Virtuous Names: Saintly and Holy

No one will ever forget it. But Remember as a name came over on the Mayflower, so it has deep history as well as modern potential.

Reverie is a strong-sounding word for an ethereal, dreamlike state -- a perfect contrast and meaning for a word that intends to become a first name. Popular mommy blogger Rebecca Woolf of Girls Gone Child named one of her twin daughters Reverie, setting off a groundswell of interest.

A unique virtue name with a sound as happy and lively as its meaning.

Peaceful, calm, and untroubled: these are qualities parents may be hoping for, either on their parenting journey or in their child’s life. The name Serenity encapsulates these hopes, conjuring up a sense of balance, composure, and ease.

The Puritans used it as a virtue name -- but today it would just be considered weird: silence is no longer golden.

Sound contradicts its meaning.