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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.

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  • Faith ist ein weiblicher Vorname. (de)
  • 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. (en)
  • Фейт (англ. Faith) — английское женское имя, образованное от слова вера (англ. faith, от лат. fidēs). Это слово стало популярным, когда пуритане начали использовать его как имя для добродетелей в 17 веке. Пуритане также использовали слово вера для полных фраз ,например «Вера-моя-радость». Название также является обычным английским переводом греческого имени святой Веры, ранее христианской детской мученицы, которая была замучена до смерти вместе со своими сестрами Надеждой и Милосердиеей. Она известна как Пистис на греческом, и Фидес на церковной латыни, и её имя переводиться с разными значениями на разные языки. Вера, Надежда и Милосердие, три богословских имя. Эти имена, которые традиционно присваиваются девушкам-тройняшкам, так же как Вера и Надежда остаются общими именами для девочек-близняшек. В 2009 году в США родились 40 близняшек по имени Вера и Надежда, что является вторым наиболее распространенным сочетанием имен для девочек-близняшек. В качестве примера можно привести американские триплеты Фэйт, Хоуп и Чарити Кардвелл, которые родились в 1899 году в Техасе,и были признаны в 1994 году Книгой рекордов Гиннеса,как самые долго живущие в мире тройни. (ru)
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  • "Faith" by Andrea di Niccolo. (en)
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  • female (en)
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  • Faith (en)
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  • English (en)
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  • English-speaking countries (en)
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  • Faithe, Fay, Faye, Fidelia, Fides, Pistis, Vera. (en)
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  • Faith ist ein weiblicher Vorname. (de)
  • 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. (en)
  • Фейт (англ. Faith) — английское женское имя, образованное от слова вера (англ. faith, от лат. fidēs). Это слово стало популярным, когда пуритане начали использовать его как имя для добродетелей в 17 веке. Пуритане также использовали слово вера для полных фраз ,например «Вера-моя-радость». (ru)
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  • Faith (Vorname) (de)
  • Faith (name) (en)
  • Фейт (имя) (ru)
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