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Puritan style baby names

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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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ichbineinstasumer · 15/10/2017 19:13

Prudence

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17caterpillars1mouse · 15/10/2017 19:17

I love Prudence but it is way to close to DD's name with has a similar sound and also starts with a P

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Vanannabananna · 15/10/2017 19:21

Patience
Mercy
Faith
Grace
Verity
Blessing
Honour

NikiBabe · 15/10/2017 19:27

So you already have a Patience.

Mercy.
Faith.
Honour.
Hope.

Callamia · 15/10/2017 19:29

I love Verity and Constance. Esther and Amity are also stylish.

Would you use Makepeace? Even as a middle name? Because that sounds so cool.

MargotMoon · 15/10/2017 19:31

Hope is so lovely

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17caterpillars1mouse · 15/10/2017 19:31

Yes already have a Patience. Thinking it's probably best to avoid another obvious virtue name?

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Callamia · 15/10/2017 19:34

I don't think so, while Prudence might be a bit much, something like Hope or Verity doesn't sound like matchy-virtue-overboard.

AyeWhySwim · 15/10/2017 19:34

I absolutely LOVE Patience. I love these names in general - Unity and Constance are favourites too. I'd be interested to hear boys names that come into this category.

Petalflowers · 15/10/2017 19:42

Joy
Grace
Temperance
Esther
Naomi

Simeon
Luke
Caleb
David

ThaliaLuxurySpa · 15/10/2017 19:44

Liberty

(Best avoid "Batcock", the Puritan diminutive of Bartholomew...I kid you not). Shock

EllenLydia · 15/10/2017 20:01

Mercy

PhuntSox · 15/10/2017 20:02

Verity!

MikeUniformMike · 15/10/2017 20:03

Constance

TatianaLarina · 15/10/2017 20:16

Gabriel, Elijah, Jude, Job

Grace, Honor, Carys, Tabitha, Thomasina

I like Constance/Connie.

bridgetreilly · 15/10/2017 20:29

Hosanna
Amity
Clemency
Faith
Honor
Felicity

Jeremiah
Obadiah
Jonah
Jonas
Abraham
Oceanus
Oliver

Smoliver · 15/10/2017 22:04

I like the names you've come up with so far.

Girls:
Verity
Felicity
Eva
Hannah
Joanna
Leah
Lydia
Celeste
Victoria
Angela

Boys:
Bodhi
Ezekiel
Benjamin
Josiah
Caleb
Levi
Nathaniel

Solasum · 15/10/2017 22:06

Loveday

Coloursthatweremyjoy · 15/10/2017 22:09

I love Elijah! My DH wanted Ezekial but we went for something simpler. I'm glad as it suits him but I have since met a toddler Ezekial and it doesent seem otto at all.

Constance / Connie...just lovely.

eddiemairswife · 15/10/2017 22:13

I don't think Delilah is a very Puritan name.

MyOtherProfile · 15/10/2017 22:42

I don't think Delilah is a very Puritan name
I'd have thought the opposite in fact Grin

WaxOnFeckOff · 15/10/2017 22:59

Edmund
Edgar
Benedict

Mercy
Sarah
Amity

Sophronia · 16/10/2017 00:52

I actually know of siblings Patience, Hope, Faith and Grace

PeasAndHarmony · 16/10/2017 00:55

Love Hope, Honor and Constance!

EssentialHummus · 16/10/2017 01:03

Hope is lovely.