VIRTUE  

Gender: F
Origin: Latin
Meaning: "moral excellence"

The mother of all virtue names.

Virtue is being discussed in our message boards:

• The Weird and the Wonderful from the 17th/18th Century
• Luella?
• A Very Long Baby Name Game
• Horrible Names!
• Create a Family! Multiple Theme! WARNING! Tons of Kids!!!

Read Nameberry blog posts about Virtue:

• WORD NAMES FOR BABIES: What's in a word?
• SCOTTISH BABY NAMES: What's 'in' in Inverness?
• NEWER NAMES IN OLDER CATEGORIES: Fresh florals and varied virtues
• CELEBRITY BABY NAMES: 2008's best & worst