Faith
Faith is a girl name of English origin, meaning Complete trust and devotion.
What Faith means
Complete trust and devotion.
Faith sits at 5 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Faith comes from
English names come from a long layering of Anglo-Saxon, Norman French, and biblical sources. Many began as surnames, place names, or occupations before they were ever used as first names.
Faith is recorded as English in origin. Browse other English names.
How popular is Faith?
In the girl name rankings we track, Faith falls outside the top 100. That puts it in the broad middle ground where most names live: familiar to those who know it, uncommon enough to still feel like a choice.
The character of Faith
Two ideas meet in Faith: faith and Hope. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Faith
These share Faith's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Hope — Optimism; trust in the future.
- Promise — A solemn vow.
- Tendai — Be thankful.
- Themba — Trust and hope.
- Elsie — Pledged to God.
- Holly — The holly tree; holiness.
- Journey — A life's voyage.
- Mercy — Compassion and forgiveness.
- True — Genuine, loyal and real.
- Future — The time yet to come.
- Haven — A safe refuge.
- Jackson — Son of Jack; God is gracious.
More English names
- Everly — From the boar meadow.
- Falcon — The swift bird of prey.
- Everleigh — From the boar meadow.
- Fawn — A young deer; gentle.
- Evelyn — Wished-for child; life.
- Fern — The green fern plant.
- Emerson — Son of Emery; brave.
- Flint — Hard stone; a stream.
- Emberly — Glowing ember; spark.
- Forest — Of the woods.