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Girl · Latin, through French
Faith
Say it: FAYTH
Meaning
The English word faith, from Old French feid, from Latin fides 'trust, belief'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A Puritan virtue name that has never fully gone out of use.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2000s
In the United States
- 140,837 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 2002, about 1 in 325 girls
- 1,969 babies in 2020
Through the ages
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Where this comes from
- Puritan church and town records of England and New England
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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