If you named your DC after a concept (Faith, Charity etc)

[Dollywilde]

...did you do it because you like the sentiment or just because you liked the name?

Really just a curiosity post sparked by someone saying on Twitter today that Liz Truss named her daughter Liberty because she’s such an ardent believer in freedom and democracy...

I know someone with a name that suggests a political perspective her parents are fully against (think pro Irish independence) but they really loved it so went for it anyway! Was wondering how much commitment went into concept based names

I don’t have any concept children, but I do know a Serenity who is rather argumentative- these names can backfire

Ha! I know a Serenity too, @ImportantWater. She was anything but and was often found to be doing the wall of death in a Little Tikes car at playgroup.

I also know a Peace who is super grumpy

No if anything it would put me off like I love the name Verity but am less likely to use it having such a strong meaning association

I know a Willow, (I realise it’s not quite the same as your point OP) and when I think of willow I think of someone elegant, graceful, tall. This willow is short and stubby, lovely, but not what I imagine

One of my dds is called Joy. Some days I feel she was well named and other days not so much

Just realised that wasn’t the op’s question. We liked the sentiment, as in she brought us joy, but also the name. One of my dds also competes at a sport against a girl called Success. She does live up to her name

I didn't choose a virtue name, but I chose a name because I liked the name, and knew I would always like it.

If DS had been a girl his middle name was going to be Hope and we chose it specifically after having 2 mc

@jackstini glad you had your Hope baby even if he didn’t deliver on the right sex for the name!

It’s a good point raised upthread that often DC don’t quite live up to the name they’ve been given!

I suppose if I were an atheist Faith would be a bad call!

Ooh wow, that’s a lot of exclamation marks - oops

My dd is called Hope. She was born after 5 years of ttc, 8 iuis and 1 ivf cycle.

I think Faith is great as you can have faith in lots of things. It can be because you have faith in her, it doesn't have to be religious.

I like hope as the ones I have met were all named for similar reasons

I suppose I come unstuck with charity - might not be. Really no to chastity, honour, just no.

I always thought Patience was a nice name.

One of my DD’s has a name in this sort of vein (none of those mentioned) and we chose if owrtlt for the name itself and partly for the meaning. So far she has lived up to it!

That's another one. It's absolutely beautiful but generally speaking children aren't known for it, so for most of their childhood it wouldn't suit.
I'm imagining had I chose this for my dd.
I can't get over "success" that's something to live up to, right there.

Ds was going to be Felicity had he been a girl. To be fair he would have suited it as he is very cheerful!

Oh Felicity is a good one - I always forget that it’s a virtue as well as a name.

I suppose another in that vein is Serena. We’ve considered it for a DD but if she takes after me it wouldn’t really work

I love Honour as a name, and I suspect that (like faith) you can adapt that to most people.

Imagine the stress of being called Chastity!

I have a virtue name and I loathe it.

I constantly feel like I have to 'act' in a way that my name suggests!

My niece is called Clemency. I think DSis liked the name first and the meaning after

I like Temperance and Constance but probably not brave enough to use either. I also like Virginia but would never use it. I think placing such virtue on a woman's sexual status is awful. But that's a whole other thread!

I love the name Prudence but the meaning puts me off.

Temperance was on my list. The meaning (self restraint) is perhaps a little dry but I still love the name. It just didn't suit dd.

Sinking Success, what a name!