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.

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

International Variations:
Fe (Spanish)

Faith is being discussed in our message boards:

• Build a sibling set together!
• Back again for help with a revised list (for girls)
• Need help with our triplet baby names!
• Help me choose btwn my top two please
• Alexis, Saskia and...

Read Nameberry blog posts about Faith:

• CHRISTMAS NAMES: Beyond Nicholas and Noel
• TWIN NAMES: Double dare for baby namers.
• WORD NAMES FOR BABIES: What's in a word?
• NEWER NAMES IN OLDER CATEGORIES: Fresh florals and varied virtues
• UNDERRATED NAMES, PART DEUX