What's your favorite virtue?

Warning: Only girls names in this post.

I decided to expound upon yesterdays post with some girls names!
Virtue names! What are they? Well that’s easy, they are names that are traditional virtues of humans. For instance, Prudence. Perhaps that isn’t your cup of tea, but it is a virtue that is now being used as a name.

Now, there is a gem that is quite popular, unlike its fellow name Prudence, as seen in this post: http://www.namecandy.com/celebrity-baby-names/blog/2009/07/09/names-to-live-by-honor-grace-other-virtuous-names. That name is Grace. Grace is top 20 popular, and as it should be! Grace is a very pretty name. A couple of other nice virtue names are Faith and Joy. Both pretty names that I can see used for any little girl.

Then there are some others that are cute, but I don’t know how well received they have been. One of these names is Honor. The first time I ever heard Honor used as a name was when Jessica Alba bestowed it to her daughter. I wouldn’t be too surprised if Honor had a good boost on the popularity charts in the coming years, but I don’t know if it will even be noticed. So far, it still isn’t on the top 1000 chart.

Then there are other virtue names, Justice, Patience, Purity, and Silence for instance, that are a little too out there for me. I mean really, Silence. That’s an awful name for a little girl! “Hey Silence, can you pass me the butter?” It’s like you’re telling your kid to shut up every time you call to them.

So, to me, some virtue names work and some do not. I have a feeling we won’t be seeing Prudence or Silence on the popularity charts in the near future (or ever….). I also can’t see Grace or Faith going anywhere off the charts anytime soon either.