Virtue Names

  1. Relief
    • Origin:

      Virtue name
    • Meaning:

      "relief"
    • Description:

      Relief was a name used by the Puritans in reference to the relief of Christ. Leafy was the common nickname.
  2. Awesome
    • Origin:

      Word name
    • Description:

      A handful of baby girls are named Awesome each year, and they better be.
  3. Pleasance
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "feeling of pleasure or delight"
    • Description:

      This virtue name was the middle name of Alice Liddell — the child who inspired Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland books.
  4. Welcome
    • Origin:

      Word name
    • Description:

      Warm and open, but way too much teasing potential.
  5. Purity
    • Origin:

      Virtue name
    • Description:

      A puritan virtue name that's only slightly less challenging than Chastity. It was used for nearly 20 baby girls in the contemporary US in one recent year.
  6. Honest
    • Origin:

      English virtue name
    • Description:

      Honor-related names are climbing in popularity, such as Honesty, Honor, and now Honest.
  7. Cheerful
    • Inspiration
      • Origin:

        Word name
      • Description:

        Inspiration might inspire some as a middle name choice.