AUDREY

Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AWD-ree

Medieval diminutive of ÆÐELÞRYÐ. This was the name of a 7th-century saint, a princess of East Anglia who founded a monastery at Ely. It was also borne by a character in Shakespeare’s comedy ‘As You Like It’ (1599). At the end of the Middle Ages the name became rare due to association with the word tawdry (which was derived from St. Audrey, the name of a fair where cheap lace was sold), but it was revived in the 19th century.

FAITH

Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAYTH

Simply from the English word faith, ultimately from Latin fidere “to trust”. This was one of the virtue names adopted by the Puritans in the 17th century.

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