Faith

faith fáith English <dab!> Proper noun ~ en female English. en 1853 w:Elizabeth Gaskell Ruth XVII "Now, I was called Faith after the cardinal virtue; and I like my name, though many people would think it too Puritan; that was according to our gentle mother's pious desire. en 1919 w:Lucy Maud Montgomery Rainbow Valley XVI 90 Echo Library 2006 1406821764 “Faith.”“No name that—no name that! I can’t stomach such a name. Got any other?”“No, sir.”“Don’t like the name, don’t like it. There’s no smeddum to it. Besides, it makes me think of my Aunt Jinny. She called her three girls Faith, Hope, and Charity. Faith didn’t believe in anything—Hope was a born pessimist—and Charity was a miser. en 2006 w:Kate Atkinson One Good Turn 81 Black Swan 2007 9780552772440 There was something to be said for all those religiously influenced names – Patience, Grace, Chastity, Faith. Better to be named for a virtue than to be landed with a forgettable name like 'Martin'. en, also used as a stage name. en place c/USA: en ucomm co/Norman County s/Minnesota. en ucomm co/Miller County s/Missouri. en town co/Rowan County s/North Carolina. en minor city co/Meade County s/South Dakota. Derived terms en Fuffy Translations given name city Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 費斯 Fèisī See also en Fay en Hope en Charity Anagrams en afhit hatif Cebuano Etymology Borrowed from ceb en Faith, from en faith. Proper noun ceb female English Tagalog Etymology tl :bor en:Faith + 1 Pronunciation Feyt # Proper noun peyt tl female English