Male virtue names.

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I love the name Goodluck (as in Goodluck Jonathan, president of Nigeria). Not brave enough to use it though. Other than Innocent what other virtue names can you think of for men? I can think of loads for girls but not boys.

Capability Brown's real first name was Lancelot. Not exactly virtuous if you know your Arthurian legends, but still striking.

I did think that Serendipity would be a lovely name for a girl.

I know his actual name was Lancelot, but I always thought Capability Brown was an awesome name.

Oh crap, I didn't read the above properly, sorry Edam!

Loveday is fabulous name for boys or girls, and has a great explanation.

Alexander = leader of men?

Sometimes only you need to know the meaning, the idea is then passed to DC in your attitude iyswim.

I love this thread. My daughter has a virtue name as one of her mn and we wanted the same for our son.

Christian, Pax and Clement was the three high fliers for us. In the end we went for Benedict, which means blessed. Not really a virtue name, but it was more suitable for our circumstances.

Capability is indeed an awesome nickname - and very appropriate.

Always get a giggle when we drive past Luton. There's a business park called Capability Green. Misplaced optimisim... (I assume that flash of inspiration was because C Brown laid out the gardens at Luton Hoo, an estate - as in posh nobs not as in housing - on the edge of Luton mere hundreds of yards from the business park.)

Hero just feels like a girl's name to me (a beautiful one though).

From the above I love, in order, Benedict, Constantine, Nikita, Pax, Felix and Modesto.

Also a couple of Irish names: Angus means something like 'great vigour' and Enda ? 'freedom of spirit'.

My grandad's middle name was Patience. Never a more apt name was given. Loved him to bits.

I really like Constant and August.

I assume you want it to mean what it says on the tin in English?

Fortitude
Diligence
Wisdom
Steadfast
Integrity

I have a Magnus meaning 'great'!

You can't call a boy Hero!!! It's a girl's name!

All the "Patience's" ive ever known have been girls.

Another one is "Great".

Hero sounds like a man's name to me, a very FIT man!

Hero is a girl in Greek legend, and in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, but as 'hero' is also a word in English, I don't see why it couldn't be used as a boy's virtue name. It's not like Hero is a popular girl's name. I've never heard of one outside the two examples above.

Hiro is a boy's name - but its Japanese and almost certainly doesn't mean hero, though it sounds like it :)

Constantine...
Capability as Poppy said

Lots of names have meanings that would fit but the male equivalents of Faith, Hope and Charity type names (I really knew 3 sisters with those names when growing up) don't come to mind in "bald" English...

There's a character called "Dutiful Penitence" in a Joan Aitken book. Mind you, she deserved it.

Perhaps Puritan names are due a comeback:

Redeemed
Lamentation
Repentance
Kill-Sin
Learn-Wisdom
If-Christ-Had-Not-Died-For-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned

I'm joking!

Eirik (Eternal ruler)

I used to work with a lovely Nigerian man called "Gift" and I loved it! I just thought, how wonderful to know that is how your parents saw you?

Makepeace? As in William Makepeace Thackeray - future diplomat or family law solicitor?

Oh an awful lot of names mean "Gift of God", including Jonathan, Matthew and Theodore. The thing is, if you hide it in a classic name, the child is less likely to be teased. And can you imagine being chatted up by someone who says "Uh, and my name is ...Gift!"

My son has a "gift" name as a middle name.

Comfort -I've met two, and they were very lovely men. Both used it as a first name. I only just made the fabric conditioner association when seeing it written down...