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Puritan style names/virtue names

119 replies

Flutterflybutterby · 27/11/2021 06:36

Some of them are awful and some of them gorgeous and underused.

I love Faith, Joy, Honor, Mercy (which I saw posted about on here recently - which went down very badly) and Hope.

What's your favorite virtue name? (Of all of them, not just the ones I like!)

Assuming you like any, of course Grin

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BlueFlavour · 28/11/2021 07:10

@Flutterflybutterby Grin
That’s made me laugh
Must use my specs more Grin

ThirdElephant · 28/11/2021 06:36

@Kanaloa

What did they actually call these children though? Surely no parent was saying ‘if-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned! Go and tell flee-fornication that dinner’s ready.’

They must have called them something shorter as a nickname!

Iffy?
Kanaloa · 28/11/2021 05:36

What did they actually call these children though? Surely no parent was saying ‘if-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned! Go and tell flee-fornication that dinner’s ready.’

They must have called them something shorter as a nickname!

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Flutterflybutterby · 28/11/2021 04:47

@LuluBlakey1

Also: Praise-God Barebone. The Barebones were a rich source of crazy names. This one was a leather-worker, member of a particularly odd Puritan group and an MP. If-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned Fear-God.
I'm surprised we don't hear 'If-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned' more often, actually. Gorgeous name. Grin
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Flutterflybutterby · 28/11/2021 04:43

@BlueFlavour

But fly fornication? What’s that?
It's Flee-Fornication Grin

An actual, used, puritan name.

Can you imagine shouting "Flee Fornication! Home time!!" across the playground? Grin

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foxlover47 · 27/11/2021 23:04

My dog is called
Precious

WhatHoMarjorie · 27/11/2021 22:57

@BlueFlavour

But fly fornication? What’s that?
I presume it meant 'flee from filthy fornication!'
Cindie943811A · 27/11/2021 22:32

I can’t understand why Cher called her daughter Chastity. That would be enough to screw anyone’s life up.
If you were calledTemperance then you’d be forever the subject of jokes if you had a alcoholic drink.
I think one needs to think very hard before using a virtue name . For instance Iwould be subject toridiculehadI been named Grace or Patience. Verity is pretty but then it’s not a word commonly used now.

beastlyslumber · 27/11/2021 22:30

@CelebrateAndDream

I had three Aunts (no longer with us) called Faith, Hope and Charity 🥰
What is/was your parent's name?
QuiltedHippo · 27/11/2021 22:30

I just adore Joy

ghislaine · 27/11/2021 22:22

I love virtue names! Top of my list are Honor and Patience. Sadly no DDs for me.

I went to school with a girl called Peace, which I thought was fabulous.

CelebrateAndDream · 27/11/2021 22:18

I had three Aunts (no longer with us) called Faith, Hope and Charity 🥰

BlueFlavour · 27/11/2021 22:18

But fly fornication?
What’s that?

BlueFlavour · 27/11/2021 22:17

@LuluBlakey1
Those names really give a sense of the times people lived in.

ThirdElephant · 27/11/2021 22:15

Does Evangeline count? Met an adorable little girl called Evangeline once. Suited her.

WhatHoMarjorie · 27/11/2021 22:11

*not a fan of

WhatHoMarjorie · 27/11/2021 22:10

Temperance and Chastity would be absolute millstone names.

I'm not a fab of virtue names really. Prudence is very ugly. I suppose Joy is okay because it's not about disavowing something that might bring you pleasure.

LuluBlakey1 · 27/11/2021 21:35

Also:
Praise-God Barebone. The Barebones were a rich source of crazy names. This one was a leather-worker, member of a particularly odd Puritan group and an MP.
If-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned
Fear-God.

LuluBlakey1 · 27/11/2021 21:32

Here are some recorded Puritan names for boys:
Job-raked-out-of-the-ashes
Has-descendents
Wrestling
Fight-the-good-fight-of-faith
Fly-fornication

Disfordarkchocolate · 27/11/2021 21:15

Verity. It's just wonderful.

I like names like Precious and Blessing too.

equuscaballus · 27/11/2021 21:12

Faith and verity

17caterpillars1mouse · 27/11/2021 21:01

I love a virtue name.

Patience is my favourite name ever (may be slightly biased haha)

I also love
Prudence
Constance
Clemency
Charity
Hope
Faith
Temperance

threecupsofteaminimum · 27/11/2021 21:01

I really love Comfort. My son is in yr1 and one of his TA's is called Comfort and the way he says he name makes me melt!

KrispyKale · 27/11/2021 20:59

I think I actually like some if these. (Not Be-Kind! Another one of those burdensome names.)

KrispyKale · 27/11/2021 20:53

Be-Kind

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