Name meaning and origin

Faith

Latin: Trust, belief, confidence

Where the name comes from

  • Latin
    Trust, belief, confidence
    fides (faith, trust)
  • English
    Virtue name representing spiritual faith

Faith across traditions

  • Christian. One of three theological virtues (Faith, Hope, Charity)
  • Puritan. Popular virtue name among Puritans

Forms in other languages

Fay, Faye, Fe, Fides

Faith in letter-number systems

Hebrew, Greek and other traditions gave every letter a number, and read meaning into the totals. These are the counts, computed; the readings are inside the Innerverse.

105
Hebrew Standard
6
Hebrew Ordinal
44
English Simple
264
English Sumerian
91
English Reverse
819
Greek Isopsephy
1
Chaldean
44
Pythagorean

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