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Waitstill
Say it: WAYT-stil
Meaning
An English phrase name, 'wait still', urging patient trust in God.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A rare New England Puritan phrase name.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Waitstill Winthrop, Massachusetts magistrate
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Puritan church and town records of England and New England
- Colonial records of the Americas
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