Tags: Given Name, Name.
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.
