Dickens uses it too).

Oscar Wilde's mother wrote under the pen-name 'Speranza' (= Hope) which is rather pretty, I think.

Bourbonbiscuits20 · 26/09/2020 14:22

Knew of a boy called fortitude, pretty cool but a bit much for me.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 26/09/2020 13:34

Amity. Trinity. Clemency.

heathergem · 25/09/2020 23:21

Serena

Melody

Harmony

TheVanguardSix · 25/09/2020 23:13

I love Comfort and Blessing.
Liberty is another favourite.

IthinkIsawahairbrushbackthere · 25/09/2020 23:05

Clemency, Liberty, Joy, Hope

Justice, Victor, Benedict

fatherfintanstack · 25/09/2020 23:01

Clemency, Solace or Temperance are all gorgeous

caringcarer · 25/09/2020 22:47

Joy, Hope, Serenity, Patience, Chastity, Faith, Honesty, Comfort.

Headstand · 25/09/2020 22:15

I love virtue names. Favourites are Constance (Connie), Grace, Hope, Liberty (and the Spanish version, Libertad), Joy.

YouBringLightInToADarkPlace · 25/09/2020 21:50

I worked with a Comfort once... she really lived up to her name too!

janetmendoza · 25/09/2020 21:29

I know a Courage who is fabulous - a tireless care worker for learning disabled adults.

motherofdxughters · 25/09/2020 21:22

Verity and Grace.

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 25/09/2020 21:21

I work with a girl named Confidence. She's lovely.

CormoranStrike · 25/09/2020 21:20

Grace and Verity.

AstiniMartini · 25/09/2020 19:26

i read a book once about Deliverance Dane, one of the women accused of witchcraft in Salem.

That name ROCKS.