Puritan style names/virtue names

[Flutterflybutterby]

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

@EIIa

So girls get Joy Constance Grace Patience Virtue

And a boy gets
BLAZE?

No wonder girls are conditioned to be such people pleasers 🙄

On that basis alone I don’t like them, sorry.

When boys start to be called Patience and Verity, I’ll change my mind happily. 😂

Blaze is a saints name (patron of suffering and wool combers) - original french spelling is Blaise - but spelt Blaze in many other countries

I know a girl called Blaise. I like it.

I actually have met men/boys called Blessing and Destiny. I would have assumed that they were female if I had just seen the names written down. All from West African heritage

I really like the sound of Patience, but I'm not sure it would be a great name to actually have.

I hav an ancestor called Honour (spelt the British way). I really like it and prefer that spelling.

Endeavour (as in Endeavour Morse ) is a cool one.

Serenity. And also Grace.

How is Blaze a virtue?
For a girl I quite like:
Insubordinata
Valour
Grit
Sagacity
Justine
Meditation

I like Verity, Honor and Clemency.

My favourite are Verity, Hope, Felicity and Constance.

I've taught children named Beauty, Best and Godspower.

@AuntDympna

How is Blaze a virtue? For a girl I quite like: Insubordinata Valour Grit Sagacity Justine Meditation

Justine is the only one of these that is actually usable - you can’t call a child Grit!

DD ‘s middle name is Hope, which I love anyway for its optimism, but she was named after the Hope Valley in Derbyshire, rather the virtue iyswim.

I also really like Felicity (happiness) and Verity (truth).

I used to come across a male Comfort through work from time to time. He was lovely. His surname was Golightly as well, which was just a gorgeous combo.

Blaze isn't a virtue name.
It's a version of Blaise, which comes from Latin or maybe Ancient Greek words meaning either 'to stammer' or 'bow-legged'. www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Blasius
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Blaise

It just happens to sound similar to a word in some Slavic languages that means 'good', but that is not the origin (or meaning) of the name.
www.behindthename.com/name/blaz18
www.behindthename.com/name/blaze

I love Constance, Felicity and Joy.

Chastity .

Verity

Then the really classic ones:
Mary
Jane
Katherine (means purity)

There are quite a few I like, though not all of them for a child.

Peace names like Irena/Arina, Salome, Paz (the last I would most definitely not use in a mainly English space).
Aretha
Amity
Ardent
Clarity
Chares / Charis(sa)
Clement / Clementia
Endeavor
Esperanza
Honora/Annora
Justine/Justica
Liberty
Loyal
Mercy/Mercia
Merit
Moxie
Solace
Valora
Zeal

My favourite is Clemency.

I love the name Solace, it's a beautiful word anyway but I like the connotations.

I had a boyfriend a long time ago called Destiny. He was largely a bit embarrassed by it and went by Des but it did lend itself to lots of corny chat up lines eg 'I think I might be your Destiny' etc etc

I once knew a Prudence who really didn't live up to her name!

I'm not wild about virtue names but quite like Constance and Grace

I also had a lovely colleague called Goodluck (like the former Nigerian president) who went by Lucky. He was incredibly capable, cheerful and a calming presence and I did feel lucky if he was on shift with me. No idea if that had anything to do with his name being a self fulfilling prophecy or if that as just how he was but I can see the attraction in being called after a good thing.

[quote scottishnames]Blaze isn't a virtue name.
It's a version of Blaise, which comes from Latin or maybe Ancient Greek words meaning either 'to stammer' or 'bow-legged'. www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Blasius
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Blaise

It just happens to sound similar to a word in some Slavic languages that means 'good', but that is not the origin (or meaning) of the name.
www.behindthename.com/name/blaz18
www.behindthename.com/name/blaze[/quote]
Well according to this list it is nameberry.com/list/373/Virtue-Names

Martha.

I like Constance and Verity.
Not Chastity.

There is Clement for a boy.

I love Capability, like Capability Brown the Victorian landscaper. I can’t imagine actually calling a little boy (or little girl) it but it’s so confident!

I know a Temperance - little Tempy, which is very sweet on her but an odd name for the meaning.

I know a Nigerian woman called Precious, which is wonderful. Her sister has a really normal name like Stephanie or something, which I would be offended about if my sister then got ‘Precious’…