Unique Modern Virtue Names

The names

• Dream

  Word name, English from German

  "cherished ambition or hope; thoughts and images experienced during sleep; ideal"

  A whimsical and serene feeling word name, bestowed to reflect the joy and perfection parents might find in their children and the ambitions they have for them. Once a fantastical and celebrity-only…

  

• Zen

  Japanese

  "meditation"

  A spiritual word name used by actor Zoe Saldana for her son as well as more recently Nick Cannon and Alyssa Scott for their late son. Zen has been trending in recent years along with other spiritual…

  

• Honor

  English word and virtue name

  "honor"

  Honor is a somewhat more straight-laced virtue name than Hope or Grace, placing a high standard on any girl carrying it, but it's a goal worth setting. By choosing Honor for her daughter, Jessica…

  

• Future

  English word name

  "that is to be"

  A forward-looking word name.

  

• Valiant

  English word name from Latin

  "brave"

  While still very rare, the name Valiant was given to six baby boys in the US last year. And it's an inspiring choice.

  

• Virtue

  Latin

  "moral excellence"

  The mother of all virtue names.

  

• Hero

  Greek

  "demi-god"

  Despite the possibility of gender confusion, the Hero in Greek myth was a woman. Myleene Klass got that when she chose Hero for her daughter, and Sam Taylor-Wood and Aaron Johnson used it as their…

  

• Kismet

  Word name

  "fate"

  The next Destiny? Kismet seems like it might be fated for increased use.

  

• Ascension

• Brave

• Courage

• Declare

• Hopewell

• Hopestill

• Freefall

• Samurai

• Tao

• Young

• Earthly

• Makepeace