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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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mathanxiety · 16/10/2017 01:38

Keziah
Hephzibah
Beulah
Dinah
Mariah
Mehitabel
Philomene
Tamsin

Justice
Ezekiel
Shadrach
Denzel
Josias
Loyal
Theophilus
Giles
Jeremiah

bigbluedustbin · 16/10/2017 02:14

Temperance. I’ve always loved that name.

OrlandaFuriosa · 16/10/2017 02:35

Charity
Mercy, I think you'll find it cross the pond, though I too love Clemency
Laetitia/Letitia, sadly not Lettice, if not Felicity
Hepsibah
Bathsheba
Judith
Susanna
Deborah

Clement
Aaron
Abraham
Ezra
Ezekiel
Hosea
Eli
Elisha
Elijah
Abijah
Jacob
Job
Joel
Joshua
Asher
Nathan
Nathanial
Benjamin

NikiBabe · 16/10/2017 02:36

Patience is a very ironic name for.a child particularly when they are throwing a tantrum or demanding something right now.

How about Chastity
Not a virtue.

timeisnotaline · 16/10/2017 02:38

Patience and verity

TatianaLarina · 16/10/2017 10:09

Bathsheba’s a great name.

JanuaryJuniper · 16/10/2017 14:40

Aphra (my dd's name )

HairsprayBabe · 16/10/2017 14:50

Perpetua
Charity
Clemency
Felicity
Mercy
Temperance
Verity
Promise
Trinity
Amity

firawla · 16/10/2017 14:57

Honora?

LongDivision · 16/10/2017 15:25

Abigail
Myles
Thomas
Mary
Anne

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.

Montacute · 16/10/2017 21:24

Delilah. Ummm, nope, not very Puritan!

Repentance or Fornicate-Not.

Threeandabit · 16/10/2017 21:33

Bartholomew
Ebenezer (nn Ben)

Temperance

dementedma · 16/10/2017 21:35

I like Clemency

MessyBun247 · 16/10/2017 21:37

Miriam
Chastity

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 :)

timeistight · 16/10/2017 21:43

Continence, that has a good Puritan ring to it!

MaroonPencil · 16/10/2017 21:59

Cecily

OlennasWimple · 16/10/2017 22:01

Puritan names or Dingle names....? Wink

Tigersteeth · 16/10/2017 22:05

Fly-fornication?
Fear-not?

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.

dementedma · 17/10/2017 20:36

Constance

Petalflowers · 20/10/2017 19:54

Virginia

LovelyBranches · 20/10/2017 21:52

Ernest nn Ernie

I think Constance with the nn Connie is beautiful

thegreylady · 21/10/2017 18:21

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

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