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Virtue name

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Virtue names, also known as grace names, are used as personal names in a number of cultures. In the English-speaking world, the Puritans commonly expressed their values through creative names, many in the form of virtue names like Grace, Felicity, Chastity or Hope.[1] These names have entered the standard British and American usage, without the religious connection.

Virtue names, such as Iman, can also be found in the Islamic world.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Bardsley, Charles (1888). Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature. London: Chatto and Windus.

See also