Virtue Names for Girls

There are 15 Virtue names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Virtue names 1 to 15. Within these names, Grace (English) was the most popular in 2007, followed in descending order by Faith (English), Hope (English), Fatima (Arabic), Pamela (English, German, and Italian), Charity (English), and Felicity (English). The unusual Virtue names are Aretha (English), Alethea (English), Charis (English and German), Chastity (English), Clemence (English), Constance (English and French), Prudence (English), and Unity (English).

Virtue names are rather popular as baby girl names. Their usage peaked in 1954 with 1.696% of baby girls being given Virtue names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 5 Virtue names. The names have slipped in popularity since then, and they are of modest use in recent times. In 2007, their total usage was 0.877% with 7 Virtue names listed among the top 1000, appearing with somewhat increasing regularity in the recent decade. Among all Virtue names, Grace (English) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #20 and a usage of 0.4593%.

WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Aretha ... excellence, virtue ... the meaning excellence, virtue ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Alethea ... truth ... movement for abstract virtue names ...

Charis ... grace, kindness ... during the vogue for 'virtue' names, the name was ...

Charity 673 ... charity; charity; dear ... therefore one of the 'virtue' names adopted by ...

Chastity ... chastity ... was among other 'virtue' names popular with English ...

Clemence ... merciful, gentle ... by Puritans as a 'virtue' name. ...

Constance ... steadfast, constant ... during the vogue for 'virtue' names, due to its ...

Faith 74 ... faith ... the popularity of virtue names in the 17th ... many other virtue names, the name is still used ...

Fatima 232 ... chaste, motherly ... with the Muslim virtue of chastity, the name ...

Felicity 707 ... luck, good fortune ... century, among other virtue names ...

Grace 20 ... charm, grace ... name, among other virtue names, was taken up by ...

Hope 206 ... hope ... along with other virtue names ...

Pamela 584 ... all black, all sweetness ... novel Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded (1740), which ...

Prudence ... prudence ... during the vogue for virtue names; it was then ...

Unity ... one; hunger; lamb ... along with other virtue names ...