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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
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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.
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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.
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who was tortured to death along with her sisters Hope and Charity. She is known as Pistis in
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Other cultures also give names in reference to religious faith. The name
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is used by Muslims for both boys and girls in reference to faith in
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girls. There were 40 sets of twins named Faith and Hope born in the
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and her name is translated differently in other languages.
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girls, just as Faith and Hope remain common names for
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Faith (given name)

faith
Fides
Pistis
Vera
English
faith
Puritans
virtue name
English
Greek
Saint Faith
martyr
Greek
Church Latin
Hope
Charity
three theological virtues
triplet
twin
United States
Texas
Guinness Book of World Records
Iman
Islam
"Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Faith"
"Name Nerds! List of the Week"
"Popular names for twins born in 2011"
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