Faith

Faith is an English feminine given name derived from the word faith. It became popularized when the Puritans began using it as a virtue name during the 17th century. Puritans also used Faith as part of longer phrase names, such as Be-faithful, Faithful, Faith-my-joy, and Fight-the-good-fight-of-faith.
The name is also the usual English translation of the Greek name of Saint Faith, an early Christian child martyr who was tortured to death along with her sisters Hope and Charity. She is known as Pistis in Greek and Fides in Church Latin and her name is translated differently in other languages.
Faith, Hope and Charity, the three theological virtues, are names traditionally given to triplet girls, just as Faith and Hope remain common names for twin girls. There were 40 sets of twins named Faith and Hope born in the United States in 2009, the second most common name combination for twin girls. In 2011, there were 33 sets of twin girls named Faith and Hope in the United States, the fourth most common name combination for twins. One example were the American triplets Faith, Hope and Charity Cardwell, who were born in 1899 in Texas and were recognized in 1994 by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's longest lived triplets.
Faith has been a consistently popular name for girls in the United States, ranking among the top 1,000 names since 1880 and the top 500 names since 1921. It has ranked among the top 100 names in the United States since 1999 and was ranked as the 71st most popular name for newborn girls in 2011.
Other cultures also give names in reference to religious faith. The name Iman is used by Muslims for both boys and girls in reference to faith in Islam.

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Mid-13c., faith, feith, fei, fai "faithfulness to a trust or promise; loyalty to a person; honesty, truthfulness," from Anglo-French and Old French feid, foi "faith, belief, trust, confidence; pledge" (11c.), from Latin fides "trust, faith, confidence, reliance, credence, belief," from root of fidere "to trust,"from PIE root *bheidh- "to trust, confide, persuade." For sense evolution, see belief. Accommodated to other English abstract nouns in -th (truth, health, etc.). From early 14c. as "assent of the mind to the truth of a statement for which there is incomplete evidence," especially "belief in religious matters" (matched with hope and charity). Since mid-14c. in reference to the Christian church or religion; from late 14c. in reference to any religious persuasion. And faith is neither the submission of the reason, nor is it the acceptance, simply and absolutely upon testimony, of what reason cannot reach. Faith is: the being able to cleave to a power of goodness appealing to our higher and real self, not to our lower and apparent self. [Matthew Arnold, "Literature & Dogma," 1873] From late 14c. as "confidence in a person or thing with reference to truthfulness or reliability," also "fidelity of one spouse to another." Also in Middle English "a sworn oath," hence its frequent use in Middle English oaths and asseverations (par ma fay, mid-13c.; bi my fay, c. 1300).

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Faith, confidence, belief, trust in god.

Vera, Faye, Fay

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Faith Hill	1967	American singer
2	Paloma Faith	1985	British musician
3	Faith Domergue	1924	Actress
4	Faith Ford	1964	American actress
5	Faith Jenkins	1977	Miss America delegate
6	Adam Faith	1940	English singer, actor and financial journalist
7	Faith Spotted Eagle	1948	American political activist
8	Anna Faith	1995	American Cosplayer
9	Faith Prince	1957	American actress
10	Percy Faith	1908	American composer
11	Faith Salie	1971	American actress
12	Faith Brown	1944	British entertainer
13	Faith Ringgold	1930	American artist
14	Faith Connors
15	Tyler Faith	1975	American pornographic actress
16	Faith Van Duin	1986
17	Faith Daniels	1957	American journalist
18	Saint Faith	0300	French saint
19	Faith		Superhero in the DC Comics universe
20	Faith Popcorn		Futurologist
21	Faith Brook	1922	British actress
22	Faith Bacon	1910	American stage entertainer, dancer, burlesque performer
23	Faith Wood-Blagrove
24	Faith Muthambi		South African politician
25	Faith Minton	1957	Actress and stuntwoman
26	Faith Soloway	1964	American singer-songwriter
27	Faith Bandler	1918	Activist; author
28	Faith Goldy		Journalist from Canada
29	Faith Kipyegon	1994	Kenyan distance runner
30	Faith Hunter		American author
31	Angel Faith	1987	Singer
32	Faith Erin Hicks		Canadian cartoonist
33	Faith Leech	1941	Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder
34	Faith Hubley	1924	American animator
35	Faith Dane	1923	American actor, musician and artist
36	Faith Whittlesey	1939	U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland
37	Alex Faith	1989	Rapper
38	Faith Baldwin	1893	Novelist
39	Dolores Faith	1941
40	Faith Leon	1985	American pornographic actress
41	Faith Evans		American politician
42	Faith Yang	1974	Taiwanese singer and actress
43	William Faith	1967	American goth-punk musician
44	Faith Middleton	1948	American talk radio host
45	Faith Wilding	1943	Paraguayan artist
46	Miracle Friday Akpadiaha	1991	Footballer
47	Faith S. Hochberg	1950	United States federal judge
48	McKenna Faith	1995	Country singer and songwriter
49	Faith Nolan	1957	Canadian musician
50	Neil Faith	1981	British professional wrestler
51	Faith Anne	1994	Filipina singer, and television host
52	Faith McNulty	1918	American nonfiction writer
53	Faith Esham	1948	American opera soprano
54	Faith Child	1989	Musician
55	Faith Snyder
56	Faith Ellen		Canadian computer scientist
57	George Faith	1946	Jamaican musician
58	Sheila Faith	1928	British politician
59	Horace Faith		Jamaican reggae singer
60	Faith Ikidi	1987	Footballer
61	Faith Fay	1984	Hawaiian actor
62	Richard Faith	1926	Composer
63	Faith Ireland	1942	American judge
64	Mike Faith	1964	British-American entrepreneur
65	Faith Thomas	1933	Australian cricketer
66	Faith Seidenberg	1923	Attorney and civil rights activist, won a landmark ruling barring discrimination in public places on the basis of sex.
67	Faith Idehen	1973	Nigerian sprinter
68	Faith Burrows	1904	Cartoonist
69	Faith Rivera		American singer-songwriter
70	Faith Fenton	1857	Canadian journalist
71	Faith Martin		Writer
72	Faith Ekakitie
73	Barbara Faith	1921	American writer
74	Faith Petric	1915
75	Faith Mohamed Mitambo	1959	Tanzanian Member of Parliament
76	Karlene Faith	1938	Canadian writer and academic
77	Angella Faith	1960	American pornographic actor
78	Faith Gabrielle Guss	1943
79	Sally A. Faith	1945	American politician
80	Faith Page	1951	American musician
81	Faith Rich	1909	American activist
82	Faith Cuneta
83	Faith Winter	1980	American legislator
84	Dawn Faith	1982	Author, musician and television host from South Africa
85	Faith de Villiers	1920
86	Faith Fairfield		Hope & Faith character
87	Faith Chemutai	1980	Kenyan distance runner
88	Faith Macharia	1976	Athletics competitor
89	Faith Holland
90	Faith Pitman	1985	English judoka
91	Juraj Faith	1976	Slovak ice hockey player
92	Faith Bennett	1900
93	Faith Sai So Leong	1880
94	Faith Holsaert	1943	American educator and civil rights activist
95	Faith Rockefeller Model	1909	Rockefeller family member
96	Faith Lawson	1922
97	Faith Fyles	1875
98	Faith Bromberg
99	Fülöp Faith	1880
100	Faith Eaton	1927
101	H.A.S. Faith	1804	Danish judge (1804-1878)
102	Faith Love