FAITH  

Gender: F
Origin: Virtue name

Popularity in 2008: #91

Several of the Puritan virtue names have recently come back into fashion, with Faith, Grace, and Hope in the vanguard. Many parents still choose Faith as an indicator of their religious conviction.

Variations:
Fayth, Faye, Fayette, Fa, Faithe, Fae, Fayanna, Fay, Faythe

International Variations:
Fe (Spanish)

Faith is being discussed in our message boards:

• Another Large Family Baby Name Game... Of Course!!!!
• Mayflower Names!
• new game buuild a family together
• Elimination (Triplets - Girls)
• Names heard about town in the last week or so

Read Nameberry blog posts about Faith:

• WORD NAMES FOR BABIES: What's in a word?
• NEWER NAMES IN OLDER CATEGORIES: Fresh florals and varied virtues
• UNDERRATED NAMES, PART DEUX
• NEWEST BABY NAMES: Clara Is This Year's Claire
• IS THERE STILL SUCH A THING AS A "SISSY" NAME?