Meaning: Trust; belief
The story
Faith comes from the English word for trust or belief. It became one of the virtue names adopted by English-speaking Puritans in the seventeenth century.
Nicknames
- Fay
- Fae
Popularity
Familiar
In the US top 1,000 — familiar, not everywhere.
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Origins
Faith comes from English.
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